NEW RULES FROM NMDFG ON LION AND BEAR FOR NEW MEXICO
Posted: Thu Dec 23, 2010 8:57 pm
FOR YOUR INFORMATION, I WAS CHECKING THE QUOTAS FOR LION TODAY AND CAME ACROSS THE 2011-2012 NMDGF PROCLAMATION. I FIGURED HOUNDSMEN SHOULD READ. THERE ARE CHANGES TO HUNTING BEAR AND LION: 1) THE "LEGAL SHOOTING HOURS": 2) CANNOT RELEASE HOUNDS UNTIL LEGAL HUNTING HOURS: 3) BEAR HAS 11 MANAGEMENT ZONES INSTEAD OF 6 WITH THE TOTAL LIMIT BEING RAISED: 4) LION HAS 19 MANGEMENT ZONES INSTEAD OF 17 WITH THE TOTAL LIMIT BEING RAISED. THE LEGAL SHOOTING HOUR SCHEDULE TOUCHES ON THE SUBJECT OF THE USE OF ARTIFICIAL WHILE IN THE FIELD, PAGE 16. PLEASE READ FURTHER FOR YOUR OWN UNDERSTANDING