ORYX DOWN!!!

[nmtaxi]

It took me all month to finally fill my off-missile-range oryx (gemsbok). He's 34" long with 7" bases. That gives him an SCI score of 82. I think 80 makes the books. Score 102.5 for Rack Attak!!!

[ 08-30-2004, 23:26: Message edited by: Delw ]

 

[Moosie]

AHHH the "Rack Attack"

Congrats bud !!!

(Do you care if we Shrink your Pictures )

 

[nmtaxi]

They are a little big, aren't they. They need to be that big to fit the oryx in them .

 

[DeerKing]

Congrats on the great beast! Nice looking critter. How bout a little story on it...

 

[PAhunter]

Awesome critter, NM!

What caliber is the Ruger?

 

[nmtaxi]

The Ruger is a .338 win. mag. I had to test it out before I head to AK next week.
This off-the-range depredation tag I drew was for the whole month of August. The oryx usually come off the missile range for water, but with the monsoons, there haven't been to many crossing lately. I've been going down every weekend, and the only one I had seen until yesterday was in the first ten minutes of the hunt, and he had both horns broken off. I'd seen hundreds of oryx on-range though.
Yesterday, we checked all the crossing where they come under the fence, and couldn't find any fresh sign. About 8:00 in the morning we finally found some fresh tracks. I decided it was probably my only chance, so I followed the tracks for about 2 miles, and jumped this bull out of his bed at about 75 yards. That .338 put quite a wallop on him. I had never tracked an animal down like that before. It was a pretty exciting way to hunt, but I would guess doesn't pan out too often.

 

[OSOK]

Congrats on a beautiful animal!!!

Sounds like it was an exciting hunt, too.

 

[Calif. Hunter]

Very cool! Congratulations.

 

[mtmiller]

Cool looking animal you got there. Congrats on the hunt and the points.

 

[Idaho_Smiley]

NICE, congrats on animal and points .

 

[ARCAT]

thats really cool. and the fact that they are free range is even better. I especially like the pic with the kid in it. He looks tough.

 

[Delw]

Thats pretty cool congrats


Delw

 

[A-con]

Congratulations, thats a great Oryx. Good photos too.