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 Re: Gonna get an oryx!
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03/21/12 09:27 PM
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They are still to big to ethically shoot with a 22-250 no matter how you look at it.
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Re: Gonna get an oryx!
[Re: cmorsch]
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03/21/12 09:32 PM
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txtrophy85
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They are still to big to ethically shoot with a 22-250 no matter how you look at it. What?!? with a TSX's you can hit a little green man pinching a loaf on the far side of mars. where have you been?
For it is not the quarry that we truly seek, but the adventure.
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Re: Gonna get an oryx!
[Re: GOLDSTEIN]
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03/21/12 10:32 PM
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Neck/head or neck shot. 22-250. 55gr Sierra Matchking BTHP or 55gr Wincheseter Ballistic tip. Sorry, only 2 options....
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Re: Gonna get an oryx!
[Re: chital_shikari]
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03/21/12 11:07 PM
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Looking forward to the report. Good luck and straight shooting. Remember, trophy is in the eye of the beholder. A management Oryx at your age would darn sure qualify as a trophy to me.
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Re: Gonna get an oryx!
[Re: TxAg]
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03/21/12 11:18 PM
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Looking forward to the report. Good luck and straight shooting. Remember, trophy is in the eye of the beholder. A management Oryx at your age would darn sure qualify as a trophy to me. Thanks. I should DRT the sucker, unless I lose my sight. 
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Re: Gonna get an oryx!
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03/21/12 11:21 PM
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Neck/head or neck shot. 22-250. 55gr Sierra Matchking BTHP or 55gr Wincheseter Ballistic tip. Sorry, only 2 options.... I've killed a lot of stuff with a 55 grain sierra gameking. Good bullet. with a neck shot you should have no problems. Good Luck!
For it is not the quarry that we truly seek, but the adventure.
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Re: Gonna get an oryx!
[Re: txtrophy85]
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03/21/12 11:22 PM
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Re: Gonna get an oryx!
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03/21/12 11:26 PM
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BOBO the Clown
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I hate that bullet, but that's just my opinion.
Neck or mid shoulder shot...their spine is way low!!!
Mid shoulder hits spine
Far better it is to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs, even though checkered by failure, than to take rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy much nor suffer much, b/c they know not victory nor defeat"- #26 TR
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Re: Gonna get an oryx!
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03/21/12 11:30 PM
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All I can say is before I went hunting for one I heard alot of stories of them taking multiple hits with 30 calibre guns - that they were VERY tough. Based on those comments, I'd feel undergunned (way so) with a 22-250 but then I personally wouldn't use one for whitetail either - just personal choice I guess.
Mine went down with one 130gr .270 slug to the heart and expired quickly.
We didn't weigh him but since I tore my biceps tendon a few years ago trying to move a red stag, and my guide also had a bad back - we used the bucket on a tractor to move my bull around. At the processor two of us just sort of dragged him out of the back of the truck right onto a wheeled table.
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Re: Gonna get an oryx!
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03/21/12 11:37 PM
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BOBO the Clown
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Chital-
Where do you live?
Far better it is to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs, even though checkered by failure, than to take rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy much nor suffer much, b/c they know not victory nor defeat"- #26 TR
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Re: Gonna get an oryx!
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03/22/12 01:37 AM
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Chital don't worry we will have a 7mm08 with us you'll do just fine
Bobby Grieger
Bobby.Grieger@yahoo.com or 254)495-0799
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Re: Gonna get an oryx!
[Re: G ranch]
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03/22/12 02:33 AM
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Perfect!!! Look forward to the pics. Good luck
Far better it is to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs, even though checkered by failure, than to take rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy much nor suffer much, b/c they know not victory nor defeat"- #26 TR
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Re: Gonna get an oryx!
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03/22/12 10:42 PM
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Chital-
Where do you live? I would rather not say.....
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Re: Gonna get an oryx!
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03/22/12 10:44 PM
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I hate that bullet, but that's just my opinion.
Neck or mid shoulder shot...their spine is way low!!!
Mid shoulder hits spine Like where the neck and shoulder meet? Or the middle of the shoulder itself? Or high shoulder? I saw a gemsbok shot placement thingy and that's where the shoulder bone is.  
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Re: Gonna get an oryx!
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03/23/12 01:52 AM
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G ranch
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I hate that bullet, but that's just my opinion.
Neck or mid shoulder shot...their spine is way low!!!
Mid shoulder hits spine Like where the neck and shoulder meet? Or the middle of the shoulder itself? Or high shoulder? I saw a gemsbok shot placement thingy and that's where the shoulder bone is. Don't worry a shoulder shot will be fine
Bobby Grieger
Bobby.Grieger@yahoo.com or 254)495-0799
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Re: Gonna get an oryx!
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03/23/12 01:57 AM
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OK
We'll talk about. Can't wait to see/meet you.
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Re: Gonna get an oryx!
[Re: chital_shikari]
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03/23/12 02:42 AM
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BOBO the Clown
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Chital-
Where do you live? I would rather not say..... No worries.
Far better it is to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs, even though checkered by failure, than to take rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy much nor suffer much, b/c they know not victory nor defeat"- #26 TR
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Re: Gonna get an oryx!
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03/23/12 06:11 AM
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Psalm 3:3 - But you, O LORD, are a shield around me; you are my glory, the one who holds my head high.
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Re: Gonna get an oryx!
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03/23/12 07:37 PM
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I'm headed out Sunday for my Oryx hunt. Be using my Custom 284 Winchester with 139gr HSST @3000fps. Dreamed of an exotic hunt for a LONG time and I CAN'T WAIT. Good Luck Chital!
Vegetables are what FOOD EATS! HOOKEM' HORNS!
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Re: Gonna get an oryx!
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03/23/12 08:24 PM
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Thanks everyone. Good luck ETX!
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Re: Gonna get an oryx!
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03/24/12 04:01 PM
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Change of bullet plans. 64gr Winchester Power Point.
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Re: Gonna get an oryx!
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03/24/12 04:01 PM
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Re sighting it in now. Cease fire
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Re: Gonna get an oryx!
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03/24/12 08:09 PM
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Purty good groups. G ranch will let us shoot paper at ranch to make sure..in Africa they call it "final zero"
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Re: Gonna get an oryx!
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03/25/12 01:45 PM
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Almost at the ranch. I am soooooo excited!!!
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Re: Gonna get an oryx!
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03/25/12 01:50 PM
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Good luck young man, shoot straight.
A true friend reaches for your hand but touches your heart.
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