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A & M Adventures
Attn: Monte Adams
100 Aguila Ln.
Folsom NM 88419

Telephone:
  1-575-278-3481

Email:
adamsm@bacavalley.com

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Welcome:

We operate an outfitting service located in Northeast New Mexico. This area has canyons and top country running on both sides of a river valley which is an ideal home to elk, mule deer, antelope, bear and turkey. We offer fair chase, guided trophy hunts for each of these species. We lease several adjoining private ranches that total around 220,000 acres. This allows us to coordinate game management on our hunting property. We are improving wildlife habitat by thinning trees, improving water, controlled burns, and controlling predators. Our high quality hunts are maintained through selective trophy hunts and limited numbers of hunters. Long-term emphasis on quality and respect of the game has been the key to high success rates for our hunters.

Hunting license are obtained through private land permits we issue or over the counter license. These are both a guaranteed license, there is no state drawing to apply for. Most of our hunts are spot and stalk. We taylor hunts for the individual hunter and small hunting parties. We seldom have more than 5 hunters on any one hunt. Our experienced guides have guided with me for several years. This is an added advantage as guides are familiar with the country and assist in countless hours of scouting before hunters arrive and between hunts. On-site lodging is provided in a comfortable new hunting lodge consisting of, 7 bedrooms, 4 baths, kitchen and large living room area, deer, elk and turkeys can be observed regularly out the lodge windows or from the porches. Bedrooms are double occupancy with a bathroom shared by two bedrooms; we have satellite big screen TV and internet service.  All bedding, linens, towels and great ranch-style meals are included. All hunts are guided, trophy, elk, mule deer and whitetail, 1X1, management mule deer, antelope, cow elk, turkey, and black bear 2X1, Hunters only need to bring their own personal items.

The nearest airport is Colorado Springs, CO.  Other airports are located in Denver, Co; Albuquerque, NM; and Amarillo, TX. Hunters are scheduled to arrive at our lodge the afternoon of the day before the hunt starts. Price of the hunt does not include New Mexico hunting license, transportation to or from airport, processing and shipping of meat, taxidermy services or gratuities. A deposit of half the price of the hunt is required at booking. The second half is due upon arrival and to be paid in cash or same as cash only. Non-hunting guests will be charged $125 per day. If you have further questions, please don't hesitate to contact us.

2009 Hunting Season

We had an awesome 2009 with our hunters, harvesting terrific animals in all species. Our spring turkey hunts provided all hunters with at least one long beard tom with most getting the second bird also. Our antelope hunts produced some 15 ½ inch bucks, with 100% hunter success. 13 elk hunters were able to take 12 trophy bulls 6X6 or better, ranging from 295 to 355. We harvested our first whitetail ever and he was a beauty scoring 195. The rut mule deer ranged between 175 and 190 with a lot of future great bucks observed.

Our normal rifle elk hunt consists of four or five hunters, the hunts are conducted across 3 separate 40,000 acre private ranches, and 120,000 acres equals 185 sq. miles of hunting territory. Additionally we are only taking around 12 hunters per year, this is how for the past 10 years we have ran near 100% success rates on 6X6 or better bulls. Our November and December rut deer hunts we take only 2 hunters each on 80,000 acres.  All of our hunts are very limited in hunter numbers and we are hunting across thousands of private acres on each hunt.

Elk Hunting:

Our elk hunts start in mid September with the archery elk hunt that we are limiting to 3 hunters. These hunts are extremely exciting, with a great opportunity at the best bulls. Our archery hunt for 2010 will be conducted on a 100,000 acre ranch that has taken almost no hunters for the past 4 years and we are expecting to take some great bulls on this hunt. October is when we run our rifle hunts the bulls are still in rut and normally a hunter will hear plenty of bugling, glassing, and stalking are our main ways of hunting   In 2009, we had another banner year, 13 elk hunters were able to take 12 trophy 6 X 6 or better bull elk ranging in size from 295 to 355 with 4 of the bulls being 340 and up. The elk population continues to increase on our hunting property with more and bigger bulls each year. This is due in part to light hunting pressure resulting in a high percentage of big bull elk not harvested and allowed to grow even bigger. Our rifle elk hunting country is 120,000 acres of private property consisting of 3 ranches. Our elk hunts all include a private land owner permit which guarantee’s a license, lodging and meals

Mule Deer - Whitetail:

We offer a muzzle loader hunt in late Sept and a rifle hunt the end of Oct.  Early in Nov. management hunts allow us to harvest a few bucks that we want out of the breeding herd. Late Nov. we have two tags for mule deer that can be combined with elk at a great pre rut time period. We also offer for a couple of hunters a mule deer middle of the rut hunt that can be combined with a cougar hunt in early Dec. We have entered into some special agreements with the New Mexico Game Dept. to offer these late Nov. and Dec. rut mule deer hunts, last year there were 15 ranches in the state that qualified for these hunts and we have 2 of them leased and the tags are extremely limited. For the past several years we have taken very few mule deer hunters to help increase buck size and numbers. We are seeing some tremendous bucks and the coming years will be great hunting, in 2009 we only harvested 2 bucks a 178 and a 185.  Hunters will have an exceptional chance at 180 and over class mule deer on the late November and December rut hunts. Our management hunts are mule deer that we want out of the breeding herd, they are mature bucks mostly 3X3 not including eye guards.
We are taking only one whitetail deer hunter, the buck we harvested this year scored 195 and we should be able to put another one in the record book in 2010. Our whitetail numbers are increasing, and they appear to have great genetics and by taking only one hunter, this assures that hunter of taking a true trophy buck.
Our hunting ranches are located in some of the best mule deer country in New Mexico. Improving deer habitat as well as limiting hunter numbers has resulted in some super bucks harvested and high success rates. Ranch stile meals and on site lodging is included. The deer hunt licenses are either over the counter or land owner tags either is a guaranteed license.

Antelope:

These are exciting 3 day hunts, and hunters will see high numbers of antelope. The first hunt runs in late August and the second hunt is in mid September when the bucks are in rut. All hunters in 2009 harvested nice antelope bucks, with most being from 14 to 15 ½ inch antelope. Northern New Mexico has a well known reputation for large populations of antelope. The large, flat, open spaces of our top country make for ideal antelope habitat. We have had 100% success for the past 10 years on these hunts and have harvested some nice trophy antelope. Hunts are guided 2 x 1

Turkey

Our Merriam turkey hunts are 3 day hunts, 2 bird limit that run in mid April to early May. The turkey hunts include, on site lodging and meals. The license is over the counter. Our turkey hunting country includes river bottoms and wooded canyons that are prime turkey habitat. This area may be some of the best Merriam turkey hunting found any where. Fresh spring growths in the hay and alfalfa fields concentrate turkey next to big cottonwoods where they roost. Hunters can expect to see high numbers of turkey.  We have never hunted our turkey hard so they are not normally call shy and most hunters generally get the 2 bird limit. Hunts are guided 2 x 1.

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Black Bear:

The black bear finds an excellent home in our hunting area. The bears have prospered with little hunting pressure and the population contains a high percent of older fully mature bear. We are taking nice bears every year, For 2010, we will run bear hunts the last of August along with combo hunts during elk and deer seasons these are mostly spot and stalk. Hunters planning to bear hunt, need to have purchased their license ahead of arrival as the license is not valid for 48 hours after purchase.   Bear hunts are guided 2X1. Bears coloring range from shades of black, brown, red to blonde. Possibly half of the bears are a color other than black.