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Plenty of youth elk hunting licenses for sale

New Mexico Department of Game and Fish Media contact: Karl Moffatt, (505) 476-8007 Public contact: Customer service (888) 248-6866 karl.moffatt@state.nm.us FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE, June 23, 2015: PLENTY OF YOUTH ELK HUNTING LICENSES FOR SALE SANTA FE – More than 1,900 youth, antlerless elk licenses will go on sale through the Department of Game and Fish Online License System at 10 a.m. July 8. The sale is designed to encourage youth hunting and includes almost 1,500 licenses for hunters using any legal weapon, and 450 licenses for hunters using a muzzleloader or bow. Licenses will be sold on a first-come, first-served basis, and hunters must be younger than 18 years of age on opening day of the hunt to be eligible. To purchase a license, customers must to log in to their Online License System account at www.wildlife.state.nm.us. For the first 14 days of the sale, licenses will be available only [...]

Leftover deer, javelina licenses go on sale at 10 a.m. June 24

New Mexico Department of Game and Fish Media contact: Karl Moffatt, (505) 476-8007 Public contact: (888) 248-6866 karl.moffatt@state.nm.us FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE, June 11, 2015: LEFTOVER DEER, JAVELINA LICENSES GO ON SALE AT 10 A.M. JUNE 24 SANTA FE – More than 1,607 deer hunting licenses, 25 elk licenses and over 1,100 javelina licenses that were not allocated during the annual drawing for 2015-16 big-game hunting licenses will go on sale at 10 a.m. MDT June 24, only on the Department of Game and Fish website. New Mexico residents will get first shot at the licenses during the first-come, first-served sale. License sales will be open only to residents during the first 24 hours after they become available. The sale will be opened to everyone, regardless of residency, at 10 a.m. June 25. To be eligible to buy a leftover license, hunters are reminded that they must previously have purchased either [...]

Game Commission to meet at new location in Taos

New Mexico Department of Game and Fish Media contact: Karl Moffatt, (505) 476-8007 Public contact: (888) 248-6866 karl.moffatt@state.nm.us FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE, JUNE 10, 2015: GAME COMMISSION TO MEET AT NEW LOCATION IN TAOS TAOS – The location of the New Mexico Game Commission’s June 13 meeting in Taos has been changed to a larger venue to better accommodate the public. The meeting will be from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, June 13, at the Kachina Lodge, 413 Paseo del Pueblo Norte in Taos. The meeting previously was scheduled to be at the Harwood Museum of Art, 238 Ledoux St., in Taos. The commission will consider numerous matters during the meeting including a discussion of management plans for hunting, fishing and trapping on the Valles Caldera National Preserve following its recent transfer to the National Park Service. The full agenda, detailed agenda-item briefings and other information are available on the [...]

Capitan man kills charging bear

New Mexico Department of Game and Fish Media contact: Dan Williams, (505) 231-5375 Public contact: (888) 248-6866 dan.williams@state.nm.us FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE, JUNE 5, 2015 CAPITAN MAN KILLS CHARGING BEAR LINCOLN – A 25-year-old Capitan man shot and killed a charging bear while looking for shed antlers in the Lincoln National Forest. The man was not injured by the bear. He reported Thursday evening that he was searching for antlers in the forest between Carrizozo and Capitan when he encountered the bear as he came over the top of a hill. He told officers that the bear charged and he shot it with his .30-30 caliber rifle from about 10 yards away. Department of Game and Fish Officers investigated the incident and recovered the carcass of the bear, an adult female, early Friday morning. There was no evidence to indicate the presence of cubs. Referring to the man who shot the [...]

Game Commission to meet Saturday, June 13, in Taos

New Mexico Department of Game and Fish Media contact: Karl Moffatt, (505) 476-8007 Public contact: (888) 248-6866 karl.moffatt@state.nm.us FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE, JUNE 4: GAME COMMISSION TO MEET SATURDAY, JUNE 13, IN TAOS TAOS – The New Mexico Game Commission will meet June 13 in Taos to consider numerous matters, including a discussion of management plans for hunting, fishing and trapping on the Valles Caldera National Preserve following its recent transfer to the National Park Service. The meeting will be from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, June 13, 2015, at the UNM Harwood Museum of Art, 238 Ledoux St., Taos. The full agenda, detailed agenda-item briefings and other information are available on the Department of Game and Fish website. Details of proposed rules and opportunities to comment about them also are available on the website, www.wildlife.state.nm.us. Other agenda items include: A proposal to develop procedures for the public and licensed [...]

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