New Mexico ORYX!

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Re: New Mexico ORYX!

Post by Ready » Tue Jan 20, 2009 10:14 pm

Hunt is over! We had a blast!

I was holding out for a bigger one and the boys were getting nervous, so on the last afternoon we got serious and I bagged a nice bull. He isn't the big one that I was hoping for, but I didn't want to disappoint the boys with tag soup.

I'll post up some pics when I get them loaded up from the camera.

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Re: New Mexico ORYX!

Post by AGCHAWK » Tue Jan 20, 2009 10:29 pm

CONGRATS Dustin! That is too cool. I cannot wait to see the pics!
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Re: New Mexico ORYX!

Post by StickFlicker » Tue Jan 20, 2009 11:14 pm

I just happened to have met the biologist in charge of the Oryx hunt on White Sands about a week ago. Sorry I didn't see this post earlier. I learned some very interesting things about the animals. I saw some when hunting over there last year for pronghorn. It was always VERY COOL to see a herd of them out on the prairie. Made me really want to get one when I went to Africa this past Summer. Glad you had fun and that it was successful. I've been thinking of applying in New Mexico myself. Let's see some pictures!! :tz
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Re: New Mexico ORYX!

Post by killerbee » Wed Jan 21, 2009 8:44 am

awsome! cant wait to see the pics!

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Re: New Mexico ORYX!

Post by MuleyMadness » Wed Jan 21, 2009 9:07 am

I wanna see. :)

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Re: New Mexico ORYX!

Post by camodup » Wed Jan 21, 2009 10:59 am

Nice! i cant wait to see the fella
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Re: New Mexico ORYX!

Post by MuleyMadness » Sat Feb 07, 2009 5:00 pm

Dustin I still wanna see the pics. :)

Congrats to your wife on the fine story in HI magazine. :thumb

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Re: New Mexico ORYX!

Post by killerbee » Sat Feb 07, 2009 5:19 pm

yea, this should be on here already, dont you know it's the offseason lol . i WOULD LOVE TO SEE THEM!!

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Re: New Mexico ORYX!

Post by Ready » Tue Feb 10, 2009 10:09 pm

Sorry about the delay. The boys and I had a great time!

This is the morning before the hunt when we arrived in NM. The sun was bright that morning! LOL!
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And here is the end result Sunday evening:
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I put the boys back in for next year. Hopefully they will draw sometime in the near future so I can take them back for another fun time!

Good luck to all the rest of you in the upcoming draws!

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Re: New Mexico ORYX!

Post by killerbee » Tue Feb 10, 2009 10:15 pm

very cool, THANKS FOR POSTING!!
so how big are they? i've never seen one personaly. i'm guessing bout the size of a caribuo?
bigger than a muley but smaller than an elk? and it looks like you were able to drive to him. is there lots of animals on the hunt? congrats on what looks like a great time spent with your kids. they will remeber those times forever!

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