ORIGINAL: Howler
Last I heard getting tags was the toughest part of the whole process.
I have a brother and sis-in-law that live just south of Albuquerque and they have both hunted the Oryx on the White Sands Missle range. The meat from the oryx is top of the line. I'd highly suggest checking into hunting them for sure. They also make a wonderful wall mounted trophy!
I did work on the missle range several years ago and saw oryx on a regular basis. I very cool looking critter. Although, it does sound like they can actually be a little aggressive sometimes, just adds to the thrill of the hunt!
Hope the summer temps. aren't as bad as I think they are. The CO. snow fall might start looking not so bad andeven Iowa might start looking good again!
I believe that oryx are once in a lifetime draws except for inferior horn types???? My brother in law and sister have lived here in our town for 12 years and they say the hottest it gets here is 100 degrees. They said it is still better than IA at 85 degreewith all of their humidity. We will never miss the midwest and are glad to be out. I'm just irritated that my damn forefathers couldn't have setted out west instead of IA, and that I stayed there too long. We get snow here and get four seasons; just a lot milder. Ia has had below 0 windchills lately and it is 50-60 here everyday and the sun always shines. It never shines in IA. We liked our 4 month stay in CO but the resort town living in Steamboat Springs was a welcome departure. NM is perfect from what we see. Life is an adventure; who knows.