Elk Hunting in New Mexico

Target Outfitting hunts over 1,000,000 acres of the Santa Fe National Forest, including 41,000 acres of the San Pedro Wilderness. We have been hunting New Mexico all of our lives and have a strong working knowledge of the region. Our clients enjoy an average shooting success approaching 98%. On average, our bulls range from 320 B&C to the 400’s. Target Outfitting hunts the low lands of the Bureau of Land Management to the high mountains of the forest. Our wilderness hunts are conducted solely on horse back. A four (4) client minimum is required for Target Outfitting to set up a camp next to the wilderness which includes wall tents, a full-time cook, and a wrangler. Our elk hunts are on a 2x1 client to guide ratio. For those wishing an exclusive trophy hunt, a 1x1 client to guide ratio can be arranged.

License Information: License must be purchased from the New Mexico Game & Fish in Albuquerque . 

Outfitter will furnish: four-wheel drive trucks, horses, tack, horse trailers, trained hounds (mountain lion / cougar and bear hunts only).  Heated tents, full-time cook, and a wrangler will be furnished only for wilderness hunts with a minimum of four elk (4) clients.  We will furnish a rifle and ammunition for foreign clients when requested.

Clients to furnish: Firearm or archery equipment, bedroll (wilderness hunts), license, sharp knife, personal gear, transportation to Cuba, New Mexico, meat processing, and at least two (2) coolers per client to pack meat (elk, mule deer, and oryx hunts only).  The clients are responsible for their lodging and meals for non-wilderness pack hunts.  For a productive hunt, it is strongly encouraged for the clients to arrive in Cuba , New Mexico at least twenty-four (24) hours prior to the start of the hunt to be fitted to their horse and saddle and prepare for the hunt.

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