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The Napier Oryx was a British gas-turbine engine designed and built by Napier in the early 1950s for the Percival P.74 tip jet-powered helicopter project. The P.74 was unsuccessful and it and the Oryx were cancelled.
Hunting Percival P.74 c. 1956. Ground testing in a static rig commenced in 1956, but the Oryx engines failed to develop full power and maximum gas flow. Even with modifications to the power units, the first flight was aborted when the P.74 failed to fly. This may have been providential as there were no escape provisions for the two pilots. [3]
The East African oryx is an endangered species, [8] whereas the gemsbok is not. [9] Gemsbok were introduced in New Mexico by the Department of Game and Fish in the late 1960s and early 1970s as an experiment in offering a unique hunting opportunity to New Mexico residents. Between 1969 and 1973, 95 oryx were released onto White Sands Missile Range.
To limit the number of oryx on the San Andres NWR and White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico state with the cooperation of the Fish and Wildlife Service issues permits to hunt oryx. Between 2000 and 2007, a reported total of 284 animals in San Andres NWR were killed by hunting. [7] More recently, about 50 animals are culled per year. [8]
But on this end-of-the-season hunt, through the wet, bent over Goldenrod, a glint of white antler stuck up at the top of a grassy knoll in the old field. Heart leaped once again as the big dark ...
Hunting strategy or hunting method is any specific techniques or tactics that are used to target, pursue, and hunt an animal. The term mostly applies to humans catching and killing wild animals , but can also be used in ethology and nature documentaries to describe predation strategies adopted by carnivores .
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Oryx, or Oryxspioenkop, is a Dutch open-source intelligence defence analysis website, [1] [2] and warfare research group. [3] According to Oryx, the term spionkop ( Afrikaans for "spy hill") "refers to a place from where one can watch events unfold around the world".