Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
Staff report
Rules and information about applying for licenses and hunting big game, small game and turkeys in New Mexico are available now on the Department of Game and Fish’s redesigned website www.wildlife.state.nm.us the department has announced.
The 2015-16 Hunting Rules and Information booklet includes information hunters need to apply for and purchase big-game and small-game hunting licenses and permits, the department said in a news release.
The department said hunters are encouraged to review season dates, application deadlines and other information before applying for licenses.
The department will begin accepting online applications for 2015-16 big-game and turkey licenses on Jan. 7. Application deadlines are 5 p.m. Feb. 4 for special-permit bear and turkey hunts, and 5 p.m. March 18 for deer, elk, pronghorn, bighorn sheep, Barbary sheep, ibex, oryx and javelina licenses.
The department’s website has reorganized and redesigned, the department said, to provide easy access to online license sales and applications, hunting and fishing information, education and off-highway vehicle programs, publications, news and other features.
Other features of the website make it more accessible to mobile devices as well, the department said.
More information about 2015-16 hunting rules and information is available by calling the department’s toll-free information line: 888-248-6866.
