New Mexico Youth Encouragement Elk Hunting Licenses for Sale

By Justin Stakes

Santa Fe, NM -(AmmoLand.com)- More than 1,900 youth, antlerless elk licenses will go on sale through the New Mexico Department of Game and Fish’s Online License System at 10 a.m. July 6.

The sale is designed to encourage youth hunting and includes almost 1,500 licenses for hunters using any legal weapon and 450 licenses for hunters using a muzzleloader or bow.

Licenses will be sold online only on a first-come, first-served basis. To purchase a license, customers will need to log in to their Online License System account at www.wildlife.state.nm.us.

ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS ARE:

• For the first 14 days, the sale is open only to N.M. resident youths who have applied in the current license year for one or more draw hunts for deer, elk, antelope, bighorn sheep, oryx or ibex and were not successful for any hunt. Please note that the purchase of a leftover, draw hunt for deer counts as a successful deer application.
• Must have a valid Hunter Education certification.
• Must be under 18 years old on the opening day of hunt.

Beginning at 10 a.m., July 20, the sale will open to all eligible youths, regardless of …Read the Rest

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