Buddies want me to go along to Mexico for whitetails in early '24, I'm not the sort to go looking for trouble nor to run from it. Whom has been there northern part near Texas 100 miles from border lately? Safe enough?

Could you be more specific in your location.

The Texas border with Mexico is quite long.

Some places you do not want to be near and other are quite safe.

Will you be renting a rifle or taking your own.

Will you be driving, flying or met at the border, walking across and picked up by your guide.

This all makes a difference.

Sonora, taking a bow and rifle , flying met at airport then travel by car

Sonora is south of Arizona and California.

There are some good areas that are safe. I have friends who go down there every year to hunt, they cross the border south of Tucson.

You should be safe traveling with your guide they know how to stay out of trouble areas.

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Originally posted by Bwana338:
Sonora is south of Arizona and California.

There are some good areas that are safe. I have friends who go down there every year to hunt, they cross the border south of Tucson.

You should be safe traveling with your guide they know how to stay out of trouble areas.

The more I think on it the more I think I'll keep my $$ in the USA...at the very least if I' be forced to shoot back I'll go to a US jail to await trial.

Your smart Doc, stay away from The Golden Triangle, especially on the Mexico side, It's a dangerous place. Hell it's got to the point it's dangerous on our side, you better be fully armed day or night.

I was born a mile from the Rio. I won't set foot in Mexico these days.

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Originally posted by 2th doc:
Buddies want me to go along to Mexico for whitetails in early '24, I'm not the sort to go looking for trouble nor to run from it. Whom has been there northern part near Texas 100 miles from border lately? Safe enough?

I just got back from Sonora this past January. I hunted Desert Mule Deer at a ranch outside of Hermosillo. We stayed at Hotel San Sebastian in Hermosillo - gated and very secure. Ate out in restaurants in town every night and never felt unsafe at all...

Had an incredible steak at Steack El Herradero and excellent Octopus at Mariscos Los Arbolitos de Cajeme


No issues at the border, no issues in town or at the ranch. I'm going back next January for sure!

We drove down from Tucson and entered at Nogales.

Shot a 190 class deer and almost a 200+ monster.. will post a hunt report when I have a chance..

I and a few friends hunted mid-January on Tiburon Island for the Sheldoni subspecies of mule deer. Flew into Hermosillo, spent the night at the Fiesta, drove to Kino Bay, then panga to the island. Never felt unsafe at all.

We’re now looking at hunting a mainland ranch with the same outfitter next January.

I don’t think I will be going to Mexico any time soon.



https://abcnews.go.com/Interna...sy/story?id=97648699

Mexico is gradually becoming a failed state, taken over by drug cartels…..

Four people were just Kidnapped after they Crossed The Border!!!

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Originally posted by Slider:
Four people were just Kidnapped after they Crossed The Border!!!

That looked like near Brownsville Texas, southern tip. Rough area.

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Originally posted by Slider:
Four people were just Kidnapped after they Crossed The Border!!!

I saw this as well. I have no desire to go there.

Until Mexico gets hit hard in their pocketbook (tourism), nothing will change.

I would have not crossed into Matamoros 40 years ago, much less now. Years ago when I worked in McAllen, I would cross all the time at: Progresso, Reynosa, Miguel Aleman, Nuevo Laredo, Piedras Negras, & Ciudad Acuna but not now. The only way in, is to fly.

The Mexican state of Tamaulipas(Matamoros) is under a State Department level 4 travel warning- the same as Afghanistan and Iraq. These idiots were going there for cosmetic surgery according to one of victims mother. That said, it reiterates my point. Mexico is fast becoming a narco/failed state. The Gulf cartel apparently has a number of internal factions/gangs battling for revenue……..

https://abcnews.go.com/Interna...nd/story?id=97681554


Two found dead, two are alive.

My nephew married a dual citizen from Mexico shortly after graduating from college. She ahd a large family in and around Colima Mx. She and my nephew opened several business and where doing fine with 4 children to take care of. Colima is a coastal town in southern Mx along the coast. About a year ago the drug cartels took over, business hit the bricks and fearing for their safety closed up shop and moved to the area around Vail Colorado. He states the climate in Colorado is hard to get use to but fear for safety is not part of the equation.
Recently I seen that the State Department discouraged travel to that area.

Despite legitimate concerns about safety in Mexico, risk is still relative to where one goes, how they get there and what they are doing. Anyone traveling overland through Tamaulipas is an absolute idiot. I wouldn’t go to Tamaulipas even with an armored vehicle, body armor and heavy automatic weapons.

If there is a strong U.S. response to this, I think the message could be heard not only in Tamaulipas, but all the way to Sinaloa. Of course, that’s probably an unrealistic expectation with this administration.

That said, I think there will be just as many deer hunters flying in to Hermosillo to hunt Buros and Cola Blanco’s come January as there ever have been. …And I’ll be one of them.

Most likely our government will take action with all the national media attention from the past few days. Fentanyl deaths in America have gotten out of control.

Ask anyone that works on Capital Hill the amount of grass root lobbying organizations that come into Congressional and Senate offices. Think how motivated you would be if you lost a child to fentanyl. Parents want someone to blame and members of Congress will listen to their constituents on this issue. We will see new policy in the near future as well as cartels to be held accountable as terrorist organizations.

Several members of Congress have post like below on their pages.
https://murphy.house.gov/media...g-americans-covid-19

40,000 kids in the US have died from fentanyl just in the past three years! This will gain momentum and what ever bill is passed will get approved from both parties. I heard about a group of 15 year olds in Charlotte last week. They were smoking weed that had fentanyl and killed two of them.

I love hunting and fishing in Mexico and ready to go back but not until they stop killing Americans.

Democrats hands are tied. They get a Cut from The Cartels. Yesterday it was released that in 2021 600 U.S. Citizens have been Kidnapped in Mexico!!!

Only 600? Well, obviously it’s a safe place for gringos…..

Capt. Purvis: It's not just kids and dopers this shit is killing. I have never smoked dope or taken illegal drugs in my life, am 79.

Three years ago I had a simple shoulder cuff surgery.
Had two before total bi-shoulder replacements, then I fell and tore it again after that.

In recovery laying there, the nurse started injecting something into the IV line at the foot of the bed.

I asked: "what are you shooting me up with?" "Fentanyl" "I can't take that shit"
"ha ha too late now ha ha!"

I hadn't woken up enough yet to think to just rip the fucking needle out. Wish I had. Turned out they'd given me 2.8cc in surgery before this too. This one doubled that according to the reports I got later.

When time came to get dressed and head home. I was so dizzy all I could do was lean against the bed and let the nurse dress me, then wheeled me to the car.

At home, I got out and nearly fell. I asked my (driver) cousin to come in and get the wheel chair as there was no way I could walk the 40 feet to the house.

A couple hours later after they had left me alone. I started having real shortness of breath, hyperventilating as I couldn't get air. This and the dizzyness lasted much of three weeks.

I wrote the dr that we needed to talk as I am allergic to so many meds, they need to discuss them ahead of time. I called to make sure he would see me in person at the two week follow up. His fine PA claimed he was not there. Even though I saw him while walking down the hall to the exam room. I told the PA then: "IF he fucked up like that with the meds and is now refusing to see me to talk it over. I need to find another doctor"

Two days later I rec'd an unsigned letter from the dr: "I will no longer treat you". Trying to make it official that he quit me rather than have my firing him on his records.

This was: Dr Rickland Likes ortho doc at Parkview Med center here in Pueblo CO.

Any comments?

George

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Originally posted by Capt.Purvis:
Most likely our government will take action with all the national media attention from the past few days. Fentanyl deaths in America have gotten out of control.

Ask anyone that works on Capital Hill the amount of grass root lobbying organizations that come into Congressional and Senate offices. Think how motivated you would be if you lost a child to fentanyl. Parents want someone to blame and members of Congress will listen to their constituents on this issue. We will see new policy in the near future as well as cartels to be held accountable as terrorist organizations.

Several members of Congress have post like below on their pages.
https://murphy.house.gov/media...g-americans-covid-19

40,000 kids in the US have died from fentanyl just in the past three years! This will gain momentum and what ever bill is passed will get approved from both parties. I heard about a group of 15 year olds in Charlotte last week. They were smoking weed that had fentanyl and killed two of them.

I love hunting and fishing in Mexico and ready to go back but not until they stop killing Americans.

The rumor mill here says it was a drug deal gone bad, not cosmetic surgery. If that's true the government will be slow to act and little or no follow up.

I recall this story growing up:

https://www.history.com/this-d...t-rancho-santa-elena

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Originally posted by Kathi:
https://abcnews.go.com/Interna...nd/story?id=97681554


Two found dead, two are alive.

Mexican cartel 'apologizes' in letter for kidnapping, murder of Americans, turns in members 'responsible'

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Originally posted by DCS Member:
I recall this story growing up:

https://www.history.com/this-d...t-rancho-santa-elena

Like it was yesterday.

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Originally posted by Frostbit:

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Originally posted by Kathi:
https://abcnews.go.com/Interna...nd/story?id=97681554



Two found dead, two are alive.

Mexican cartel 'apologizes' in letter for kidnapping, murder of Americans, turns in members 'responsible'

Have to keep those tourist dollars coming.

Grizz

https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/na...ell-clothes/3212065/


Three women missing after crossing border from Texas.

Nope, Nope and Nope!

I'll be fly fishing in Mexico with another AR member in May for baby tarpon. No worries. Looking forward to it. You can spend your time handwringing or you can spend your time living. I'll take the latter.

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Originally posted by K Evans:
I don’t think I will be going to Mexico any time soon.



https://abcnews.go.com/Interna...sy/story?id=97648699

Agreed, no f'in way.

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Originally posted by raamw:
My nephew married a dual citizen from Mexico shortly after graduating from college. She ahd a large family in and around Colima Mx. She and my nephew opened several business and where doing fine with 4 children to take care of. Colima is a coastal town in southern Mx along the coast. About a year ago the drug cartels took over, business hit the bricks and fearing for their safety closed up shop and moved to the area around Vail Colorado. He states the climate in Colorado is hard to get use to but fear for safety is not part of the equation.
Recently I seen that the State Department discouraged travel to that area.

Yeah, the libs in CO are a pain but you can shoot back there compared to MX.

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Originally posted by Capt.Purvis:
Most likely our government will take action with all the national media attention from the past few days. Fentanyl deaths in America have gotten out of control.

Ask anyone that works on Capital Hill the amount of grass root lobbying organizations that come into Congressional and Senate offices. Think how motivated you would be if you lost a child to fentanyl. Parents want someone to blame and members of Congress will listen to their constituents on this issue. We will see new policy in the near future as well as cartels to be held accountable as terrorist organizations.

Several members of Congress have post like below on their pages.
https://murphy.house.gov/media...g-americans-covid-19

40,000 kids in the US have died from fentanyl just in the past three years! This will gain momentum and what ever bill is passed will get approved from both parties. I heard about a group of 15 year olds in Charlotte last week. They were smoking weed that had fentanyl and killed two of them.

I love hunting and fishing in Mexico and ready to go back but not until they stop killing Americans.

Wow, talk about naive.