NM valley Vidal youth

hayden3006 · Jun 25, 2020

Anyone have any recent pictures of their bulls from the Valley Vidal unit. My son drew the tag this year. He is 13 and is exited for his hunt.

JJhunt · Jun 26, 2020

2017

2016

tega52 · Jun 26, 2020

Bone dry up there. Rain has been missing it. Worst I've seen it in several years. Hopefully it rains soon!

hayden3006 · Jun 26, 2020

Nice bull

roadrunner · Jun 27, 2020

Did he draw the youth hunt in late Oct?

hayden3006 · Jun 27, 2020

Yes. 10/31-11/4

Wapitiwilly · Jun 27, 2020

Wapitiwilly · Jun 27, 2020

Not a VV youth but still a NM youth tag. Ought to get your Sons blood moving?

hayden3006 · Jun 27, 2020

He is getting excited about his hunt. That’s a great bull. Thanks for the pictures

roadrunner · Jun 27, 2020

hayden3006 said:
Yes. 10/31-11/4

Have you ever been to that unit?

hayden3006 · Jun 27, 2020

roadrunner said:
Have you ever been to that unit?

No I have not.

roadrunner · Jun 27, 2020

hayden3006 said:
No I have not.

PM sent

Toro · Jul 1, 2020

My daughters 2018 Valle Vidal Muzzleloader Bull

BUGLEnmIN · Jul 1, 2020

Toro! You sure know how to knock down the good ones partner! Valle vidal is sure beautiful, great opportunity unit , that there is one of the best bulls I've seen in a long time from there??

hayden3006 · Jul 2, 2020

Toro said:
My daughters 2018 Valle Vidal Muzzleloader Bull

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Wow that’s a great bull. Thanks for the pictures hopefully we can turn up a bull close to that size.

ortegageno · Jul 3, 2020

I just mounted this for my cousin, it's not a youth hunt but the late Muzzle hunt from last year in the Valle Vidal. 345 bull

ortegageno · Jul 3, 2020

Not much mass but long beams and points.

hayden3006 · Jul 4, 2020

ortegageno that mount looks awesome. Definitely a great bull.

tallpine13 · Jul 7, 2020

Toro said:
My daughters 2018 Valle Vidal Muzzleloader Bull

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Always a good day when you can see the road from where they lay!!! Haven’t been to VV in a few years but it’s something special.

Toro · Jul 8, 2020

BUGLEnmIN said:
Toro! You sure know how to knock down the good ones partner! Valle vidal is sure beautiful, great opportunity unit , that there is one of the best bulls I've seen in a long time from there??

Gracias BUGLE! I've been lucky to get into them as often as I have...

huntazido · Jul 14, 2020

Looks like rain is finally coming. I was lucky enough to draw the single nonresident unguided muzzy tag this October. Hope to make it out at the end of this month to do some scouting and get familiar with the lay of the land. Maybe even do a little fishing? Always interested in hearing from previous hunters and their experiences or recommendations. Would others recommend buying a bear tag if the quota has not been met?

Toro, that's a great bull your daughter got and the picture reminds me that I need to really get cranking on the elliptical in order to build up my lungs.
Good Hunting everybody!

hayden3006 · Jul 14, 2020

huntazido said:
Looks like rain is finally coming. I was lucky enough to draw the single nonresident unguided muzzy tag this October. Hope to make it out at the end of this month to do some scouting and get familiar with the lay of the land. Maybe even do a little fishing? Always interested in hearing from previous hunters and their experiences or recommendations. Would others recommend buying a bear tag if the quota has not been met?

Toro, that's a great bull your daughter got and the picture reminds me that I need to really get cranking on the elliptical in order to build up my lungs.
Good Hunting everybody!

Awesome congratulations. Good luck in your hunt keep us updated like to hear how your hunt turns out!

HUNT21 · Jul 16, 2020

Here is my sons youth tag from 2018. Awesome place to hunt!

hayden3006 · Jul 22, 2020

Wow that’s a great bull HUNT21.

bigharge · Aug 10, 2020

No pic to show, but good luck to your son, what a great tag to draw and I hope y’all have memories that last a lifetime

hayden3006 · Oct 17, 2020

Any 2020 hunters have any luck on the unit? We leave on the 28th.

AZgamefinders · Oct 17, 2020

ortegageno said:
Not much mass but long beams and points.

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Awesome taxidermy.

AZgamefinders · Oct 17, 2020

Good luck on your hunt. Drought here too. Lots of elk avoiding hunters in this heat. Just went scouting today and was able to locate two drinkers unmarked by OnX maps. Lots of critters!!

AaronS · Oct 17, 2020

Love seeing big bull pics. Thanks for posting and congrats to all the successful hunter!

treedagain · Oct 17, 2020

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Great bull

tega52 · Oct 20, 2020

Valle Vidal is the driest I've seen it in my life! Elk numbers are down...not sure if elk have just moved to somewhere with more water. Didnt see near the number of elk we usually do

hayden3006 · Oct 20, 2020

tega52 said:
Valle Vidal is the driest I've seen it in my life! Elk numbers are down...not sure if elk have just moved to somewhere with more water. Didnt see near the number of elk we usually do

Not what I would like to hear. We will give it all we got and hopefully find a good one. Thanks for the reply

Gator · Oct 20, 2020

Find the water that is far from any road. Do Goggle earth and Onxmaps hope you can find water because they have drink everyday in this type of weather.
Another trick is to go out late at night to top of canyons and bugle and see if you hear them bugle back if they do that is one you want to be sitting in come daylight.
Used it alot in unit 51 on 1st rifle hunt in Oct back in the day when us NR could draw a tag. LOL
Good luck

roadrunner · Oct 21, 2020

Going out late at night to bugle and see if you hear one usually isn't something you have to do in VV when they are vocal.

The timeframe this youth hunt is in, you hunt these bulls like you would normally do post-rut.

Toro · Oct 21, 2020

Spent last weekend up in the VV and Tega is 100% spot on, the VV is very dry. We heard zero bugles night or day, doesn't mean they aren't bugling but they sure weren't when I was there. There was definitely a different feel to it this year. We saw a nice herd with a good herd bull and a few rags a few ridges north of Chuck wagon but couldn't get on them with the winds. Good Luck, we left them ALL up there for your kiddo to choose from!! Hope they knock down a monster!! Good Luck

BioHazrdMan · Oct 25, 2020

Wifeys from weekend of Oct 17th, 2020.

hayden3006 · Oct 25, 2020

Nice. Good bull

Gator · Oct 25, 2020

Very nice, Good looking bull.

hayden3006 · Nov 5, 2020

My son got his bull. We had a tuff time finding the mature bulls but had a awesome time. Thanks for all the help that was given to me and to Peez3006 for going to help out.