The drawing is over for Unit 30, which to my understanding, is the best unit to hunt if you are looking to hunt on public land - the hunt is in February 2010. I have my tag sitting on the desk behind me
. There are other areas that you can hunt, but I think for most (if not all) of them you will have to hunt on private land. Getting permission without paying a trepass fee may be difficult (though I am not the expert). This was the first year that Unit 30 was a draw unit and I think most everyone who put in was "supposed" to get drawn. I think we put in for the draw in March. Our party was drawn and our tags came a couple of weeks ago. I hope we are able to be successful at it.
Talk to Mark in the Roswell office (G&F) at: (575)624-6135. Mark was very helpful and can tell you what you need to do in looking for an area, or if you just need to wait till the following year. Good luck to you. A friend and his friend hunted a different area northwest of Unit 30 last year and both were succesful in getting good rams, they did pay to hunt private land though.
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