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Running before the menacing rains of the last weekend, I was able to accomplish a difficult task: with only two days to spare, guiding a hunter to a trophy boar. From my usual scouting and informants I knew that some very large tracks have been found in the Quehué area, near the center of La Pampa. The boar was visiting the corpse of a dead cow near a certain waterhole. Unfortunately when we reached the place, the hog had dissapeared from that ranch and was seen drinking in the nights from other pools. Selecting one on the verge of a "salitral" (a salt marsh) we climbed a large blind and waited....and waited, under the full moon of a splendid but very cold night. After some hours I saw an enormous shadow entering the area from the left, but with equal and incredible swiftness it backpedaled and was again invisible to us. Some tense 10 minutes afterwards I could detect the big and cautious hog under the shadows of a nearby tree and pointed it to Jose Luis, my customer and good friend. Obviously the beast could flee in any moment, so he aimed quickly his trusted Smith and Wesson in 300 Winnie and put a Federal 180 grainer in the right spot. That some night, after the congratulations and all the toasts and good wine, to my ashtonishment the landowner asked us if we could help him in a culling operation. He has a herd of fallow deer and needed to put two stags to rest. Jumping to the opportunity, we of course thanked him, thinking in an easy hunt. Not to happen, because the area is full of brush and trees, and locating the herd was quite a chore, even with the aid of some ranch hands. Eventually Jose Luis made two wonderful running shots and that was that. The tally was very good: two boars (I shot a small one for the meat) and two fallow stags (non trophy animals). Oh well, some times the Godess Diana smiles to me.   A happy hunter warming at the fireplace  Two happy fellows (I´m the one with the Basque hat)  The boar and the Smith & Wesson (the tusks measured 22 centimeters) SCI Caza en Argentina Safaris Buenos Aires, Argentina E mail carlos.alberto.macias@gmail.com Phone: (0054 9 11) (15) 5837-7679 | ||
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That muddy boar looks like something from a horror movie!! good report. Steve "He wins the most, who honour saves. Success is not the test." Ryan "Those who vote decide nothing. Those who count the vote decide everything." Stalin Tanzania 06 Argentina08 Argentina Australia06 Argentina 07 Namibia Arnhemland10 Belize2011 Moz04 Moz 09 | |||
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Wonderful and great photos. Congratulations to Jose Luis.  Is he as tough as our Joe Lewis was? The goddess looks for hunters who work hard and then she blesses them with success.  "When you play, play hard; when you work, don't play at all." Theodore Roosevelt | |||
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Steve and Bill: thanks for your kind comments We were in truth hard pressed because the day after it rained hard for many hours, making our return to Buenos Aires very difficult. And Bill, your Scottish stag is an absolute beauty.  SCI Caza en Argentina Safaris Buenos Aires, Argentina E mail carlos.alberto.macias@gmail.com Phone: (0054 9 11) (15) 5837-7679 | |||
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Nice Boar Carlos, very nice! David Gray Ghost Hunting Safaris http://grayghostsafaris.com Phone: 615-860-4333 Email: hunts@grayghostsafaris.com NRA Benefactor DSC Professional Member SCI Member RMEF Life Member NWTF Guardian Life Sponsor NAHC Life Member Rowland Ward - SCI Scorer Took the wife the Eastern Cape for her first hunt: http://forums.accuratereloadin...6321043/m/6881000262 Hunting in the Stormberg, Winterberg and Hankey Mountains of the Eastern Cape 2018 http://forums.accuratereloadin...6321043/m/4801073142 Hunting the Eastern Cape, RSA May 22nd - June 15th 2007 http://forums.accuratereloadin...=810104007#810104007 16 Days in Zimbabwe: Leopard, plains game, fowl and more: http://forums.accuratereloadin...=212108409#212108409 Natal: Rhino, Croc, Nyala, Bushbuck and more http://forums.accuratereloadin...6321043/m/6341092311 Recent hunt in the Eastern Cape, August 2010: Pics added http://forums.accuratereloadin...261039941#9261039941 10 days in the Stormberg Mountains http://forums.accuratereloadin...6321043/m/7781081322 Back in the Stormberg Mountains with friends: May-June 2017 http://forums.accuratereloadin...6321043/m/6001078232 "Peace is that brief glorious moment in history when everybody stands around reloading" - Thomas Jefferson Every morning the Zebra wakes up knowing it must outrun the fastest Lion if it wants to stay alive. Every morning the Lion wakes up knowing it must outrun the slowest Zebra or it will starve. It makes no difference if you are a Zebra or a Lion; when the Sun comes up in Africa, you must wake up running...... "If you're being chased by a Lion, you don't have to be faster than the Lion, you just have to be faster than the person next to you." | |||
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Carlos. Thank you, I am very happy with him and he is now on my wall behind me as I write. Do you go to the SCI shows in Dallas and Reno? "When you play, play hard; when you work, don't play at all." Theodore Roosevelt | |||
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La Pampa is UNIQUE !!! Congrats for that great boar Carlos, keep posting pictures from la Pampa !! Gracias Lorenzo | |||
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