Here's a photo of the oryx bull I shot last weekend in TX.



I also killed a very nice, heavy-beamed 9-pt. buck. Unfortunately, I won't have a photo of the buck until I get the antlers sent to me, likely this week or next.

I hit the buck too high just before dark on Sun., and he ran off into the thick cedars. We tracked him for a couple hours that night, then came back the next morning again. We eventually lost any blood trail and gave up since I had to leave for home and the ranch manager had to go to his other job.

He went back to the area the next day and found the buck dead. He was lying about 20 feet from a water hole. So he recovered the antlers, and will be shipping them to me. Now I'll have to get a cape somewhere.

Good looking bull, Tony. Congrats

I remember from other posts that you said you would be hunting in the hill country. Any chance at details of your hunt?
Did you enoy your stay, the people, the food. What ranch did you hunt on. Where is it located, you know, the ususal.

GWB
PS: Mighty fine looking bull there guy.

Beautiful Oryx Tony. I'll be hunting up by Cherokee, TX next month for whitetail and hogs.

Tony, nice bull. Sounds like a good hunt, sorry about your buck.

Good job!

Mike,

I'm on my way back there tomorrow to hunt another buck and pick up the other one. I hope there's not too much ground shrinkage when I get my hands on the already dead one.

Geedubya,

See the post I made in the bobcat thread. It includes maps of the ranch location.

The ranch is not a full-blown commercial hunting operation. It's mostly for family and friends. The ranch manager served as my "guide." Accommodations are quite suitable and the food was fine since I brought a lot of it such as my wife's lasagna and a nice roast beef already cooked.

Tony, I heard a short time ago that the Scimitar's status with CITES had changed and could no longer be harvested? You know the details on this?

505,

That decision is sort of under reconsideration right now, and even if the law regarding them takes effect as written, it wasn't supposed to happen until Jan. if I recall. But from what I understand, they still could be harvested with a road of red tape involved. There's another thread somewhere on AR discussing it.

Anyway, that's one reason I decided to get it done now. Plus, the price was right since the guy wanted it off his ranch.