Leavin friday for Alamogordo. I'm gonna murder one with the smoke pole! Wish me luck......Wapiti7

Good luck!

The Oryx is a beautiful animal and very tasty too! I would venture a guess that the Oryx is the best tasting wild meat in all of New Mexico.

Good luck -- take some pictures for us.

Lucky dude.

Hold out for a good one. I hear they flat have some NICE ONES.

Hope you get this in time but be prepared to move around alot and bring a good spotting scope. They live in the mostly flat desert and finding them without a major terrain feature to get up on to observe is difficult. I used to see em all the time around the "pipeline road" on Fort Bliss.

I'm jealous.

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Originally posted by Wendell Reich:
Good luck!

The Oryx is a beautiful animal and very tasty too! I would venture a guess that the Oryx is the best tasting wild meat in all of New Mexico.

Wow, I would say a spiker elk. The only African game I thought was better tasting than ours was the Eland.

Well hells bells!! Amist a 500yr flood and temps in the 60s, I whacked 33 1/2 inch bull with my muzzleloader at 116 yds! I'll try to post a pick tomorrow night. Thanks boys!!!!

Congratulations, Wapiti7!!

Someday I want to shoot one of those, but that won't be for a few years yet. Are non-residents allowed to hunt them? I am from Northern BC, in Canada.
Regards,
Graham

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Originally posted by M70classic:
Congratulations, Wapiti7!!

Someday I want to shoot one of those, but that won't be for a few years yet. Are non-residents allowed to hunt them? I am from Northern BC, in Canada.
Regards,
Graham

Yes I put in for a depredation hunt on White Sands Missle Base 6 yrs ago tag was $1510 didn't get drawn got $1500 back.New Mexico had depredation tags for Elk,Javelina & Oryx when I applied do a google search.Resident tag was $110 for Oryx.

Anyone offhand know the odds of drawing this tag these days?

Thx

Mark D

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Originally posted by Mark Dobrenski:
Anyone offhand know the odds of drawing this tag these days?

Thx

Mark D

For the once-in-a-lifetime hunts, non-resident draw odds are about 1 in 10.