and loading it with 150 gr Ballistic tip bullets (which I shoot out of the 30-06) to shoot far and flat. At 250 yards the bullet exploded on impact. 
I found BB size pieces all thru that poor animal, the entrance wound was big enough to shove my fist thru. All the buck did was drop in it's tracks with a plop and a puff of dust. The rancher watching me shoot accused me of killing, bleeding, and gutting the buck in one shot.
no luck for me this year.
I went in 1982 I think. I called the local warden and got several names of ranchers who would let you hunt on their place for a fee. The ranch I hunted was almost to Black Mesa, any further north I would have been in Colorado any further west Texas. I paid $200 and it was well worth it. The guys that hunt the public land have a crapshoot at best. Too many people chasing the antelope off the public land.
My buck checked in at 85# field dressed, doesn't take much gun. I made the mistake of taking the elk rifle (.30/338 mag)
I would take a .243, .270, or .308 with 140 gr bullets.
They are a cool animal, I watched bucks sparring with yucca plants like a whitetail does to cedar trees. The terrain looks flat but they can "disappear" before your eyes as they walk into one of the many draws and ditches. They have a musk gland on top of their back where the spine meets the pelvic bone, which gives them a distinct odor. The hair is hollow and is wavey like bristles off of a wire brush (cup brush). The meat is dark red and very tasty, better than deer.
Good luck,
Charley
