Bill Berlat Hunting in Argentina with Juan Pozzi & Alberto Foerster
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Nice pictures!. I´m glad to have met such a fine gentleman and brave hunter. Hoooray!

Willy. Muchas gracias. This was a trip that will leave me with such wonderful and lasting memories. Not just the hunting, because what makes the hunting special and memorable are the folks who welcome you. My hosts and hostesses were most gracious and hospitable and I know that I have made new friends. Juan Pablo Pozzi, Alberto Foerster, their wives Flavia and Lilliana, and their families. I will have more to add as this site develops.

Bill, looks like a real special hunt in a special country! The "band of bubbas" gave your (my) Brno ZKK 458 Lott a test drive last weekend on an exotics hunt in South Texas. We gave it a solid "thumbs up"!

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Originally posted by fla3006:
Bill, looks like a real special hunt in a special country! The "band of bubbas" gave your (my) Brno ZKK 458 Lott a test drive last weekend on an exotics hunt in South Texas. We gave it a solid "thumbs up"!

Good to hear from you. And, yes, it was a wonderful time, and highly recommended. Glad you are pleased with the BRNO.

Bill is wonderful to see the photos again and again ,and everybody can see in Esquel injuries that boar hunting isnt a joke at close distance .Juan

Juan, in the post by FLA3006 he talks about the BRNO that he purcahsed from me. This is the one we talked about that you would have liked to have had. Perhaps we need to talk Forrest into going to Argentina and taking the BRNO with.....and me.....

FLA3006...now you know how to rub it in. Juan, if you look closely above the bolt handle and under the scope you will see the "peep" sight I told you about. It pops up when needed.

Bill you saw that i have several brnos and i love them here is one of the most popular rifles.Juan

Great pictures Bill, thanks for posting.
I have said this many times before:
When you kill with your hands there is a greater reverence.
You now know of what I speak!

Cheers,

André

Andre i know you are now working in VIP security but when you have time we would like to see photos of your safari here.Juan

Woow!!

Being away from AR for some weeks due to some minor and different reasons, I am gladly surprised to find that now we have a more specific forum for us, the ones who hunt at the SW part of the world

Congratulations on such a satisfactory hunt, Bill !!

As said, Juan Pozzi´s word is well worth... and as far as we - the ones who usually hunt with him - concern, we are always given lot more than we expected, leaving us, as you well said, "with such wonderful and lasting memories. Not just the hunting, because what makes the hunting special and memorable are the folks who welcome you" .... hunting with friends (and specially these friends) is one of the most satisfactory activities I have ever experienced

Hope to meet you, Bill Berlat, on your next visit, which I hope will be soon !

Afrikaander we are waiting you to go to the north of the country in a extreme pig sticking hunt ,the verdecita lagoon is waiting for us too huge boars there.Juan

Bill do you remember the chat about the buffalo head in the Jeff Coopers house ,i read that that buffalo was killed by a Rhodesian PH in a hunt with Jeff ,this warriro was later killed in the bush war.Thank you for the card,in my city 100 percent of the people are strong pro gun all are hunting ducks rigth now .Juan

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Originally posted by juanpozzi:
Bill do you remember the chat about the buffalo head in the Jeff Coopers house ,i read that that buffalo was killed by a Rhodesian PH in a hunt with Jeff ,this warriro was later killed in the bush war.Thank you for the card,in my city 100 percent of the people are strong pro gun all are hunting ducks rigth now .Juan

San Francisco (Arg) carries on the firearms tradition well in Argentina. And I am sure that is the case in most of the rural communities. The enemies of the gun owners are those in the big cities. That was the case in U.K., Australia, South Africa and Canada. They only view a firearm as a weapon for criminals; not as a sporting tool, a recreational tool, or as a means for self defense against the very ones who will never be disarmed - the criminals. Now the goal must be to get 60% of the politicians to see the light of day. I view it as a basic human right - the right to protect one's self, family and property, and in this day and age, the firearm is the best way to accomplish this. Call 911 and die is not a myth, in our major cities it is fact. Look at www.JPFO.org.

Friends im hunting full time with Aaron Grabiel we will post photos soon ,hes a guide from Redding California and he will stay here 4 months guiding and filming.Juan

Four months.....I am ever envious.

These boar are russian and besides that charged us ,when you hunt with knife you dont have time to think about the ears and trophy you only ant to save your dogs and your body.Juan

Only a couple of weeks for the next adventure of Bill ,we are waiting you ,clouds of ducks are flying over the town.Juan

Ahh, next winter, i wil also be an discoverer in Argentina and see its wonderful hunting, and Asado mixta.

Last week, i got a set of 2 fine Norwegian Same knives tha twill be fine for wild boar hunting and general usages.

Its fun too remark the face expression of people that they get when i say im going to "spikke villsvin" , carving wildboar.....

Also several other hunters are interessted in wildboar and waterbuffalo, deer, cebues and dove hunting, so its a chance that i wont be travelling alone on the trip, or if i go first and they come over later , thats alos an possibliity.

But since an .404 Jeffrey will be here in a while , i think tha trifle will be travelling abroad to the majestic country at the base of the Andes.

Senor Rigby. I am heading back to that wonderful land called Argentina a week from tomorrow. I will keep you posted.

Bill is here he played as a terrorist while training local cops with airsoft and real guns ,he hunted ducks ,tested a lot of guns included an ussocom pistol and of course he was in some barbecues with local hunters .He misssed by one day the Apsley brothers but he met Aaron Grabiel in my farm .Juan

Lots of other things to do in Argentina besides, hunting and shooting.

I`m reading Capstick Jabali story again now, its justa great.

(possible chancee of emigrations to Argentina in the future if that goes good for you guys??)

Mr.Rigby: I have the true story of that boar from the very Mr. Bilo himself (he still lives). Sad to correct Capstick, but he concocted a well written fiction from real facts. Who actually grabbed the enormous hog by the heels (and not the tail) was Mr. Amadeo Bilo and the dog died saving his master, yes. The boar was the third in the world at the time and was shot by two American sportsmen, a Mr. Read and a Mr. Rickoff, extracting Bilo from a most dangerous position. They were Capstick´s partners in Sporstmen International Inc. and visited Bilo in order to organize hunting business in Rio Negro Province. Tomorrow I´ll give a copy of that story to Billinthewild (regrettably it is in Spanish, I don´t have enough time to translate it today). Perhaps you could visite the following web page: http://www.club-caza/relatos/relatosver.asp?file=..txt/...La%20noche%20del%Day

This is the correct adress:
http://www.club-caza.com/relatos/relatosver.asp?file=.....%20del%20Day&aut=Ale

Naintal, i know he had some bs in his writings, but he had a way to tell an story wheter it was true or not.
I will soon learn me som spanish as to be able to read more of the excellent hunting storys that is from Argentina and other countrys.

The money, the money, where are you........

I will come over next winter and stay some months, so the saving continues.

Dear friends i spoke a lot of times on this matter but Bilo himself has a great respect for MrCapstick he killed that boar but PHC killed another and some pumas my wife grandfather was a guide there in Choele and he remembers PHC with great respect i spoke an hour with Bilo and he said PHC was an incredible hunter,period.Juan

PHC is a legende and i have almost all his books, and all his videoes, he certainly had the gift of telling about the hunting an his writng and what i have read here has made it for me that i must go several tours to Argentina,

I have spoken with several hunters over here and the yare interessted in coming over, i have atleast 4 guests that seriously wants to go ona tour with Juan and Alberto .

Some wants to hunt the Water buffalo, testing a Norwegian custom bullet on them, while others has an Merkel double rifle in 9,3x74R they want to test on Jàbali.

So 2008 will be an interessting year for Norwegian hunters.

mrrigby now i have a consecion with a lot of cbues at very low price ,we can shoot some then go to Corrientes shoot buffalos and then shoot some boars at my farm do you like the plan in the middle we will hunt capibaras ,and another species.Juan

Juan that sounds like an ecellent plan that i must talk to another bankmanager about , cause the first one wouldnt sponsor the trip in january for me .

How much isit for the trophy fees there on that concession Juan?

Mr Rigby this hunting season is the best of the best incredible numbers of partriges ,hares ,and some good big game ,we are waiting you prepare to shoot a lot.Juan

After several years of illness i am looking for a new job now, so that will be priority one to get some trophy money for you Juan for next years Safari, or Shikari since you have so much fine Indian game on your Estancia.

But ill come in some months to shoot more on some months then on a lifetime over here.

Per

Mr Rigby: let us know when are you coming and we´ll try to meet you, it´s always a pleasure knowing in person another AR member.