Not much of a report but I have been wanting a scimitar oryx for some time but they were a bit too pricey for me. Now, with prices down, my time home always short and my wife actually wanting one on the wall I decided to do it. We spent most of a day chasing them in and out of the brush until a large number from the herd came out just outside the brush. Then it was glassing for good horns, ensuring it was a bull ( a must for me), which isn't all that easy given what you are looking for then waiting to get a clear shot with nothing in front or behind. Much like the hunt for my gemsbuck in SA in 2002. After quite some time I finally got a clear shot at around 150 yards and let the 140 gr Accubond from my 7x57 fly. In and out and, just as my gemsbuck did after being thumped with a 250 gr X from my 9.3x62, the bull turned and just stood there. A second shot in the same place opposite side and he dropped. He's a pretty one and will make a beautiful pedestal mount and fill the freezer with what is claimed as about the finest meat to be had. I had my 13 year old son along and he had a great time glassing and helping find the right bull and keeping track of it while it moved within the herd. A kick in the pants it was.

Congratulations on taking such a beautifil animal.

Do let us know about the meat, and how it tasted.

O

Both the Scimitar and rifle are absolute beauties.
What happened to the hunter? LOL

Where did you take the Oryx that you could take the meat home?

Did Accurate Innovations make that stock for you?

Nice bull....with GREAT mass!! Congratulations...

Beautiful bull you have there!

Now, you want some thing to fill the freezer that is better then a scimitar? Get yourself an addax!!! I have both in the freezer at the moment and both are excellent tablefare, but I give the nod to the addax.

Congrats again!

Pretty animal. I'm thinking about hunting one myself this winter. Who did you hunt with?

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Originally posted by lde:
Did Accurate Innovations make that stock for you?

Fred Speiser did the stock work.

Ed, glad to see you got that bull and it was a rearding experience for you and your son. Wade

Nice Scimitar Oryx..My buddy shot one a couple years back in Texas. Beautiful critters.

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Originally posted by Wade Derby:
Ed, glad to see you got that bull and it was a rearding experience for you and your son. Wade

And that is was. Thanks for scrambling to put it and the whitetail hunt together.

Great trophy. I mounted 4 big ones like that last year. They look great on the wall!