New Mexico I'm not real familar with I'm guess your talking up around red river area. I spent some of my youth at philmont scout ranch and really liked the area up there. Do you need to draw for a tag. I don't want anyone's honey hole but if you used a guide I'd like to hear what your willing to share with us.
I haven't been to Wyoming since I was a kid fishin new fork lake. Is it a draw there too?
I haven't been to Wyoming since I was a kid fishin new fork lake. Is it a draw there too?
Retired from Ellsworth AFB in Rapid City SD. Lot of big mulies to the east of the Black Hills. Resident tag was easy to get back in 09 but I have heard from friends the winters have been rough on the herds, especially the antelope. Tags may be a hard draw now but it sure is beautiful up there and worth a try. There are several places to hunt up there as the land is leased by the Bureau of Land Management for all to use. Good Luck.
I would ignore the 3 states you're thinking of right away. Every state with mulies has some monsters, but the 4 Corners states are by far your best bet. Arizona strip or Kaibab tags and pretty much every tag in Utah are practically impossible for non-residents to draw, so unless you have the spare change for an auction tag, scratch those states off the list, too. Northwest New Mexico has the most record class bucks for its population in the country, and good amount of public land. Land owner tags and trespass only hunts are available, but can get pricey, same with Colorado. Most of the primo units in Colorado are in the eastern part of the state, which is almost entirely private land and isn't cheap to hunt. If it were me, I'd start applying for a tag in New Mexico, and save up for a fully guided hunt in eastern Colorado. I'm generally a DIY hunter myself, but a guided hunt can be pretty damn nice.
I was wondering when you'd chime in on this one Kyle
I got here as quickly as I could.
If you have a lot of money, and really want a true monster, book yourself a hunt on the Jicarilla. The units in NW New Mexico are very weather dependent. You need a bunch of cold, snowy, crappy weather to push them off the high country. If you just want a good, respectable buck for the wall then there's lots of places for that.
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