Originally Posted By: Tbone-AZCongrats..
What is a youth encourage elk tag?
It's an over-the-counter, first come, first served elk hunt that a youth is eligible for if he/she applied for a hunt in the regular draw but did not draw any tags. The NM Game and Fish makes about 1900 of these available after the regular draw. For the first two weeks, only kids who applied but didn't get drawn can buy them. After that, the leftovers can be purchased by any kid.
It's a pretty nice little potential bonus if your kids get skunked like mine did. They applied for five hunts between the two of them and didn't get anything.