Here it is!!

The 12th Annual Predator Masters Hunt Announcement!

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WHEN:

February 9th through the 11th..

Location is....Las Cruces,New Mexico

El Paso Intl. Airport is about a 1/2 hour away.
Rental cars, full service. Las Cruces is straight up the Interstate 10. Motels & Event Center are within 5 minutes of each other at Exit 142.

Link to Las Cruces
www.lascrucescvb.org

Predator Masters would like to see you bring the wife & family as well.

Here's some area attractions.

Old Mesilla-
Very upscale, historic area that holds a huge amount of shops catering to the desert southwest.
www.oldmesilla.org

White Sands Natl. Monument-
Everyone needs to visit this one of a kind place. It's just 30 East of Las Cruces! Kids LOVE this place!

http://www.nps.gov/whsa/index.htm

Historic Lincoln, New Mexico-
This is Billy the Kid country! The whole town is a National Historic Site that lives in the same buildings that Billy stayed in and saw in the town. The Lincoln Jail is still there with a bullet hole in the wall from Billy's famous jailbreak.
This a little over an hour and ahalf East of Las Cruces.

http://www.nmmonuments.org/inst.php?inst=7

The Main Events will be held here:

www.nmfarmandranchmuseum.org/index.php

Registering for the Hunt!

You must be a Predator Masters member in good standing to attend the hunt. If you are not a member here, register here at PM first and become a member.

After you are member, you need to decide what you want in the Registration Area of the PM Store.

The Hunt Registration INCLUDES all three Dinner Event Meals!
It also INCLUDES 3 Raffle Tickets for the Main Event Banquet Saturday night! It INCLUDES your KIDS MEALS!

Kids are ALWAYS FREE at the PM Hunt!

Cost for members is the same as last year.

Members- $150
If you bring your spouse, it's only $100 for the same benefits!
She, or he will also get the Event Meals,and 3 raffle tickets.

EggShoot!

You can register for the EggShoot while you are there at the store!

Raffle Tickets!

You can buy your extra raffle tickets online at the PM Store as well.



MOTELS!

We are staying at two fine motels! They are in an adjacent facility so that we can all stay together in one location!

We have a block of rooms reserved at the Comfort Inn Suites.
They are also giving us the use of their meeting room for after hour gathering each night for no charge.

They serve a hot breakfast each morning. No charge. (Not sweet rolls)

Links to the motels:

http://www.comfortsuites.com/hotel-las_c...rt=&type=&map=n

The rate for the Comfort Inn Suites is $70 per night. Be sure and give them the codeword: "PredatorMasters" when you call for reservations.

http://www.sleepinn.com/hotel-las_cruces...rt=&type=&map=n


HUNTING AREA!

You will have access to millions of acres. Ether BLM, State, or Natl. Forest.
This runs from the southern New Mexico border, south of Las Cruces to the Gila Wilderness Natl. Forest North of Las Cruces....It runs West of Las Cruces for over 75 miles & runs North-South 150 miles. (Approx. 12,000 square miles of lightly called, if at all land ranging from rolling terrain to mountainous)


The roads are mostly good, graded roads that you will be hunting off of, so 4WD isn't required in most areas. If you are renting a car, I think I'd get a truck, or SUV type though.

Maps to the hunting areas are available here...........www.publiclands.org

If you have a GPS there are two sponsors of Predator Masters that have maps available for those... http://www.huntinggpsmaps.com/ or http://www.koutdoorproducts.com/




***Please feel free to direct any of your questions to our new Hunt Coordinator, Terry Bates, a.k.a. 220_swift

Can't wait!! I'm hoping to make it down this year!

Thought I wasn't going to get to go this year. My daughter is in Tucson and just found out graduation was moved back to the 17th. YEEEEE HAAAA Just booked our room for the hunt.
See you there!

Glad you are going to make it!!!!!!!!!!

Thats good news for you!!

A potentially stupid question, but I'll ask it anyway: Would this be a worthwhile trip for someone who has extensive big game hunting experience, but has only recently decided to pursue predator hunting?

I haven't even gone on a predator hunt yet. My interest came from researching ways to hunt with my 2 year old son in the future without breaking the bank like big game is starting to do. Now I'm hooked on it without even going.

In short, I'd love to attend so that I can begin learning as much as possible, but if this is an event geared toward experienced hunters, I get that. But if members think it would be a worthwhile trip (I live near Dallas), I'm on board.

Any and all thoughts are appreciated.

WEK

WEK,,,Come on to the Hunt.. I run a "Hook Up" thread in the topic under the Hunt thread and we'll get you with someone that has some experience, at least for a morning or a day and then we can play it by ear...If nothing else, I'm usually free in the mornings and you can go with us...I just need to be back at the motel about 2PM to meet the guys checking in..

There are a great bunch of guys that attend and most are willing to help get a "newbie" started..

Check your PMs...

In short, heck yeah! There are many experienced callers at these conventions that go out of their way to share their knowledge. You need only show up and watch/listen. And as OT said, it shouldn't be too hard to get in a truck with a relatively experienced caller to put boots on the ground and get some firsthand experience of your own.

Wow, fantastic! It seems like this is a great community you have going here. I look forward to getting involved.

Sounds good. I can definitely listen, and right now it looks like I should be able to show up.

Love the quotation in your sig, by the way.

I won't make it this year, but when I do go I make an effort to find people to take out. I'm not the best but I'm not a newbie, either.

Go. Meet people. Have fun. Use the hookup thread to make some arrangements in advance. You might not get to kill a yote, but you will get to meet people, eat good food, get out & hunt the desert southwest, prolly encounter the border patrol daily, etc.

Buy some extra tickets for the drawings. 2 years ago I didn't & didn't win much. Last year I bought a bunch more & got drawn for some nice stuff. Both times I had a freaking BLAST!!!

Haven't been before, but seriously considering this year. What is the timeline of events at the hunt? I saw the dates but not much else. If my calendar is right it starts on a Thursday. Is that a hunting day or more like a check in and have dinner type of deal and hunt Friday-Saturday?

Thursday is the first night of the banquets.You can hunt and do as you please on any of the days.Then the evenings for Thursday,Friday,and Saturday you want to come in a little early so you can make the dinners and events.

You can hunt or not hunt as much as you want at this event.

There will be several of us arriving on Sunday the 5th and hunting all week long.

...Officially the Hunt/Convention is Thur-Sat, but if you call the motel and ask about a "Weekly" rate (Sun-Sat) the cost is almost down to the 3-4 night rate total...

I usually check in on Sun and stay thru Sat night and that lets me justify driving all the way down there (normally 1200 miles, but this year I'll be coming from FL-MO-NM, about 2500 one way)..plus I have more time to enjoy the area...

Just something to think about...

Taken just outside Las Cruces last year