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Mike Gallo took this pronghorn with the 2011 big game enhancement package. The buck is a potential Boone and Crockett world record, with an unofficial score of 95 2/8. (Photo:
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Big Game Enhancement Packages
The big game enhancement package consists of one license each for deer, elk, pronghorn antelope, oryx and Persian ibex. Two authorization packages will be auctioned to the highest bidders for the 2012-2013 season. One package will be auctioned during the Wild Sheep Foundation's National Convention at the Reno-Sparks Convention Center in Reno, VN, Jan. 19-21, 2012. The other package will be auctioned during the annual RMEF Elk Camp, Feb 2-4, 2012 at the Riviera Hotel Casino in Las Vegas, NV.
The bag limits are one fork-antlered deer, one mature bull elk, one oryx of either sex, one ibex of either sex, and one mature buck pronghorn (see pages 6-7 of the 2012-2013 Big Game and Trapper Rules and Information booklet for bag limit definitions).
All hunts are for any legal sporting arm (specific weapons restrictions in certain areas still apply). Licenses will be valid on all public lands where hunting is allowed, and private land with written permission. For oryx, winning bidders must contact New Mexico Game & Fish two weeks in advance of the proposed hunt start date to schedule access to WSMR, and must be accompanied by a badged department employee or WSMR escort when on WSMR lands.
The season dates are September 1, 2012 through January 31, 2013 for deer and elk; April 1, 2012 through March 31, 2013 for ibex and oryx; and August 1 through November 1, 2012 for pronghorn.
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This Wheeler Peak ram was taken by 2009 auction winner Peter Kaindl.
(Photo: Courtesy
of Peter Kaindl)
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Bighorn Sheep Enhancement Licenses
The Wild Sheep Foundation (WSF) assists the Department with the auction of one bighorn sheep license, and the New Mexico Chapter of the Foundation for North American Wild Sheep (NMFNAWS) assists
the Department with a raffle of
one bighorn sheep license each year. Proceeds from the auction
and raffle are used for bighorn sheep research, management and
propagation in New Mexico.
One license to hunt Rocky Mountain or desert bighorn sheep will be auctioned
during the Wild Sheep Foundation's National Convention at the Reno-Sparks Convention Center in Reno, VN, Jan. 19-21, 2012.
For more information, please visit www.wildsheepfoundation.org.
The auction winner chooses one of the available hunts (see page 46 of the 2011-2012 Big Game and Trapper Rules and Information booklet for hunt details).
Another license will be awarded through a raffle. The raffle winner chooses
one of the remaining hunts not chosen by the auction winner. The
license fee is included for the successful raffle winner. Raffle tickets will be sold through NMFNAWS for $20 each. Deadline to purchase tickets is June 15. To purchase tickets, send a check or money order to Lanny Rominger, 9117 Luna del Oro NE, Albuquerque, NM 87111, or call him at (505) 821-5064. Ticket stubs will not be provided. NMFNAWS will complete and enter all orders not accompanied by tickets. The raffle winner does not have to be present to win.
Licenses
may be used either by the recipient or any individual of the recipient's
choice through sale, barter or gift. The bag limit for these hunts
is any one ram, and they do not count as once-in-a-lifetime
hunts.
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2007 elk auction winner Tod Reichert
took this amazing bull in the San Mateo Mountains of southern
New Mexico. The bull is the current SCI World Record typical elk with an official score of 437 5/8. (Photo: Courtesy of Tod Reichert) |
Elk Enhancement Licenses
The Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation (RMEF) assists the Department
of Game and Fish with an auction and raffle of two authorizations for bull elk licenses
each year.
Proceeds from the auction and raffle are used for elk
research, management and propagation in New Mexico. The licenses
are authorized for use from Sept. 1, 2012 through Jan. 31, 2013 with any
legal sporting arm.
One elk authorization was auctioned to the highest
bidder at the annual RMEF Elk Camp, Feb 2-4, 2012 at the Riviera Hotel Casino in Las Vegas, NV. Please visit the RMEF Web site at www.rmef.org for more information.
Raffle tickets for the other authorization will be sold for $20 each through the New Mexico Chapter of RMEF. For more information, contact Bill Kenney at (505) 404-8484 or bkenney@rmef.org.The raffle drawing will be held on a date and location to be announced.
Authorizations to obtain licenses may be used either by the recipient or any individual
of the recipient's choice through sale, barter or gift. The bag
limit for these hunts is one bull elk, and they do not count
as once-in-a-lifetime hunts.
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John Gisi took this monster buck with the 2009 auction deer permit. (Photo:
Courtesy of John Gisi) |
Deer Enhancement Licenses
The Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation (RMEF) assists the Department of Game
and Fish with the auction of one authorization to obtain a deer license.
RMEF will conduct the auction at their annual RMEF Elk Camp, Feb 2-4, 2012 at the Riviera Hotel Casino in Las Vegas, NV. Please visit the RMEF Web site at www.rmef.org for more information.
A second authorization will be raffled through the Mule Deer Foundation. The licenses are valid from Sept. 1, 2012 through Jan. 31, 2013 with any
legal sporting arm.
For more information, contact Scott Hampel at shampel@muledeer.org/.
Proceeds from the auction and raffle will be used for deer habitat enhancement and management
in New Mexico. The permits will be valid statewide on public land where
hunting is allowed (including Department owned WMAs), and private
land with written landowner permission.
Licenses may be
used either by the recipient or any individual of the recipient's
choice through sale, barter or gift. The bag limit for these hunts
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