Rhodes Canyon Oryx!!! (new pic p3)

[280ackley]

Hunt Wa members did pretty good on the Oyrx draw.  My Dad and I drew the Rhodes Canyon for the end of next February.  
Congrats again to Bearhunter who drew the January hunt in the same area.

[hogsniper]

Yep congrats to you guys!!! Im excited to go spot for bearhunter, just wish they werent anal about cameras and such!! Would be nice to get some pics and some good video down there!!! Good luck   Justin

[littlebuf]

what are you guys talking about? i know what the animal is but what draw are you guys referring to?

[280ackley]

The draw that New Mexico has to hunt Oryx on the White Sands Missile Range.

[littlebuf]

so this is some sort of high fence hunt then ?

[hogsniper]

Its a hunt for Oryx on the white sands missile range...Lots of em down there and is in no way a high fenced hunt...Free range inside the missile range!! 

[280ackley]

so this is some sort of high fence hunt then ?

Nope, free range.

[Bearhunter]

Might have to look to put a high fence around the house to keep the tweekers out after getting mine mounted!

[hogsniper]

And me!!!

[gasman]

Never heard of an "Oryx", what is it?
 

[Houndhunter]

african antelope lookin thing

[BrushChimp]

Google it. The world wide web is an amazing thing and information on nearly every subject is endless.

Congratulations! How much does it cost to apply each year?

[DeerHarvester]

In that area I would be carring my AR.   

[littlebuf]

theres gotta be some sort of fence around that missile range.

[280ackley]

Is there some type of fence on the WSMR, probably somewhere.  Here is quote from the New Mexico Game and Fish "Since there are no significant barriers to their movement, they have dispersed approximately 100 miles in all directions to private land and land managed by the U.S. Army, National Park Service, Fish and Wildlife Service, Department of Agriculture, and Bureau of Land Management."

Here is a link: http://www.wildlife.state.nm.us/education/wildlife_notes/documents/NoteOryxSm.pdf