LAST EDITED ON Jul-12-11 AT 08:00PM (MST)[p]Whoa there! You're headed in the wrong direction. The 52-2 license is good for the area that is SOUTH of "North Spring Creek". I've hunted it a couple times. Heading south out of Saratoga (Hwy 130), right after you cross over North Spring Creek (only about a mile or so south of town), there's a County Road 387 that heads off to the South & West. You can take 387, which borders private land, or better yet the dirt road that's about 0.7 miles farther down, which goes right down the middle of a good sized chunk of public BLM. That will take you to the top of what we would call a "Mesa" here in New Mexico. Next, hang a left (South) down the "powerline road". You are now in antelope country. Off to your East (from the powerline road) there are several small arroyos (they probably call them "draws"). If it's windy, the antelope will probably be in the draws. Be careful not to go too far east, you need to get a BLM map, or you will be back on private (down towards Hwy 130), but if I remember correctly, there's a barbed wire fence where it goes back to private. After you turn onto the powerline road, you can follow it about 4 or 5 miles south and the powerline turns back to the east. That's the area I've killed the bucks when I've hunted there. It's a very easy hunt, plenty of antelope, but I've never seen an antelope over about 14 inches while hunting. Actually, I've never seen anything much over 13, because the one's I've killed there were only a little over 13 and they were as big as I've seen there. Mostly you will see 12 to 13 inch bucks. I did see a monster (heavy 16 inch) at the meat cutter's place that came off the private along County Road 387. You can camp anywhere on the BLM. It is fun, but you can fill your tag in about 15 minutes. If you end up with a little extra time, kill some coyotes! There are plenty of them there also.
Good Luck,
Bob
Urge 2 Hunt
