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as you know I like to explore new hunting destinations. This time I went to Suriname, a place where very few sport hunters are gone in the last 20 years. The story began a couple of years ago when in my Kindle I found the marvelous book of Teddy Roosevelt "Trough the Brasilian Wilderness" about his expedition on the river of the doubt. I was so fascinated by reading that adventure in the rainforest that I decided , as much as was possible after over hundred years, to follow his tracks.In Brazil of course hunting is forbidden and so the river of doubt was out of question. So I tried in all the countries around the Amazon basin. Belize was an option, but after mr Hill passed away, was difficult to find a serious contact. It was only by chance that in my research in Google I found the Suriname, a country that onestly I had forgotten, not only as hunting destination. I initially spoken with Norman Mach-Intosh, the manager of a local tourist company, Discovery Suriname tour, who told me was possible organize a hunt there. After almost a year of contacts, twelve days ago, with my buddy Antonio, we landed in Paramaribo, the capital of the country. Immediately I was surprised to see a city well in order, clean, many new cars around and a lot of friendly people. After a night in a confortable hotel, the Eco resort, the next day we leave by car driven by Norman Mac-Intosh for the interior. Immediately a neverending rain forest has appeared in all its glory , impenetrable like a green wall, that almost scares you. In four hours we reached an area close to a gold mine, where we found our very basic accomodation, a canopy of palms normally used from the gold diggers, where we mounted our hammock. The only way to take a bath in a creek running out from the forest. The temperature was very high as well the moisture. From that camp we hunted for few days, mostly at night with the spot light, walking along old logging roads and trails made from the palm cutters. My guide was Cafel a young indio very passioned and friendly.
I carried a Remington 12 gauge pump action, quite heavy but very good for shooting the animals at the short distance in the forest. The game is shy, and not easy to approach, but I was able to take an animal of which I not even know the existence the Paca, a big rodent, of about 15 kg. I also took an Armadillo and a Tamandua, a anteater. Seen tracks of Peccary and brocket deer but I have not been able to find one. We then moved to a very far area, about 8 hours with the car, on the Nickerie River. There the accomodation was a bit better, at least there was a shower, but still very wild. We hunted in the same manner. We also went to the river with a canoe for the Caimans. I've seen many but because of the high level of the water - we were at the end of the rainy season - I decided not to shoot to the risk of not recover the animal. But I managed to get one small in a pool where the water was low. I also took an iguana, a Capuchin monkey and an Agouti, another rodent smaller of the first I took. We got also a big wolf fish. This area if possible is even more pristine of the first, although there are around some local hunters which they look for venison to eat or to sell it to the market of Paramaribo. In fact must be said that the local people shoot only the eatable game but also that they eat almost everything, even the monkey. The hunting season is open pratically all the year and and ther'are no limits or quota. Only Jaguar, Jaguarundi and few other species are protected.
The experience of hunting in the rain forest is unbelievable. The place is very calm and natural. Is not difficult walking as the soil is sandy and ther is not much undergrowth. Also, a thing difficult to believe, ther’ are not many bugs, and no mosquitoes. Really… I got only 5 bites! Of course ther’ are spiders, ants and snakes, but with a bit of attention and a good pair of rubber boots we had no problems. Because of the high temperature, the environmental difficulties, the basic accomodation a hunt in Suriname can be recommended only to very experienced hunter but ther’ are many possibilities of taking very interesting and inusual trophies. With a bit of time also a big caiman, and a deer or a peccary.


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Very interesting expedition my friend ,Congratulations .


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Now that's something new! Thanks and congratulations!

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Well done Mario. Very interesting.


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Great report. I recently hunted in the Congo rainforest. It is definitely a different type experience.
 
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yes Mike, even in the jungle of the Philippines was a different thing.


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after a long, hot, wet day...


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Those are awesome photos. We fished a little on the way home and hooked several tiger fish. The tackle was woefully inadequate and we never landed any, but it was still fun. If I go back I will bring proper tackle and spend a day or two fishing.
 
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great adventure.

i have heard too that french guyana is good for hunting and fishing.
 
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my trip was dedicated to the memory of Cameron Greig. R.I.P. my friend.


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Nice adventure.
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These rare adventures into the world of true wilderness must be wonderful.

When I was in the military I did a lot of this type of thing in Djibouti, Vietnam and Afghanistan you have had some amazing adventures nice job.
 
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What an adventure! The scenery is simply stunning and those are some very interesting critters. Seems like a great time, congratulations and thanks for sharing!


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yes the Rainforest is an amazing place


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Amazing adventure Mario and your photo's as well.


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Excellent story Mario, great adventure from areas few have gone to hunt for many year`s .


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Very cool adventure. Thanks for posting this very exotic hunt.

Keep us posted on where you're researching next!
 
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Great adventure, thanks for sharing!
 
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I fished peacock bass in Brazil last month and was thinking about your adventure. Thanks again for posting your report.
 
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I fished peacock bass in Brazil last month and was thinking about your adventure. Thanks again for posting your report.


I don't know how I missed Mario's post the first time. Suriname? Very interesting place.

I did a lot of fishing in Brazil about 15 years ago when I was working there


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Wow, what an adventure! Thanks for the report on a country that I wasn't even aware one could hunt in!


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unfortunately the photos are not longer visible.


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unfortunately the photos are not longer visible.


You can see all the lost photobucket photos by following the links below:

Apparently Google Chrome and Firefox have found a way to access the photos that Photobucket.com does not now allow you to post to 3rd party sites anymore without paying a high price.

"In the cases where former/current PhotoBucket users haven't deleted all their albums:

Chrome and Firefox now have an extension, Photobucket Embed Fix, that will display 3rd party hosted images. It will fix all your broken pics, no need for you to do anything, it runs entirely in the background.

Click Tools>Add-Ons (Or press CTL+Shift+A) >select Extensions > enter "photobucket embed" in the Search box (upper right corner) > then click the install button."


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For whatever reason, I can’t see the pics from your photobucket


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I havent understood what happened with photobucket


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Mario,

If you still have the pics. Load them up to www.imgur.com

You can post them from there.

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2. Big game animals can tell the difference between .015 of an inch in diameter, 15 grains of bullet weight, and 150 fps.
3. There is a difference in the performance of two identical projectiles launched at the same velocity if they came from different cartridges.
4. While a double rifle is the perfect DGR, every 375HH bolt gun needs to be modified to carry at least 5 down.
5. While a floor plate and detachable box magazine both use a mechanical latch, only the floor plate latch is reliable. Disregard the fact that every modern military rifle uses a detachable box magazine.
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Great report and pictures. Don't know how I missed it. Very interesting. Wouldn't it be wonderful if Brazil opened up for hunters?


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Very unique adventure. Beautiful country.
Thanks for sharing.



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I want come back one day for a bigger Cayman


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Wow, what an adventure. I don’t know how I missed this report. Spiders don’t bother me, but I don’t think I would be able to sleep if I saw that one near the tent.


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luckily ther'is the hammock


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Congrats on a very unique hunt!
 
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