Unbelievable Youth Only hunting opportunity's in New Mexico 

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Youth Hunting in New Mexico

New Mexico offers some of the very best opportunities for youth hunters (under 18) to enjoy the experience of hunting a trophy mule deer, elk, antelope, ibex, or free range oryx. There are special seasons for youth hunters only. New Mexico is one of the few western states with a truly positive outlook for youth hunters, many of the hunts are great draw odds and trophy elk hunts are as high as 45%. In New Mexico, there is no age restriction, only the requirement that they have a hunter’s education number. We have some special requirements as a guide service that deal more with the ethics of hunting with young hunters, we will discuss this at great length on the phone with you prior to applying for special seasons.

Why are we THE New Mexico youth hunting specialists? Simple, our guides have the perfect temperament to make a hunt with mom or dad THE HUNT OF A LIFETIME! The quality of animals in New Mexico is second to none in the west, and the seasons are at wonderful times of the year, where you can hunt in the peak of the rut for elk or have first crack at our trophy mule deer. The hunts the New Mexico Department of Game and Fish have lined out for youth hunters are without questions the best in the Western US for season dates and trophy opportunity. We have been 100% shot opportunity, and 100% harvest for our youth hunters since 2007!

We offer youth only mule deer hunts in NW New Mexico’s infamous unit 2B for trophy mule deer as well as late season rut hunts in 5B and on the Rio Chama wildlife area, these are with out question the best trophy producing units in the state in fact the New Mexico governors tag mule deer are killed in these units year after year, all of these hunts have draw odds as low as 1-25 for adult hunters, and for kids some are almost 100% draw. We also offer trophy bull hunts in the peak of the rut in some of New Mexicos best elk hunting units like unit 34, unit 15, or unit 16C we also have late season cow hunts in December that have a very high success rate and a very affordable way to teach young hunters about elk. In 2009 New Mexico Department of Game and Fish added 15 new late season cow hunts for youth only hunters who were unsuccessful in the general draw. I also have private land tags for SE New Mexico in November and December on our private ranches where kids can hunt with out any worries of a draw, before Christmas not missing any school, sorry kids! On the private land late season hunts parents can hunt with youth hunters, tags are very limited for this hunt.  We also offer guided ibex hunts in the Florida Mtns of southern New Mexico and oryx hunts on White Sands Missile Base in New Mexico where we are under a very special permit to guide hunts.

New Mexico Youth Only Hunt Rates

All youth hunts are 1 x 1 guided hunts, prices include Mom or Dad as a companion.  Discounts will apply if more than one youth hunter is hunting resulting in 2 x 1 guide service.

Hunts include:  Lodging, meals, 1 x 1 guide service and one companion

Unit 2A-2B Trophy Mule Deer (tuff hunt call us before you apply)

$4,000*

Unit 5B late season trophy mule deer hunt
(motel and restaurant meals included)

$5,500*

Rio Chama late season trophy mule deer hunt
(motel and restaurant meals included)

$5,500*

Antelope Hunt 3 days - NW Area:  Draw

$2000 plus lodging and meals

Antelope Hunt - Private Ranch:  No Draw, landowner tag included as well as 1 x 1 guide service

Call for current pricing

Antelope Hunt - Private Ranch:  For 2 people, including landowner tags for the hunt and 2 x 1 guide service, 1 youth hunter and 1 adult hunter

Call for current pricing

Free Range Oryx on White Sands Missile Base 3 days

$2000 plus lodging and meals

Unit 34, 16C, 17 or 13:  Peak of the rut Bull Elk Hunts

$4,950


IN NEW MEXICO, ALL YOUTH HUNTERS MUST HAVE A HUNTERS SAFETY CARD AND CARRY IT WITH THEM IN THE FIELD AT ALL TIMES IN ORDER TO HUNT.

There will be no refunds if you arrive with no hunters safety card!


$2000 deposit on all hunts, cancelations will result in forfeit of deposit unless a replacement can be located, then a 15% of the trip cost handling fee will be charged.  Please see booking contract for a complete list of inclusions and exclusions. Cancelations will result in forfeit of deposit unless a replacement can be located, then a 15% of the trip cost handling fee will be charged.  Please see booking contract for a complete list of inclusions and exclusions.


*5B and Rio Chama hunts are late November hunts resulting in very cold weather conditions for camping.  As a result we stay in motels and eat at local restaurants for these hunts to offer a better comfort level, it does however, increase the cost.