Once in a lifetime WSMR Oryx hunt

[Juiceking]

This October 2020 was my oryx hunt..
38" bull shot at 230 pm 30.06 180 gr at 104 yrds....super super fun hunt...gotta love NM hunting

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[Bradleystuart]

Thanks for sharing. The meat looks delicious.

 

[Juiceking]

Thanks for sharing. The meat looks delicious.

It is delicious...super mild..thank you

 

[nvshooter]

A dandy trophy, to be sure. I was at the local Mickey D's several weeks ago and a pickup was parked outside with a huge rack of elk antlers in the bed. I took the attached pictures with my cellphone. I don't know squat about elk, but even a fool like me knew this one was special. The young man whom had shot it with a .300WinMag from 850 yards showed me pictures of the antlers, setting on their side. They were as tall as was he, and he was at least 6' 6" or so. The father of the young man estimated the standing elk was 1100 pounds or so. The antlers have something like ten or twelve points, with a few broken-off in fights. The pictures may not lend themselves well to the size of the beast. Those of you who know elk can inform those of us who know nothing about them as to how much of a trophy is this animal.

 

[Juiceking]

A dandy trophy, to be sure. I was at the local Mickey D's several weeks ago and a pickup was parked outside with a huge rack of elk antlers in the bed. I took the attached pictures with my cellphone. I don't know squat about elk, but even a fool like me knew this one was special. The young man whom had shot it with a .300WinMag from 850 yards showed me pictures of the antlers, setting on their side. They were as tall as was he, and he was at least 6' 6" or so. The father of the young man estimated the standing elk was 1100 pounds or so. The antlers have something like ten or twelve points, with a few broken-off in fights. The pictures may not lend themselves well to the size of the beast. Those of you who know elk can inform those of us who know nothing about them as to how much of a trophy is this animal.

Thank you, I'm not skilled in how you judge trophy but he looks pretty big so nice rack and blessed with a bunch of high quality organic grass fed meat so that's all i know...but definitely a big boy nice pics

 

[DunRanull]

OK, so what's an oryx? Anything like an aurochs? Or goat/antelope... Was this a wild hunt or a ranch hunt? Those horns are huge... Don't think I'd want one of those mad at me...

 

[Juiceking]

OK, so what's an oryx? Anything like an aurochs? Was this a wild hunt or a ranch hunt? Those horns are huge... Don't think I'd want one of those mad at me...

Its an african big game animal (gemsbok) related to antelope species brought to White Sands Missle range in the 1950s i think but on Range its a once in a lifetime draw hunt...but they done so well they have off range hunts also...theres stories of ppl seeing yhem with mountain lions impaled on there horns

 

[DunRanull]

Its an african big game animal (gemsbok) related to antelope species brought to White Sands Missle range in the 1950s i think but on Range its a once in a lifetime draw hunt...but they done so well they have off range hunts also...theres stories of ppl seeing yhem with mountain lions impaled on there horns

Thanks- I had briefly mixed "oryx" up with "aurochs", the extinct (but being brought back by recombinate-DNA work) ancestor of modern cattle.. Congratulations on a fine looking animal, may you eat well! The gemsbok is prized on Afrikan hunts, I know.. Congrats also on getting it done with a .30-06, a lot of guys might have gone off with a .300 winmag, .338, or larger.. All things considered you seem justifiably confident in the -06.. I'm impressed.