Posts by Aaron Proffitt

Good work ,Gerald...Dan, you'd enjoy the dog hunt. You oughta get with Noah and go out with his bunch. I'd bring mine down there but the terrain and vegetation of Florida kinda takes the mystic out of sight hounds.That and the fact that I've been given strict instructions to turn mine out on hogs no more until more are added to the brace.

Marco, I'm thinking 'chicharonnes' from a feral hog would be like deep-fried shoe leather. I dunno, though. Never thought to try it.

Again,Gerald, nicely done and slick rifle.

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Get a rib. They bring you good luck...

On the other hand, in Europe EVERYBODY spearfish in a RIB

That is a great pic....

If memory serves , I believe Rob Reyes uses one alot around PR.

Great thread,Chad, and it makes perfect sense.

Dunno when I'd ever need anything larger than a 90" ... but if I forsee the occassion, I'll familiarize.

Hmmmm.... You could have a point.

Remember my example of our house cats staring out the window fiending for the winter finches outside ?

Cats have been living under foot for longer than we've been domestic . Hell, we were using stone clubs to bring a woman back to the cave to clean out the damn litter box.

And yet, they still have to hunt.

I agree, LB.
It's a tough situation . I hate to think that we're squandering a resource, especially when it comes to general practioners ( read somewhere that we have a shortfall due to all of the new grads wanting to specialize and get the big $$$'s) . But also recognize a need for some kind of patient protection.

I think you're last paragraph is a common-sense beginning.

That line is also very keeping with what we've discussed here so many times ad nauseum.

I think we all acknowledge that in only in the last couple of years, have we become homogenized and seperate from our environment.... outta touch with that "hunter" portion of the "hunter/gatherer" . Obviously, I mean we as a society as a whole. Hell, a hundred years ago a white man would've been foolish to ride his horse by where my house now sits. A hundreds year ago.

And yet, now we are expected to turn off this very drive that kept our families fed since the time we begin to walk upright. I don't understand the notion.

Welcome,papaa . Good people here.

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Hunting as a primal way of being it should be considered as esentially human as well. The one who denies it, denies life itself .

I like that .

The only copy of "Meditations on Hunting" tha I had , I lent out to a British airman when we were stationed together in Riyadh. Never got it back, nor did I expect to.

I think you guys should check out the book "Meditations on Hunting " by the Spanish philosopher Jose Orteg y' Gasset . Another one is "Harts Blood" by Dave Petersen .

Essentially, these two books capture exactly why we go out into the wild places . It's not something that is always easily explained , but these two do a very good job.

It's always done for more than just the kill .... otherwise I'd just go buy a pig and stick a spear into it in the backyard. The kill is the end result... but there is so much more.

I have to....

Ah....well, welcome good buddy. Good people here.

My Spanish...not so good.

Their is a video about eating iguanas right now on CNN's website homepage. I'd post it, but I'm at work so the link won't work right.

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Aaron, sadly it is a common practice and it is called "mordida", (bite) That´s one thing that should change in this beautiful country. Hunting in México is a thrilling experience, around here the cimarron, (bighorn sheep) is a real sought after trophy, but the license is insanely expensive though.

Mexican desert bighorns are rated as one of the most expensive hunts going. More so than Marco Polo sheep hunts in Tibet, lions and elephant in Africa, or Dall sheep in Alaska.

You are correct ,though, that Mexico is a great hunting destination. I wish more would capitalize on it. I think many US whitetail hunters are starting to give Mexico it's due as far as media is concerned.But I believe the bureaucracy is intimidating to many.

Hey Tono,

Back in '01 I sold a small brace of finished English Pointers to an outfit just outside of Cuidad Victoria, or at least that was the name of the airport I flew into a year later to check their progress. Place lays about 150 miles south of Harlingen,Tx.. Rancho Caracol I believe is the name of the outfit although the spelling may be in error.

One thing I noticed , on the way out to the hunting grounds was how common a system of bribery was between the outfitter and local officials . Was it just that I was noticing it as the practice is very much a no-go here, or is it actually pretty common ?

Had a hell of a time by the way.Only reason I'd take up training bird dogs again would be to reacquaint with wonderful contacts in Mexico ,Chile, and Argentina.

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It`s more in the commercial side. Here in Mèxico, all is overcomplicated in order to benefit a minority, hence the need to perform illegal action to "equalize things". That`s why this otherwise beautiful country is a nest for organized crime.:(

Sorry to hear that... hey check a new thread I am starting in the general section.I'd ask here but I don't wanna derail.

And these things are in Fl. ?

Had no idea.

I'd eat the hell outta them things.

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Wow, man I am cringing in envy!! I love lobster so much, but in Mexico they are illegal to fish. You have to be in a cooperativa (Union) to get a single one.

How does that work , Tono ? Is it akin to a club or more commercial ?

I was watching an episode of bizarre foods one time , and he went out with hunting club to shoot iguanas . It reminded me of squirrel hunting... very slow squirrels .

Dan, here as in most places , frogs are considered a game animal with season and limits and all . And of those, only bullfrogs and leopard frogs are considered fair game. Plus, both do yield the most meat so it only makes sense.

I guess just check your local laws and see what's what.