I have a 4 door dakota 4x4 that might get 16mpg highway! It's about 3500-4000 miles round trip depending on where we go, or 220-250 gallons of gas. Say $2.75/gal it would be around $650 for gas, split 4 ways is $162.50 each. About 4 days travel time there and back driving straight through, hunt maybe 3 days, so need rooms for 3 nights. If a room is $100/night with 2 guys per room, $150 each for 3 nights. So figure $300-400 per person plus license/tags. Realistically, by the time you pay for BS like coffee and jerky at the truck stops, buy the stuff you forgot to bring, etc. it would run you $500 plus license/tags. I can't make heads or tails of New Mexico's licensing stuff. Colorado looks like a non-res license to kill a cow elk would be $356, and an either-sex would be $546.
So figure about $1000 each to go out and kill an elk with a group hunt. Let me know if it can be done cheaper, better, faster!
If I'm payin, I hope ya'll don't mind eatin PB&J sammiches on generic white bread and Top Rahmen Noodles and drinkin sweet tea. As for tags, you'll have to fend for yourselves. And if we're takin Gunboy's truck, then I got our accommodations covered (i.e., camper with sleeping room for me +3). Sometime after next year is sounding better and better. Thattaway, we can get all the info we need on where to go and when, and also have time to save up some vacation time and the ever-important $$$.
New mex is a draw state for licenses. I had my outfitter put in for mine. You also apply for a district or zone. some zones aonly allow 10 licenses and some maybe 25. the more primo the spot, the less draw. I will tell u this also about new mex.-the wind blows 24-7 and it is noisy ina tent. you never know about the weather. warm in the am and snowing in the afternoon. but doing that way I would be very interested also.
There goes old Papaj crying broke aZZZZ again... All that money you make. If you'd leave them 25 year old women alone down there at Disney you'd have some money chief. It appears my portion of the trip will run you about $1,000.00.
all those pics look great!
