A couple guys have PM'd me asking for more info so thought I'd share here:
The guide's official fee was $450 per person. I gave him $550 plus a bottle of whiskey and I'm pretty sure the other 2 guys did the same. There were 3 of us hunting together. Got 2 cows the 1st day and the last cow the morning of the 3rd day. The guides have everything scouted ahead of time and know the land like the back of their hand. Guide fee includes the guide deboning the elk. In Dulce, the tribe has a skinning/deboning facility with walk in coolers/freezers you can leave your meat in until you leave. It was a blast hanging out at the skinning shack seeing the other elk and mule deer that were coming in all day and night. The success rate for cows has got to be over 90%. We took shots of 150-550 yards. The guide has range finder along with a tripod.
If you get tags for the south, then we stayed in Cuba at a motel. For Horse Lake, probably Chama. The guide will say for sure as he will pick you up at the motel.
Horse Lake is amazing. I'd say this would be the order: horse lake, res, and south but any of them would be cool. The hunt dates were more important to me.
If you are on facebook, check out the Bucks of the Jicarilla page. The guides that I've used basically run that page. https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100048607457560
This the site that has the information and application.
https://jicarillahunt.com/hunting
You can submit a group application if there is more than 1 of you.
Basically you submit application and they will call you after the drawing with your results. There are 3 different areas. Horse Lake Mesa is a high fenced game preserve but don't let the notion of a fence scare you off. They basically high fenced an entire freaking mountain. It's awesome. I've hunted there and in the south area. There are lots of oil pumps all over the res so the guide basically drives you around the dirt trails used to service the pumps in order to scout the elk. If you are mobility impaired you can shoot the elk from using the hood of the truck or jump out of the truck to try and jog to cut off the herd. Basically the guide can tailor the hunt to what you can handle physically. Happy to provide guide references but here is the official list: https://jicarillahunt.com/uploads/file_1701119468.pdf