NM Oryx hunt

06 July 2006, 08:51

wapiti7

NM Oryx hunt

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

06 July 2006, 19:13

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.

07 July 2006, 00:23

Charles_Helm

Good luck -- take some pictures for us.

08 July 2006, 02:43

TheBigGuy

Lucky dude.

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

08 July 2006, 03:44

KY Nimrod

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.

10 July 2006, 00:04

D99

quote:
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.

10 July 2006, 07:51

wapiti7

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!!!!

10 July 2006, 10:09

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

10 July 2006, 10:17

scr83jp

quote:
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.

10 July 2006, 19:28

Mark Dobrenski

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

Thx

Mark D

15 July 2006, 20:26

douglast

quote:
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.