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I hope that "economic" factor plays into this year's New Mexico draw because I'm putting in no matter what.

I've been looking at this years Elk Harvest numbers for New Mexico birdman, and it's got my head spinning.

I'm trying to figure out which Unit I'm most likely to have success in, which unit I'm most likely to get drawn in, and which unit I'm most likely to get drawn in and have success together.

I want to hunt the same unit we hunted last year because I'm familiar with it, but at the same time I'm not sure it's the best unit for taking an Elk that would score well. That's not a huge factor as this will be my first Elk anyway, given the fact that we got skunked last year.

I've got all this New Mexico Elk Harvest data in spreadsheet form and have taken out most of the data I don't need. I've narrowed it down to 5 Units. We want to go on the first week again, regardless of unit because if the weather is like it was last year, they could still be in the rut during the first week of hunting. They were still bugling last season during the first week, but my incompetence...let's use inexperience instead...kept me from bagging a bull.

Right now, I'm looking more at success rate of being drawn rather than success rate of harvesting an Elk. I'll worry about killing an Elk after we get step one out of the way.