Deer Hunting 2016

[Aragorn243]

We did not even see a deer this year which is really odd. Only the one buck well after dark. Very few hunters also. Our region became a CWD restricted area last year and I suspect this has scared the non-local hunters off. You can't take the deer out of there without deboning it. I may be reconsidering our hunting next year because of it. While I grew up there and have hunted there my entire life. It is a severe inconvenience to not be able to bring the deer home. I usually let them hang for a few days before butchering them myself. Not looking forward to dropping them off at a butchers and then having to go get it a week later. Game commission suggests deboning them in the woods. I seriously can't imagine doing that but it may be my only recourse. But then again, have to see one first and then have to kill it.

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[MightyMauser_1989]

Did anyone happen to draw tags for the New Mexico 2016/17 season? If so, which hunts and in what region?

[jmoore]

We did not even see a deer this year which is really odd. Only the one buck well after dark. Very few hunters also. Our region became a CWD restricted area last year and I suspect this has scared the non-local hunters off. You can't take the deer out of there without deboning it. I may be reconsidering our hunting next year because of it. While I grew up there and have hunted there my entire life. It is a severe inconvenience to not be able to bring the deer home. I usually let them hang for a few days before butchering them myself. Not looking forward to dropping them off at a butchers and then having to go get it a week later. Game commission suggests deboning them in the woods. I seriously can't imagine doing that but it may be my only recourse. But then again, have to see one first and then have to kill it.

Seems to me that leaving the bones in the woods is a terrible idea! The protein (I think) that causes the disease can last in the soil for quite a while. Landfill or incineration would be better choices.