2025 New Mexico Hunting Recap

San Francisco River Outfitters continue to offer our Wilderness pack-in by horseback and pack
mule, hunting the rugged and remote Gila Wilderness. This was our 39th year hunting this unit
and with a reduction in rifle bull tags in this unit in 2023 we had a much better success ratio the
past few years. With less rifle hunters overall in 2025 it should make for good hunting into 2026. We took 4 bulls this year, 1 in archery and 3 on the rifle hunts with all of those in the 360 plus range. Archery season was tough with our drought conditions the bulls bugled late in all units. Rifle season we had some health issues with hunters and they were
not able to join which resulted in our low numbers of bulls being harvested. All in all we had a
good a season. We encourage and highly recommend our clients to be in the best shape possible and be prepared to put in some miles horseback in some really rough country. We put you on good gentle mountain horses and are guided by our professional and competent guides.

Our many years of guiding hunters in the Gila Wilderness gives us an advantage over our competitors. With the high cost for everything the last four years our prices have gone up but we still are competitive especially for wilderness hunting.

This is our 39th anniversary of guiding hunters as San Francisco River Outfitters mostly in the Gila Wilderness; Our many years of experience gives our hunters an advantage over our competitors.