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Yes sir, very much aware. Everyone has been hammering that one home to me. Much appreciated...

Dryfly-----I killed my oryx at the Stallion Range. That was quite a few years ago probably pushing 20. It was back when there was 10% preference on NR tags. I actually drew in my 1st try. 3rd choice, I think it was the January hunt. It was a fun weekend.

I had packed the pickup the night before and there was a bunch of vehicles that were broken into. They stole my 30/06 & my spotting scope. I had to borrow a rifle. A friend let me use his Ruger in 300 Win Mag. I think his handloads were 180 grain. Nolser Ballistic Tips. They worked just fine----1 shot kill on a 36" bull. He was the largest bull checked out that hunt when I went thru the gate.

Wow! That sucks that your stuff was stolen but great job on the draw and hunt!

I killed my 2018 bull with a 150gr factory Barnes TTSX. 1 shot at about 330 yds, DRT. If my -06 can do it with that bullet at that range, your 300 certainly can.

https://www.federalpremium.com/rifle/premium-centerfire-rifle/

Any of these really.

I am a Barnes whore, although I am switching to the Tipped version. The Trophy Copper would be good (looks suspiciously like a Barnes IMO.) and the Trophy Bonded Tipped would also be good. There isn't really a bad bullet listed. I would go 180 myself.

Barnes 180gr TTSX got the job done on a young bull. Small but tasty, with a bent horn tip that will make a wonderful and interesting trophy.

Thanks to all who helped out. And a huge thank you to the NM Warden’s service. Warden Jake and Warden Storm put us onto the herd he belonged to on the third and final day. Never met nicer, more professional officers in any department.

Wish I could post a pic but I can’t upload directly to this site.

Good Deal.

OK...start saving for your next one, wherever you choose to hunt it...they are a bit addicting...

Man is that true! They are amazing animals and now all I can do is dream of the next time I can go after them. That’s the one bad thing about hunting them, everything else seems like a down grade now.

Lotta truth in that Dryfly. Ingwe warned me a few years ago and boy was he right.

I remember that...told you Ive killed a pile of them and you hoped to say the same some day...and you have!

Congratulations!

Congrats,

Hunting Oryx is a blast for sure. Hopefully the state will eventually give me my OIL.

Dryfly----Let us know what you think of the meat. Many think it's better than elk. Bob

That one is easy since I literally just got the chance to compare them side by side. The oryx is far and away better. I made a couple elk steaks and oryx steaks and prepared them identically. The elk is easy to tell apart from the oryx,

At first, I thought for sure I would like the elk better as just on appearance alone the elk is much darker red - which is more appealing to me as I am a big meat eater. But when comparing them flavor wise side by side the oryx wins hands down. My wife wouldn’t even touch the elk afterwards.

Much like a very lean, mild beef.

Experiment to see if the pic comes up.

Edited to add: Big thanks to SLM. Studied his link to figure out how to do it...

Congrats Dryfly24!

Thank you buddy. Had a blast!

Gorgeous animal. Congrats!

I've officially moved them onto my, "to do" list.

FC