22magnum22
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Oklahoma copperhead squashed by my Tacoma.
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Hog wallow.
While I have never tried pronghorn "antelope", I haven't found any of the antelope family not to extremely good table fare.
Of the ones I have tried, I would rate Eland #1, Gemsbok a very close 2nd. Never tried them side by side but Scimitar Horned Oryx is just about the equal of Gemsbok. I can't tell any difference, but my wife says nilgai is not as good as the above. She admits her opinion might be weighted a tad by the fact that she says nilgai has a slight odor while cooking. Since I worked in a chemical plant that produced many different acids, my sense of smell is pitiful and hers is excellent, I bow to her opinion there. The difference between the four are negligible IMO. The only other exotic I have sampled is a Zebra backstrap which I was gifted, and I was totally surprised! It was as good as any of the above.
No sir, unfortunately, I never made it to Africa. All except the nilgai listed above are native of Africa, nilgai are from India.
All the pictures were taken in the Republic of Texas
.That's cool, Bud. Looks like you have a handle on that .223!
Down here, the hogs use larger water holes for their wallows and with all the other game tracks around edges it's harder to locate them (on the ground). Best way to find the active ones is to look at the mesquite trees around the perimeter; they usually wallow then go scratch on the surrounding trees.
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Are you sure that is a boar??
LOL! We have a lot of gas/oilfield roads and producers will occasionally spray the roads with some sort of petroleum based liquid for dust control and the hogs have learned to wallow on the roadsides as that stuff must be an effective insect repellent. After wallowing they head for the trees and rub.I haven't eaten eland, but I have eaten a lot of gemsbok (they are here in NM too). I would say it's slightly better than pronghorn but not as good as a nice fat cow elk. But, I like the stronger taste of deer and elk (compared to beef), and oryx/gemsbok doesn't have that. It's milder than deer/elk. None are as good as springbok, and maybe Hartmann's mountain zebra, which I thought was excellent.
Never had the opportunity to try elk, pronghorn, or springbok, Troy, thanks for the comparison. Wife will eat venison, but she actually likes all the African antelopes. I like good venison, shot one buck that was running and have to say that one was a bit rank.
By the way, Bud, thanks for sharing your pictures. Hopefully others will share theirs.
By the way, Bud, thanks for sharing your pictures. Hopefully others will share theirs.
Pretty sure, Bud.Are you sure that is a boar??
Hogs will rub against a new telephone pole where available; I'm told they like to get the creosote on their hide as a deterrent to fleas, ticks and mosquitoes. I'm sure any petroleum product would work as well.
Speaking of the long horns of the Gemsbok, I had several foldable ground blinds made from hog panel covered w/camo burlap that was very light weight, one of which I had found a really good location so left it in place.........until it obviously irritated one of the resident Gemsbok. I found that blind up to 30 ft. from where it was located numerous times, tried staking it down w/tent pegs, folding it up every time I left and pushing it back in the thick brush, only to come back and find it 20-30 ft. away, sometimes lodged in surrounding growth, including cactus. Obviously, from the distances involved and locations the offending oryx was using his horns like an atlatl to launch the 4' x 6' panels. I would loved to have caught him/it in the act just to watch the whole process, but never did. Finally gave up and moved it elsewhere.
While the Gemsbok had free range over the 5000+ acre ranch, that was the only location/blind that they bothered???
While the Gemsbok had free range over the 5000+ acre ranch, that was the only location/blind that they bothered???
22magnum22
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Here is that CZ I spoke of, doing what is does best very consistently.
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Here is a Remington 788 in 223 that shoots equal to the CZ. Metal is untouched but I did refinish the stock using Tru-oil.
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This young one tried hard to escape but was not successful, it was running straight away from me. Ruger Mini-14 in 223 took him out with second shot.
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A view of my "accurized" mini-14 working hard to earn
his keep.
Thought about a mini 14 when I could no longer use the AR, but due to the bad rap they have for accuracy I ended up with the BAR in .308. Not thrilled with the accuracy, but finally got it to shoot 110 Varmageddons just over MOA. Probably could have coaxed that out of a mini with all the effort that went into squeezing the BAR. 