hoopscoach
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I hit the jackpot drawing some exceptional tags this year and one of those tags was off range oryx! The first morning, my girlfriend Cindy spotted an oryx, but it was on the range and off limits. Later that morning, we snubbed a young bull that was off the range but pretty small and not what we were looking for on the first day of the hunt. The second morning we turned up a pretty nice bull that I watched from a mile away until he bedded around 9:00. I knew it would be tough to pinpoint exactly where he was bedded because there weren’t any good landmarks in the area and everything looks different when you get down into that terrain. I decided to wait until around 2:30 to make our move The plan was to try to cut the distance to around 300 yards and then wait until he started feeding in the evening. I expected we might need to make a final move to get into position for a shot…. At 3:30, we climbed up on a brushy dune that I felt was close enough and offered a good vantage point to wait for him to start feeding. Five minutes later, I was glassing the area and spotted him only 200 yards away quartering away from us. He was not spooked but knew something was amiss so I quickly positioned my tripod and found him in my scope. At the shot, I heard a distinct “whop” of a solid hit and the bull bolted.
After 30 minutes, we made our way to where he had been standing at the shot and could not find any sign of a hit. After an hour of searching, and still no blood, I was starting to wonder if I had possibly missed. At that point I started making big circles in the direction I saw him run. Shortly, I came across a set of fresh tracks and decided to follow them even though there was no blood present. A few minutes later, I walked up on the expired bull within about 100 yards of where he was standing at the shot. We took pictures and spent the rest of the evening skinning, quartering, boning and packing him back to camp. Oryx are extremely good table fare so we are thrilled to be able to share our bounty with family and friends!
After 30 minutes, we made our way to where he had been standing at the shot and could not find any sign of a hit. After an hour of searching, and still no blood, I was starting to wonder if I had possibly missed. At that point I started making big circles in the direction I saw him run. Shortly, I came across a set of fresh tracks and decided to follow them even though there was no blood present. A few minutes later, I walked up on the expired bull within about 100 yards of where he was standing at the shot. We took pictures and spent the rest of the evening skinning, quartering, boning and packing him back to camp. Oryx are extremely good table fare so we are thrilled to be able to share our bounty with family and friends!
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