New Mexico's 2007 - 2008 Big Game Rules & Information Booklet is now available on-line for viewing/downloading at: http://www.wildlife.state.nm.us/publications/documents/...007/big_game_rib.pdf

Saturday, April 7th, 2007 is the deadline to apply for public bighorn sheep draw licenses.

Information regarding "Draw Licenses for Rocky Mountain and Desert Bighorn Sheep" is on page 44.

BIGHORN SHEEP LICENSES: Resident = $159.00, Nonresident = $3,166.00


One license to hunt a Rocky Mountain or desert bighorn sheep will be auctioned during the Jan. 17-20, 2007 FNAWS National Meeting in Salt Lake City, UT. By June 1, 2007, the successful auction winner will choose one of five hunts offered. The license fee is included for the successful auction winner.

Another license to hunt Rocky Mountain or desert bighorn sheep will be awarded through a raffle. The successful raffle winner will choose one of the remaining hunts not chosen by the auction winner. The license fee is included for the successful raffle winner. See below for detailed hunt information. The drawing will be held in late June at a meeting of the New Mexico Chapter of FNAWS or the State Game Commission. The date and location of the drawing will be announced. Raffle tickets will be sold through the New Mexico chapter of FNAWS for $20 each. Deadline to purchase tickets is June 20. To purchase tickets, send check or money order to Kent Schauer, 4101 Morris NE, Ste. A, Albuquerque, NM 87111, or call him at (505) 299-4426. 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. These hunts do not count as once-in-a-lifetime hunts.

Bighorn Sheep Auction and Raffle Hunts
The winning hunter may choose one of the following hunts:
Open Areas - Max Lic. - Bag Limit - Hunt Dates
Units 16B, 22, and 24 - 1 - One Ram - Aug. 1-Dec. 31
Unit 27 - 1 - One Ram - Aug. 1-Dec. 31
Units 44 and 45 - 1 - One Ram - Aug. 1-Dec. 31
Unit 53 (north of NM 38) - 1 - One Ram - Aug. 1-Dec. 31
Unit 53 (south of NM 38) - 1 - One Ram - Aug. 1-10 and Sept. 1-Dec. 31

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New Mexico Game and Fish Department's online application is now available at: https://dgfremote.gmfsh.state.nm.us/application/

You may apply for their 2007-2008 special hunts online there using a credit card.


If you've not applied in New Mexico before, this "Applying for Big Game Hunts in New Mexico" document might be of some assistance: http://www.wildlife.state.nm.us/recreation/hunting/documents/HowtoApply07.pdf

New Mexico moved their "Online License Sales", and their special hunts applications, to: https://dgfremote.gmfsh.state.nm.us/ols/

If you've not used it previously, you'll have to create an account in this new system in order to proceed with an application or other online purchase. It's automated and will walk you through that account creation process.

Ramdreamer and others,

You might want to check with NMG&F or Eric R. on this but....it looks like auction buyer who has first choice on if he wants to hunt desert bighorn sheep of rocky mountain bighorn has chosen rockies. So this NMFNAWS sheep raffle will be for a desert sheep license. I'll be buying a few more tickets than normal.

John

The auction buyer is 99% sure he'll go for a Rocky. I just had that discussion, via e-mail, with him on Monday this week. He does have until June 1st to officially notify NMG&F of his choice.

what is the website to order the raffle tickets? thanks

Hi Kyle,

There is no website to order these raffle tickets.

Raffle tickets will be sold through the New Mexico chapter of FNAWS for $20 each. Deadline to purchase tickets is June 20. To purchase tickets, send check or money order to:
Kent Schauer
4101 Morris NE, Ste. A
Albuquerque, NM 87111
Or call his office at (505) 299-4426. (You may provide credit card charge information for tickets by phone.)

Ticket stubs will not be provided. NMFNAWS will complete and enter all orders not accompanied by tickets.

Raffle tag update...

New Mexico Game and Fish has updated their information and confirmed that the auction tag holder has chosen to hunt a Rocky in the Wheeler Peak unit. That means that you could choose to hunt a Desert bighorn ram this year on the raffle tag.

Updated information is at: http://www.wildlife.state.nm.us/recreation/hunting/docu...ancement_license.htm

The 2007 draw results have been posted.

The New Mexico Game & Fish Department's website is, again, not handling the crush of on-line traffic very well and it's difficult to even get on their site. If you can get to it, it is at: http://www.wildlife.state.nm.us/

The direct path to the "Find Hunter Results" search page is: https://dgfremote.gmfsh.state.nm.us/ols/search
(Note that you'll need to enter your First Name, Last Name, Date of Birth and Last Four Digits of your Social Security Number OR your Application Number, in order to get your results.)

I finally got in and was able to search after 11:45 p.m. Mountain Time tonight.

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