Hunt for Free-Range African Antelope in New Mexico

Greg Enos and Jason Gebrart hunt oryx in the high desert plains of New Mexico, where these tough and elusive animals roam free in habitat similar to their African home.

[@jacobvasco990]

Love the Swarovski caps and jackets

[@felixchacon-hn7zy]

What unit did you guys find the oryx in

[@kevzzz1186]

That's on a private ranch. You wont see that many Oryx bunched up off range.

[@davidburns3480]

just took two nice oryx in namibia - the females usually have longer horns than the males

[@davidburns3480]

congratulations to new mexico for introducing both ibex and oryx - something Oregon should do as well

[@Kaikaifilu1994]

If hunting is good for "conservation", than why did hunters deliberately introduce invasive species that can cause damage to our local ecosystems here in the States like these antelope here solely for hunting opportunities?

[@crisitansardina9595]

Because not much lived in the desert in the first place, those that did live their either got poached out or died from livestock diseases. So yes it is good for conservation.

[@Kaikaifilu1994]

@@crisitansardina9595 Than you would re-introduce fauna from other parts of the country back into that specific environment instead of invasive ones, for example Aoudad that outcompete our native bighorn sheep and mule deer.

[@crisitansardina9595]

@@Kaikaifilu1994 first you’d have to prove the original species wouldn’t simply die out again, native species generally have a lot more legislation behind them from the federal and state level so making it harder to hunt them, and oryx are non native not invasive they haven’t affected any native species in the area just like the ibex in the Florida mountains.

[@davidburns3480]

now that is a real ignorant comment

[@jerryransbarger8927]

If you ever taste these oryx you would hunt them too