Hunting fans in New Mexico have the opportunity to track down some truly majestic game animals. In addition to elk and deer, there are antelope, turkey, bears, and oryx, which are only found in America in the states of New Mexico and Texas. The New Mexico Game & Fish site is the starting point for all prospective hunters, and includes license and permit applications, records, population information, and more.Hunting in New Mexico is done via a draw process, where hunters apply based on their location, type of sporting arm, dates, species, and more. Applications must be done early in the year: February 3 was the cutoff this year for bear, population reduction, oryx, and turkey hunts, and April 7 marked the deadline for deer, elk, antelope, bighorn sheep, ibex and javelina hunts. Javelinas are pig-like mammals which originated in the American Southwest and below.

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