Forgot to ask, what *geographic region* of NM were you in? Reason I ask, is a couple years back, I had to take a fire truck down, and was stationed in NM for 28 days, awaiting the lightning storms.

Our patrol area was from the Jicarilla Apache Res., over through the Valles Caldera (former Baca Ranch). UNREAL ELK in those parts...I will likely never see elk like that again. The Valle has limited entry draw hunts, and the manager was giving me the rundown on how the app process works. Bucket list....

Met the local who has several NM state records (as he keeps beating his own record)...showed us his house, ALL his furniture, from couch, end tables, bar stools, light fixtures, ALL was made from elk antlers. The archway going over his driveway, from ground to full arch to ground again, woven elk antlers. He had skulls of 390" bulls laying on top of his firewood shed just getting bleached out... He must be the Stam of NM.

I'll try to dig some pics up...