Son’s Off Range Archery Oryx

MQQSE · Jan 30, 2022

My son was able to get it done this week with his bow. He said he wished he wore gloves with as far as he had to crawl!

elkantlers · Jan 30, 2022

That's impressive. Good job.

earlyriser · Jan 30, 2022

Oryx with a bow…..impressive to say the least! Congratulations to you both!

roadrunner · Jan 30, 2022

That is probably more impressive than taking a 200" muley with a bow!

Founder · Jan 30, 2022

What a neat trophy…..with a bow too!!

toklat · Jan 30, 2022

Impressive! Congratulations!

Reuben_Soady · Jan 30, 2022

Now that doesn't happen very often. Way to go.

nocwalker · Jan 30, 2022

Wow! Congrats

EVILNR · Jan 30, 2022

So it CAN be done.
Impressive!!

NMPaul · Jan 30, 2022

Off range to boot. Congrats

buckhunter64 · Jan 30, 2022

I just killed my first Oryx on range with a rifle yesterday and had to shoot it more times than I will admit to kill it with a 300 short mag. Cant believe how freaking tough they are. What was his equipment used, and how far did it run? Congrats

DoubleDropMuley · Jan 30, 2022

Man that’s cool and good looking oryx to congrats !!

SS! · Jan 30, 2022

That’s a nice one! Congrats!

EVILNR · Jan 31, 2022

Those bases look massive!!

MQQSE · Jan 31, 2022

buckhunter64 said:
I just killed my first Oryx on range with a rifle yesterday and had to shoot it more times than I will admit to kill it with a 300 short mag. Cant believe how freaking tough they are. What was his equipment used, and how far did it run? Congrats

He used a Matthew’s VXR and I think that bull went about 80-100 yards. He had several failed stalks before he was able to get in front of a group of them and had them work his way.

live4muleys · Jan 31, 2022

Awesome. Congrats to your son. That is a pretty big accomplishment.

Iowan · Jan 31, 2022

That is really impressive. I wanted to try it but with only two days to hunt (we lost one due to a mission) on RC I could not bring myself to do it.

BradA · Jan 31, 2022

Congratulations to
You’re son! That’s awesome and good for him sticking it out with a bow.

BradA · Jan 31, 2022

buckhunter64 said:
I just killed my first Oryx on range with a rifle yesterday and had to shoot it more times than I will admit to kill it with a 300 short mag. Cant believe how freaking tough they are. What was his equipment used, and how far did it run? Congrats

Let’s see a post with your oryx !

JRABQ · Jan 31, 2022

Wow! That's awesome getting it done with archery!

twdjr · Jan 31, 2022

That's awesome! Congrats to him!

brentc · Jan 31, 2022

Hell Yes! You don't see many guys check in with a bow killed oryx.

MQQSE · Jan 31, 2022

BradA said:
Let’s see a post with your oryx !

I cheated with a rifle! Too fat to crawl….
Now let’s see his..

smarba · Jan 31, 2022

Congrats to your son, that's quite an accomplishment. I've always known it's "possible" just like spot and stalk pronghorn, but often it boils down to time. Certainly on-range has very little time to try with a bow, but even off-range by the time we account for work, kid's sporting activities, weather, etc. before you know it the month can seem pretty short too LOL. Great bull and great achievement!

BradA · Jan 31, 2022

MQQSE said:
I cheated with a rifle! Too fat to crawl….
Now let’s see his..

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Nice congratulations you killed one as well as your son !

MQQSE · Jan 31, 2022

BradA said:
Nice congratulations you killed one as well as your son !

Thanks. I thought I did something early in the hunt, but kids have a way of surprising us. We really had a memorable hunt.

smokepoll · Feb 1, 2022

Beautiful, Congrats!

SDBugler · Feb 1, 2022

Congratulations to your son. I'm headed to WSMR Rhodes next weekend. I got lucky and drew a NR tag the first year that I applied!!! I would love to try it with my bow but with only a couple days to get it done I'm not gonna risk it so taking the .300 RSAUM.

Really looking forward to this hunt. All three of my sons are going to join me for this OIL experience. With all of the them spread out attending college over the years this will be our first big game hunt all together since 2012!!!!

MQQSE · Feb 1, 2022

SDBugler said:
Congratulations to your son. I'm headed to WSMR Rhodes next weekend. I got lucky and drew a NR tag the first year that I applied!!! I would love to try it with my bow but with only a couple days to get it done I'm not gonna risk it so taking the .300 RSAUM.

Really looking forward to this hunt. All three of my sons are going to join me for this OIL experience. With all of the them spread out attending college over the years this will be our first big game hunt all together since 2012!!!!

Good luck! I can honestly say that they are the spookiest animals I have ever hunted. Don’t let them see you before you see them.

Cahunter805 · Feb 2, 2022

SDBugler said:
Congratulations to your son. I'm headed to WSMR Rhodes next weekend. I got lucky and drew a NR tag the first year that I applied!!! I would love to try it with my bow but with only a couple days to get it done I'm not gonna risk it so taking the .300 RSAUM.

Really looking forward to this hunt. All three of my sons are going to join me for this OIL experience. With all of the them spread out attending college over the years this will be our first big game hunt all together since 2012!!!!

Good luck! I got a feeling a giant Oryx is in trouble knowing you and your crew.

EVILNR · Feb 2, 2022

I did the RC hunt in 2011, ended up with a 40"+.
I remember when we spotted them at 1000yds they were
standing there staring at us.
So we did the Ninja sneak for about 500 yards, Looked up
and they were at 1000 yds, staring at us.
Wash, rinse, repeat. Same deal they always knew exactly where we were and stayed @ 1000yds.
3.2 miles later we got to within 380 yards and sealed the deal.
VERY WARY critters!!!

BrianID · Feb 11, 2022

Very impressive with a bow. Just finding an off range oryx is difficult. Trying to get in close enough to kill one with a bow would be very challenging in many area. The next time I get an off range tag I may try with my bow but I’ll have to find some Oryx in a spot that I have a reasonable chance of getting close.

Bigfoot 1 · Mar 4, 2022

MQQSE said:
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My son was able to get it done this week with his bow. He said he wished he wore gloves with as far as he had to crawl!

Nice Congratulations! I spent 20 of my 30 year Border Patrol career living in Alamogordo. I got to patrol areas most people will never see, and being an avid Hunter it didn’t take me long to figure out where those oryx are going to be. I’ve been fortunate to take a dozen or so of them during my tenure there, all with rifle though. I can only imagine the difficulty and the satisfaction it must take and give to harvest one with a bow.

If any of you draw oryx off range and wonder where to start just let me know, I’ll be happy to assist.