White Sands Missile Range Oryx 101

[Habitat#1]

My daughter and I both used the 7mag,hers was 394 yards mine was around 50.Watch out for snakes if you go in summer.In fact we wore snake leggings.If you need some we bought ours used off ebay.

 

[wtx]

My daughter and I both used the 7mag,hers was 394 yards mine was around 50.Watch out for snakes if you go in summer.In fact we wore snake leggings.If you need some we bought ours used off ebay.

what bullet were you guys shooting?

 

[wtx]

We've taken two with 6.5cm 143grn ELD-X. One DRT at 60yd. One shot at ~120, and ran ~100 and piled up.

thanks, where was shot placement?

 

[wtx]

I booked a hunt on Ted Turner's ranch with a guide that pretty much only hunts oryx 5 days/week and he recommended a 6.5 creed. We used 147 ELDM's but friends of mine have used the 143's. My son also used a 223 with 77 TMK on an off-range hunt.

Shot placement is different, just get that right and they'll pile up,

I'd like to shoot the 147m this year, just weary but not against it on the Oryx. Where would you say is correct placement? High shoulder?

 

[Habitat#1]

We just shot the federal big game premium I think was a 175 gr. same as we shot moose with.They are like alot of African game and not hard to kill.Hit them dead center tight behind the shoulder.It was a fun hunt for sure. My daughter had 1 weekend and I had the next.Alot of driving from Kansas. Bring a good deer cart and if in hot weather fill coolers with ice every morning.There are usually guys there to butcher and cape so you can get on ice quick.KNOW all the RULES including what can be in your vehicle and what you can take pictures of.

 

[Short Track]

People think certain creatures are magical and don't die. 6.5CM kills anything. I have more problems with my slow .308

 

[swavescatter]

I'd like to shoot the 147m this year, just weary but not against it on the Oryx. Where would you say is correct placement? High shoulder?

Not high, just straight up from the leg. Looks like shoulder but isn't. Most people put it behind the crease which may be too far back depending on angle (hence the reputation for being "tough").

 

[cuerro viejo]

I'd like to shoot the 147m this year, just weary but not against it on the Oryx. Where would you say is correct placement? High shoulder?

My daughter is using a 6cm 108eldx this year

I’ve killed Oryx with 80gr TTX and 115 VLD. Shot placement is key be wary about getting too high and back.

 

[Djacker]

My wife shot hers with a 143 grain hammer hunter, she shot it midway up the body, right in the shoulder. It ran about 10 yards. Shot distance was 115 yards.

 

[Brent]

Hit them just like this if you want a short track job.

You can see the bullet under the hide on the offside in the photo. Straight up the back of the leg 1/3 of the way up from the belly.

 

[CMF]

Love these old threads, tons of good info. My wife and I were lucky enough to both have drawn a Rhodes canyon hunt in November. I’ve read mixed opinions on being to tag out on multiple people in a group. I want to be with her when she tags hers but definitely don’t want to go home with an empty tag myself. How likely are we to be able to double up or tag on multiple days if? Or should we plan on splitting up to double our odds?

We haven't done NM on-range, but from what I've heard, there is no shortage of opportunities. We've done three hunts now. Our first off-range hunt, my daughter missed several times, so I was able to observe some situations. She shot at one in a group of several at about 200yds, the group ran off and stopped to look back at 500-600yds. We had a similar thing happen with a young oryx that probably only had 18" or so horns, he ran and stopped to look back as well after a miss.
They are often in a group. I would let your wife shoot first at your first opportunity, and hope you can get a shot after her. Otherwise, just plan to make quick work of the first one and get back after it. If it's cold, I'd say you could gut the first and leave til dark to continue hunting the daylight. But, I think maybe for the on-range, you have to be off by a certain time?

 

[CMF]

thanks, where was shot placement?

Here are the best pics I got of the shot side; of course, the majority of good pics were on the other side.
1. 6.5cm 143 ELD-X DRT
2. 6.5cm 143 ELD-X ran ~100-120yds
3. 300WM don't remember bullet, DRT