Participate Today to Secure Tomorrow
On Thursday, June 25, the New Mexico State Game Commission is holding a meeting to discuss several critical agenda items that directly impact our wildlife management practices, hunting regulations, and sporting heritage.
Some items on the agenda:
- Deer Rule (19.31.13 NMAC): Subsequent discussion regarding proposed changes.
- Elk Rule (19.31.14 NMAC): Subsequent discussion regarding proposed changes.
- Barbary Sheep, Oryx, and Ibex Rule (19.31.12): Official rule hearing and potential action.
- Migratory Bird Rule (19.31.6 NMAC): Official rule hearing and potential action.
The Commission will meet from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. at Eastern New Mexico University, located at 1500 S Avenue K in Portales. You can also watch the live stream via the NMDGF Webcast.
The Critical Need for Vigilance
Anti-hunting groups are constantly searching for backdoors to lock us out of public lands, outlaw essential conservation tools, and choke our heritage with red tape. By showing up—whether in the meeting room or on the virtual livestream—you send a clear message to the commission: New Mexico’s sporting community demands science-based management, transparency, and respect for our time-honored traditions.
History proves that when outdoor enthusiasts drop their guard, radical animal-rights groups capitalize on the silence. We cannot sit back and let a loud, highly organized minority rewrite the rules of our outdoor heritage.
Defending the Future of Our Wildlife
As sportsmen, we are the true frontline guardians of a lifestyle that is increasingly coming under political fire. While we are actively funding conservation and managing the land, anti-sportsmen groups are busy filling public hearings to erase our way of life. The threats we face today are unprecedented. It is time for our community to stand together, match their energy, and fiercely protect our right to hunt, fish, and trap. This is how we ensure the legacy we inherited is preserved for our kids, grandkids, and generations to come.
Please forward this alert to your family, friends, and fellow hunters. Urge them to stand shoulder-to-shoulder with the Sportsmen’s Alliance to defend our outdoor freedom in the Land of Enchantment.
The Sportsmen’s Alliance guarantees hunting, fishing, and trapping for the American sportsman now and forever. We’re there when sportsmen need us most. We are the only organization specifically created to protect the individual hunter, angler, and trapper – no matter the threat. We will never compromise when it comes to defending our way of life in the courts, in the legislatures, in the public square, and at the ballot box. We make this promise to the American sportsman: we will never give up and never give in while proudly securing our future against those seeking to destroy our values, beliefs, and traditions.
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