Are you a family who loves to fish? Check out this class to expand your opportunities!

The New Mexico Department of Game and Fish and New Mexico Outdoor Adventures invite you to a day of ice fishing at Eagle Nest Lake State Park. The event is open to families who have previously fished.

Registrants are responsible for travel, lodging and purchasing a fishing license for participants 12 years old and older. We’ll spend seven hours ice fishing for trout and perch and learning fishing techniques and ice safety.

Get more information here.

Registration opens on Dec. 26 at 9 a.m. Slots will be filled on a first-come, first-served basis. Click here to register.

Ladies, have you ever wanted to try duck hunting? Here is your chance.

The New Mexico Department of Game and Fish, along with Safari Club International Foundation, is hosting a duck hunting camp open to women 18 and older who have experience shooting a shotgun or bird hunting. The hunting will take place on the riverbank of the Rio Grande.

Get more information here.

Registration opens on Dec. 26 at 9 a.m. Slots will be filled on a first-come, first-served basis. Click here to register.

Attention Hunters: Now is the time to start giving back

Interested in becoming a volunteer or a hunter education instructor?

These are the steps that it takes to become a volunteer for the Department.

Start by emailing the Volunteer Coordinator, Chris Jarvis, and letting him know that you are interested in volunteering. Chris will send you the volunteer application forms.

Fill out the forms and return them to Chris Jarvis. When your application forms are returned, the Department will conduct a background check for any felony convictions or flagrant violations of Game and Fish laws.

Upon passing the background check, you will be asked to complete a free online ChildSafe course that generally takes about an hour.

Once we have received your ChildSafe certificate, you will be cleared to volunteer and we will add you to our volunteer system.

If you are interested in becoming a hunter education instructor, we will connect you with that department so you can register for an upcoming workshop.

Upcoming new Hunter Education Instructor workshops:

Jan. 6, 2024 in Hobbs

Jan. 27, 2024 in Albuquerque

To learn more about becoming a hunter education instructor, visit our website.

Don’t wait, sign up for a hunter education class today!

Before purchasing a game-hunting license, all hunters 17 years of age and younger must obtain a hunter education number issued by New Mexico or another state or possess a New Mexico mentor-youth number.

Classes fill up quickly, so sign up today!

Hunter Education classes are currently listed in:

• Albuquerque
• Clovis
• Elephant Butte
• Farmington
• Las Cruces
• Logan
• Raton
• Roswell
• Ruidoso
• Sandia Park

Our volunteer instructors are listing more classes every day, check out our list of statewide classes here.

Enroll for a class by logging into or creating a customer account and clicking on Hunter Education.

Want to get away? Learn how to do so safely on your ATV.

Did you know?

New Mexico law requires anyone younger than 18 operating an OHV on public lands or any ATV or ROV on authorized paved roads to possess an OHV safety permit during use. OHV safety permits are not machine-specific (for instance, a safety permit from an ATV class is acceptable for dirt bike operation).

The Department is scheduling classes all over the state, find a list of statewide classes here.

All riders completing the course will earn their OHV safety permit and riders under 18 will receive a helmet and goggles.

Learn more about OHV safety here.

Enroll for a class by logging into or creating a customer account and clicking on Off-Highway Vehicles.