For all you well travelled big game hunters .. Here is one that doesn't get a lot of publicity .. Hunting in Uruguay. On July 27th I leave Alberta for a hunting trip to Uruguay ,, where Lorenzo (who posts here quite often and has just come back from an African safari) will show us around .. We will probably start the hunt with doves ( a possible thousand rounds a day if wanted ..) wild pigeons, and red partridges . From there we will hunt wild pigs and axis deer !!
Sounds like a real blast. And I will keep this forum up to date on how it all goes ..

Bueno suerte, amigo! Let me know how you made out when you get back.

Regards,
George

I once had the chance to spend a wonderful 1st of May hunting partridge over pointing dogs with my friends near Colonia. We had a great asado with vono tinto in the afternoon. Dang, if this beautiful country wasn�t so far from here...

Woww, what a nice post Richard
I'm preparing everything and we will have a great time. It's very funny how exited you and George are about axis hunting, just an advice, use the next days practising running shots

DUK,
Asado with VINO tinto , thanks for your comment about my country.

I'm also very exited, in one of the sorgo plantation that we are going for doves there are also some pigs feeding every night, this is what I call a "combo" hunt

Richard, see you in a couple of weeks
LG

Lorenzo,

I have shot several axis deer in Texas. They are the absolutely best tasting venison around! Muy saboroso!

George

George,
I agree with you, axis is great venison. The problem is that when I asked Richard about his favourites meals he told me that he wishes to eat what we hunt....no problem with me but I was thinking in shooting some foxes during the first day just for practise.
Maybe with some potatoes they don't taste so bad......
LG

Zorro con papas?

George

You would think that I'd never learn about food.. I still remember my wife staring in disbelief at a singed blackened armadillo .. complete with claws and head with tongue sticking out .. appearing on our breakfast table in Bolivia ... Or the time they informed her the hors d'oeurves she'd munched on at Matetsi River Ranch were in fact - from a leopard .. Since she ain't coming, (I wonder why ?) I suspect that I get her share of the fox, too ??? Ha! Ha!

Yeah!!
Let's see how machos these canadians are!! I'll just follow my cow fillet diet
LG

Say, George ... how you been doing ??? With your new home, do you have enough wall space for your animals from all those safaris and other hunts .. plus the next thirty years coming up ???

How many t-bone steaks from a Zorro does it take to fill up a Canadian ? Sigh ... I reckon that I'll find out in a couple of weeks .. I'd better shoot low on the chest ...

Richard,

The new house is terrific. I have most of the heads up, and with three floors, there is plenty of wall space.

The hot tub comes next week, then it's off to Wyoming for prairie dogs. Thankfully, there isn't much left of them to mount.

George

Richard:

If you get a chance, go to the downtown Montevideo seafood market and wander around the various stalls cooking the catch until you find an old lady cooking, frying, what looks like, and are, minnows. Unfortunately I've forgotten the spanish word for them. Order a batch, chased down with some cold beer. In spite of what it sounds like, it doesn't get much better than that. Trust me.

PS:

You probably won't have the time, but out near the airport is the casino, a couple of blocks from the casino (which is interesting for its ambiance, but not for its gambling), is an artsy suburb shopping with some nice shops selling South American art, go to Garcia's restaurant and order the ribeye. You won't regret it.

Great country, great people, you'll have a great time. Wish I was there.

Gato,
I can't stop laughing!!
The fried minnows are called majugas, some people called them miniaturas. I promise you I'll take Richard and his friend to the "Mercado del Puerto" as soon they arrived (just before midday), and that 2 hours later they will be shooting perdiz on pointing dogs.
I can't believe you know the Bar Garc�a, when I was young I use to escaped from school at midday just to eat pizzas at Garc�a

What I still don't guess is what you are trying to describe as a "ribeye" ???? Give details please.

You're right, Uruguay is a small country but it's very nice, thanks.

LG

Sounds fascinating ... I've eaten my share of ribeyes ... but miniaturas ??? I should hope that the little finny beasts are gutted ??? This trip sounds better and better every day !!!

Please, can someone explain me what "ribeyes" are ????
LG

Lorenzo:

Actually, thinking about it more, I think the restaurant (at least the one I'm referring to,near the casino) is called Nuevo Garcia's. 'Sta?

A ribeye is basically what you call a beefsteak (bifstek ?, hell, my memory is like a sieve), as opposed to a filete.

Richard:

While I won't claim the steaks in the better steak restaurants in Uruguay and Argentina (try Las Nazarenas or La Cabana in Buenos Aires which is just across the Rio Plate estuary from Montevideo, maybe 60 miles?) are superior to our best steak houses, they are better than most "ordinary" steak places and there are a couple of noticeable differences. The meat is all grass fed and has less marbling (but is still very tender) while being very slightly "different" tasting, somewhat more like game to my tongue, but is usually slaughtered at an older age and aged. And, because the animal is usually older, the steaks are usually bigger. Believe me, you will like it. Go hungry and order a heart of palm salad and french fries with it. Not to mention a good bottle of Argentine malbec.

[ 07-13-2003, 04:41: Message edited by: Gatogordo ]

Gatogordo:

Well, you got me convinced. I'll do the steak .. miniaturas on the side, zorro for an appetizer, and follow it up with an Argentine malbec ... Grass fed beef is not to be despised .. although I might miss the taste of steroids and various other drugs they pump into the cattle up here to put on lots of weight .. very quickly ..

Gatogordo,
Please don't give Richard more strange ideas!! I must go running to wine shop to find some argentinian Malbec bottles

Yes, some years ago was just Garc�a and know is Nuevo Garc�a, incredible, I can't believe it, you know everything!!

I've been scouting the area for good places for axis and boars, yesterday I found two farms with plenty of pigs (they travell a lot) and mostly I've to stay at the farm gate with a shotgun keeping my friends out

If Richard and George shoot well I will be eating partdriges, doves, axis and, wild boars cooked in different sauces, and of course plenty of cow meat!!!. I will reserve the delicious foxes for Richard

LG

[ 07-14-2003, 18:17: Message edited by: Lorenzo ]

I've eaten a zorro or two over the years, but they were all of the live variety.

Now fried tecolote, ummmmmm.

Que todos tengan un buen caceria y forman nuevos amigos amables. Lo siento mucho que no puedo atenderlo.

Ah! the live variety is another thing!! One or two a year are good for my health, at least that is what my doctor recomend me

We will have a toast in your name with that Malbec!!

Good hunting for you also

LG

DUK,
If Richard is capable of eating a fox he doesn't need nothing more to prove how macho he is

Believe me, the toughest gaucho in the area will look like a ballet dancer compared with him

LG

It'll take a heck of a lot longer than a week in the bush before a gaucho starts to remind me of a ballet dancer ...!!! Ha! Ha!

Best of luck Richard! Sounds like a very cool trip. I'll be looking forward to reading about it in your next book, eh?

Say "hey" to the Silver Fox for me.

Cheers,
Canuck

Canuck,

I have a gift for you from Namibia .. Do you wish me to mail it to you .. or drop it off in Chetwynd..??? I'm going though there in the middle of August on a goat hunt ,, Sorry about being so tardy ..

Lorenzo: here the minnows are called "mojarritas". Perhaps he tasted some juveniles of "pejerrey". Ribeye is of course "ojo de bife". Buena caza y env�enme un poco de lomo de jabal�. I promise the Malbec.
Regards

Hi Richard,

If you would like to stop in and drop it off in August, that would be wonderful! I won't be able to make it to L.A. for the next little. You do know I have re-located to the Peace Country, eh?

Where will you be goat hunting?

Does my present have a similar countenance to our mutual friend?

Cheers,
Chris

Nainital,
Mojarritas are just the common minnous, they are refering to the younger pejerreyes (maybe cornalitos), we call them majugas.
Thanks for the ribeye translation, I hope that Richard shoot a boar or an axis, I promise we will push it with some of your excellents wines

I've everything ready so I hope now I can relax a little bit, I've done my homework so now I hope some colaboration from my other guests (doves, partdriges, pigs and deers)

Richard, bring something against mozzies if you want, if not, I'll have something here.

Shotguns and rifles are ready for rock'n roll!!!!

LG

Lorenzo: where did you shoot that wonderful stag?. You said La Pampa Province but not the outfitter.

Thanks for your comments about my stag, I hunted it in an estancia near Carro Quemado, I went with some argentinian friends who were the ones that arrenged the hunt. In the farm was a young chap named Emiliano but I don't remember his second name. I can't stop thinking in the next "brama". Where do you prefer to hunt, la pampa region or the mountains?
I know that in the mountains is easier to evaluate the trophy but stalking in the thick bush with a stag roaring near is something to remember the hole life.
LG

[ 07-22-2003, 00:01: Message edited by: Lorenzo ]

Canuck ... you got it right .. An abolute dead ringer for ol' Bill ... only it was prettier and smelled better .. I've heard that you were in Chetwynd.. I'm going to be hunting 5 or 6 hours north of Mackenzie .. I believe in 7-29 .. no, I think it is 7-39. I can't seem to find my dang B.C. regulations .. Anyways, I have to meet a friend at Mackenzie on the 14th of August .. so hopefully I can drop it off a bit earlier where you are .. ???

Lorenzo... I shall bring some mozzie repellent, for sure .. Plus if one does bite me .. I can swear in English really good .. This is going to be such a fun hunt .. Can I bring you anything from Canada ???

Richard,
Yes, bring plenty of hunting stories from your cold country so we can share them around the fire at night

The plan is:
Sunday afternoon, partdrige on dogs

Monday early morning, doves and pigeons
Mid morning, partdrige
Midday, lunch and siesta
Evening, doves returning from crops (flying paths)

Tuesday, wild boars all day with asado (braai)in the bush at midday

Wednesday, more doves, pigeons and partdriges

Thursday, we change of area and by boat we go to an island in the middle of the black river for axis and boars till friday, tent camp.

Saturday, we move to a tree plantation with plenty of axis and boars.

Sunday you will be leaving my country carrying a big smile on your face.

Guns:
Several shotguns: semi autos and over/unders in 12 and 20 gauges

rifles: 30-06, 308, 444 marlin, etc

We will have a good hunt, I am sure!!

LG

This is going to be the most fantastic time !!! Wow!!!!