NM Council of Outfitters and Guides

10/12/2026

We have noticed an incredible (and increasing) number of bots commenting on our tiny little page over the past year. Because we are now awake to this effort, be aware that we will be deleting any comment that we discover comes for a bot (electronic or paid human bot). We welcome opposing views, but they must come from actual human people who is not being paid to comment a certain way. This is just our small way of attempting to maintain the organic integrity of the NMCOG page.

More than half of all traffic on the internet now comes from bots.

09/29/2026

09/21/2026

It is with an extremely heavy heart that I share this news! Cabot was a personal friend of NMCOG and a friend to many other NM outfitters, guides, and hunters who split time between AK and NM. We will so dearly miss him!! Our sincere condolences to the Pitts family!! Just so sad and shocking.

It is with heavy hearts that we share the passing of our longtime friend Cabot Pitts.

Cabot was a respected Alaska registered guide, owner of Alaska Wild Wind Adventures, and President of the Alaska Professional Hunters Association. He loved his fellow Alaska hunters and gave so much of himself to the profession, to conservation, and to keeping our hunting traditions strong for the next generation.
The Alaska’s wilderness and the guiding profession are sometimes unforgiving. Cabot understood that better than most. He still chose that life, because he loved this place, the wildlife, and the hunters who come here to fulfill their dreams.

Cabot was a wonderful father and husband. Our thoughts are with Cabot’s family, his friends, and the entire APHA community. He will be deeply missed.
Rest in peace, Cabot.

09/04/2026

Fresh off the presses. President Trump signed an executive order today, directing the department of the interior to consider down listing/delisting the Mexican wolf!!

DEFENDING AND STRENGTHENING OUR NATION’S VITAL RANCHING INDUSTRY: Today, President Donald J. Trump signed an Executive Order launching a

08/24/2026

NM Wildlife Commission Re-cap from last week. All the Big Game Rules for hunting season 2027-2030 have now been approved!

​The NM State Wildlife Commission met on August 21, 2026 in Las Vegas, NM to approve the remainder of the Big Game Rules for the next 4-year rule cycle. All the Big Game Rules for hunting season...

08/17/2026

Thank you to all who turned out for our wolf meeting. And most of all thank you to the SBA Office of Advocacy for taking an interest in helping the business owners in wolf country continue earning a livelihood in the hunting industry!

08/13/2026

If you have a sincere interest in learning real facts about the EPLUS program and how it works for landowners, outfitters, hunters, and most importantly NM wildlife; this webinar series is for you!

New Mexico’s Elk Private Land Use System (EPLUS) connects private landowners, hunters, and wildlife conservation. With nearly half of the state privately owned, working lands provide important habitat for elk while also bearing many of the costs associated with supporting wildlife.

Join us August 27 at 11 AM MT to learn how EPLUS works, why it matters, and what its future could mean for landowners, hunters, wildlife, and rural communities.

Featuring representatives from Rancho del Oso Pardo, New Mexico Department of Game and Fish, and Western Landowners Alliance.

Register here: https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/6517864847186/WN_wS1u34rsQNmiQmHKqS1SwA

06/30/2026

Here's the re-cap from last Thursday's meeting in Portales. This document includes a summary of the proposed changes to the deer, elk, pronghorn, exotics, and migratory bird rules.

Congratulations! We won! The NM Wildlife Commission hosted a meeting in Portales last Thursday and during the meeting the Commission voted unanimously to kill the proposal to align the hunts in the...