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# Wednesday, May 13, 2009
New Digs in New Mexico
Posted by TTH Staff

by Brian Lovett, editor

I've stayed in some pretty offbeat places during turkey season.

But teepees in the mountains of New Mexico?



That's what I experienced this past week, when I joined some folks from
Mossy Oak, UnderArmour and Browning/Winchester Repeating Arms to hunt Merriam's with Steve Jones and the crew from Backcountry Hunts in northern New Mexico.

Our retro camp was ready when we arrived May 4. However, with three hours of daylight remaining, no one stuck around to inspect the digs. We switched from travel clothing to camo and hit the parks and canyons of the
surrounding mountains.



I joined veteran guide Charlie Cockerell at a small pasture across from
camp. Within minutes, we had spotted two longbeards along the tree line.

Several gobbles, some tense silence and a 15-yard shot later, the hunting
portion of my trip was finished. We soon learned that writer Joe Byers had
also shot a gobbler minutes after we dropped him off.

The next three days, I got to play caller/observer while tagging along with
other hunters. Did we get more turkeys? Sure, but the real highlights
included numerous elk, pronghorns, mule deer and even a cinnamon-phase black bear.

Oh, and there were also snow-capped peaks and stunning mountain parks along the way.

Many folks say turkey hunting isn't always about killing a bird, and that
was especially true in the mountains of New Mexico.



Wednesday, May 13, 2009 10:14:57 PM (GMT Daylight Time, UTC+01:00)  #  Comments [2]
Wednesday, May 20, 2009 4:12:10 PM (GMT Daylight Time, UTC+01:00)
What kind of binoculars do ya'll use? I'm partial to Bushnell myself because of the price. They got a good "first turkey" story on their facebook page the other day. http://www.facebook.com/pages/Bushnell/79250067942
okie
Thursday, May 21, 2009 10:45:16 PM (GMT Daylight Time, UTC+01:00)
Funny you should ask. We used Bushnell optics on the New Mexico and Nebraska trips. Should have mentioned that in the blogs. Good binos are critical in open country.
Brian Lovett
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