Successful New Mexico Oryx hunt

[Blackdirt Cowboy]

Sorry, this lady was too young to be shot

I'm sorry, but I'll have to disagree. A very old oryx will have the ridges of their horns at the base begin to fuse together in one solid mass. You can clearly see that on this animal on the lower couple of inches on her horns.

 

[mdmiller]

Great story, and great animal!

 

[James DeTorre]

2022 bucket list, when is season ( NM or TX) not familiar with area.

 

[El_Bandito_Blanquito]

Awesome; well done. And way to stick with it. Those 2 day McGregor hunts are a lot of pressure!

And not that it really matters but the 43" record was only a record at 43 because it was a bull with huge bases and a gross score of 101". For cows there have been some taken close to 49" if I'm not mistaken. Again, not that it matters because yours is a monster! Congrats!

 

[Farmerbrown32]

Wow. That is awesome man. Incredible how long them horns are!

 

[Blueridgeguy]

Congratulations that's a beautiful animal!

 

[El_Bandito_Blanquito]

2022 bucket list, when is season ( NM or TX) not familiar with area.

They have on range and off range hunts in NM basically year round. Comparatively hard to draw as a non-res without a guide though...

 

[the blur]

The odds of a non-res drawing a tag is nil. I will start to look at off range hunts.

 

[Blackdirt Cowboy]

The odds of a non-res drawing a tag is nil. I will start to look at off range hunts.

You are correct. My drawing odds were 1.3%.

 

[Ingwe]

If you REALLY want to kill an Oryx, you are better off saving some money and going to Namibia where you will kill one on the first day.

 

[the blur]

If you REALLY want to kill an Oryx, you are better off saving some money and going to Namibia where you will kill one on the first day.

I want to kill one, and eat it as well, so Namibia doesn't work for me.

 

[Ingwe]

I want to kill one, and eat it as well, so Namibia doesn't work for me.

You will definitely eat it while you are there....you can't take it home with you but by the time that you leave all of the meat will be consumed

 

[Mike Matteson]

Been to Namibia twice. You sure can kill one on the first day of hunting. Better to take sometime and look them over. They are good eating too. I was surprised the first time over there. That what meats were used to feed us even in the hotels. The meat doesn't go to waste, even though we can't take it back with us. The hunter's feed a lot of people their.

 

[the blur]

The hunters feed the people of Namibia, not the hunters family. That doesn't work for me.