The New Mexico Big Game & Trapper Rules & Information booklet for the 2010 - 2011 License Year is now available on-line to view / download and/or print at: http://www.wildlife.state.nm.u...2010/BG_RIB_2010.pdf

What’s New in 2010-2011
This booklet contains information valid from April 1, 2010, through March 31, 2011. All dates refer to 2010 unless otherwise noted.
New Application Deadlines
April 7 is the deadline to apply for public deer, elk, pronghorn antelope, ibex, Barbary sheep, javelina, and bighorn sheep draw licenses. Online applications must be made BEFORE 5 p.m. MDT. Changes to applications will be allowed until the deadline.
New Application Fee
The new nonrefundable application fee for residents is $10 and $27 for nonresidents.
Full Fee Up Front
Anyone applying for any public draw deer, elk, pronghorn antelope, bighorn sheep, oryx, ibex, javelina or Barbary sheep license, MUST pay the full license and application fee when applying.


Below is Raffle/auction information from the booklet…

Bighorn Sheep Enhancement Licenses

The Wild Sheep Foundation (WSF) is assisting the Department of Game and Fish with an auction of one bighorn sheep license, and the New Mexico Chapter of the Foundation for North American Wild Sheep (NMFNAWS) will be assisting the Department with the raffle of one bighorn sheep license. Proceeds from the auction and raffle are used for bighorn sheep research, management and propagation in New Mexico.

One license to hunt a Rocky Mountain or desert bighorn sheep will be auctioned during the Feb. 4-6, 2010 WSF National Convention in Reno, NV. For more information, please visit their Web site at www.wildsheepfoundation.org/. By June 1, 2010, the successful auction winner will choose one of five hunts offered. The license fee is included for the successful auction winner. See below for detailed hunt information.

A second license 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 date and location of the drawing will be announced.

Raffle tickets will be sold through NMFNAWS for $20 each. Deadline to purchase tickets is June 20. 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. 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 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. Licenses / Bag Limit / Hunt Dates
Unit 27 / 1 / 1 Ram / Aug. 1-Dec. 31
Units 16B, 22, 23 and 24 / 1 / 1 Ram / Aug. 1-Dec. 31
Unit 45 / 1 / 1 Ram / Aug. 1-Dec. 31
Unit 53 Wheeler Peak / 1 / 1 Ram / Aug. 1-10 and portion south of NM 38 Sept. 1-Dec. 31
Units 53 Latir Mountains north of NM 38 and Latir Mountains portion of Unit 55A / 1 / 1 Ram / Aug. 1-Dec. 31

This message has been edited. Last edited by: RamDreamer,

Just received the below note from New Mexico Game and Fish. Thought I would post it in case it might help anyone here...



The New Mexico Department of Game and Fish is preparing to conduct special hunts drawings and charge online applicants for Big Game hunting opportunities for antelope, bighorn sheep, Barbary sheep, deer, elk, ibex and javelina licenses. The Department reminds all online applicants that funds must be available through the credit card account on the application. You may also want to notify your credit card issuer that they should not decline transactions related to your hunt application. If you have moved, changed your credit card billing address, cancelled your card account or otherwise changed your status, please access your account at the Department website (http://www.wildlife.state.nm.us). All credit card information must be updated by 12:00 noon, Mountain Daylight Time, 04/09/2010. Thank you for participating in the New Mexico Big Game Draw.

FYI - The auction hunter in NM has declared Rocky Mountain bighorn in Wheeler Peak (hunt unit 53 portion S of Hwy 38) for his hunt.

So the raffle tag can be used in one of the remaining units listed above, including being used for a Desert Bighorn.

Results of the draw are now available on-line at: https://onlinesales.wildlife.s.../public/lucky-lookup