Is in full swing and we wish all hunters a successful season. Please heed our advice if you are contacted by a district officer of the New Mexico Department Game and Fish. They will use your words to attempt to convict you. If you are cited do not handle the
Many hunters, guides and outfitters who receive citations from the New Mexico Department of Game and Fish do not realize that any sort of plea, even a deferred, can result in the revocation of all of their privileges (including hunting, fishing, guiding and outfitting) for a period of three years
You may have seen this video (NSFW, language) on Youtube or other places and their advice is simple: STFU. Sadly to say, many people don’t use this very effective advice when speaking with law enforcement. To be clear, this doesn’t mean not to answer all questions. If they ask who
Recently, a lawsuit was filed in Mora County alleging that a conservation officer from the New Mexico Department of Game and Fish was calling an outfitter’s clients and telling them that the guide was acting illegally causing the cancellation of the hunts by the hunters. The Conservation Officer also called
Bort Jones v. Murdoch, 2009-NMSC-002 , changed the way grand juries could be challenged in the State of New Mexico. Before this case there was little a target, the person that is the focus of the grand jury investigation, could do to challenge that investigation. Commonly, the investigation resulted in