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Congrats!
Enjoy some of the best eatin' meat you will ever get.
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Alllllright! !
What cartridge ?
I'm jealous.
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Congrats, what rifle is that?
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"Come, shall we go and kill us venison?
And yet it irks me the poor dappled fools,
Being native burghers of this desert city,
Should in their own confines with forked heads
Have their round haunches gored."
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Very nice, big congrats! Looks like you were down near Mayhill area? What did he use in the 300WSM or load?
Good eating!! Very nice!
Good Shooting!
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I think he had a Barnes 180 grain bullet
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Congrats!
Enjoy some of the best eatin' meat you will ever get. You can say that again......fantastic! Great pic too.
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Excuse my ignorance, but what is meant by off range
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Not on the White Sands Missile Range which is a limited once-in-a-lifetime tag. They introduced the Oryx to the missile range in the early 60's and since then the animals have expanded "off-range"
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Those off-range oryx are tough to find!
Helluva job!
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Excellent and congratulations! Nice heavy bases and defined rings, was it a male? Some of the best eating you will find, just don't let your friends know or it will disappear fast. Now comes taxidermy bills!
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It was a cow, 32" on one side and 34 1/2 on the other but big bases for a female. We didn't really care since it was off-range, just trying for one with both horns intact. We passed on a few broken-horn or no-horn cows earlier in the day. Already have a 36" bull and a 40" cow mounted so this will be a cool skull mount. As you said the meat is very good, even my wife and daughter will eat Oryx.
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Do you have to get a tag for the "off-range" critters?
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Very nice.
Congrats to your son.
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Yes you need a tag, they are good for 30 days. I think the non-resident license is 1600 dollars! Resident around 150. They sure move around the country, a few years ago we never saw Oryx in this area now we see them all the time. They are so well adapted to the desert and are very hardy, a wonderful game animal and yes really tasty.
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Congrats on a beautiful animal; sounds like a pretty warm hunt!
Are off range non resident tags lottery or is that only on-range?
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Well I am not sure about the non resident tags. There are lottery tags through the drawing for both on-range and month long tags for off-range. My friend gets land-owner tags that are good for a month once we activate them, I assume he could sell or give them to a non resident as well. The ranch used to be a great mule deer ranch, now we rarely see deer but lots of elk and oryx, I think they are more adaptable and less predator sensitive.
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Looking good mike! Were you in one of Shawn's spots?
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Thanks! No, it is a friend of mines ranch, which Shawn lol?
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Shawn D... the guy that is a off range Oryx magnet. Works on bows and used to fight fires.
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OK, got it. No, I havnt talked to Shawn in a while, I saw him at the new store a few months ago but I didn't realize he was the oryx whisperer. I lucked into this place helping the owner with his cattle ( c-section). He invited us down and told us to get a license and bring a gun because he had a bunch of Oryx on him.... he wasn't exaggerating !
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Way cool deal zia........and waaaay jealous here! Congrats again.
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Thank you, my son also lives in west Texas, he just graduated from WTAMU in Canyon. Today he is on a flight to Namibia then Zimbabwe to film hunts for a month, maybe more pictures of dead Oryx but in Africa!
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Canyon TX is a great place. I've killed several in Namibia myself and eat as much as possible of it over there. It's by far my favorite meat, which is why I want one here so bad.
Lucky kid......!
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Congrats to your son. Awesome trophy!
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Lucky kid, he got hired to film hunts in Africa for a month in Namibia and Zimbabwe. His boss let him borrow a gun and shoot a nice Black Wildebeest yesterday. ![[Linked Image]](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v493/ranchdoc/IMG_0468.jpeg)
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