miércoles, 26 de noviembre de 2014

Empieza la temporada

 

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Amigos, como ustedes saben y lo esperamos con ansias el viernes 28 del presente comienza la temporada de caza del Venado Cola Blanca.

Buena puntería y excelentes trofeos

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Yo he tenido varias oportunidades, de cazar 2 elefantes, aquí lo recomendable seria, al elefante mas cercano, dispararle un tiro al cerebro y el que se esta alejando le podría tirar a la columna o al cerebro, sino pasaba de 50 metros otro posible disparo seria a una pata para inmovilizarlo,para esto lo recomendable es el rifle de cerrojo.

Los elefantes que causan daños en las cosechas  y las aldeas  de los africanos se pueden cazar en un programa que se llama P.C.A. Problem Animal Control.

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Precaución

 

Si andando de caza tropiezas y tu rifle cae en la nieve o el lodo ,no dispares, al obstruir la salida de los gases te explota el cañón causándote heridas serias o de muerte, límpialo.

Cacería Jabalí euroasiático y Marrano alzado

 

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Amigos como ustedes saben, se pueden cazar estos bichos sin limite, hay que tomar precauciones, al seguir un Jabalí o Marrano herido no hay que abusar de la generosidad de los ángeles de la guarda. Siempre lleva el rifle cargado y en la mano no en el hombro con la correa.

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Grandes cazadores de leones

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Tony Sánchez Ariño cazo en su vida de cazador profesional, 340 leones

John Hunter cazo enla década de 1920 en solo 3 meses 88 leones, con un  rifle 416 Rigby un record jamás igualado de un león diario, el mismo John Hunter cazo en una noche 18 leones

Cacería de Oso Café en Kamchatka, Rusia‏

 

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El Oso café de Rusia, en la provincia de Kamchatka, es sin duda, el oso más grande del este de Asia. 
La cacería de oso como trofeo principal, se recomienda en primavera, ya que en esta época están saliendo del invierno y el pelo lo tiene en su máximo tamaño y plenitud. Durante el otoño, se puede combinar con Alce, Borrego Bighorm o Borrego Koryak.
En ambas temporadas, tanto en primavera como en otoño, se tiene un gran porcentaje de éxito. 

PRECIO OSO CAFÉ - $ 11,500 USD
Cacería en el área de Esso. 10 días
PRIMAVERA 2015
Temporada: Del 25 de Abril al 25 de Mayo

OTOÑO 2015
Temporada: Del 20 de Agosto al 29 de Sept.
Cacería de oso combinable con Borrego Bighorn, Snow Sheep y Moose a costo adicional

INCLUYE
-Guía profesional 1 x 1
-Invitación para obtención de Visa
-Permiso de importación de armas
-Licencia de Caza
-CITES
-Certificado veterinario
-Recepción en el aeropuerto de Petropavlovsk en Inglés
-Transportación en helicóptero de Esso al campamento
-Transportación redonda en autobús de Petropavlovsk a Esso
- Preparación de trofeo en campo
- Hospedaje y Alimentos

NO INCLUYE
-Cualquier transportación aérea hasta Petropavlovsk
-Propinas a guía y staff
-Gastos y hospedaje antes y después de la cacería
-Exceso de equipaje en aerolíneas
-Renta de armas $ 350 USD
-Recepción en Moscow para importación de armas $ 400 USD 

*Precios sujetos a cambio sin previo aviso hasta el deposito inicial

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viernes, 21 de noviembre de 2014

Información oficial sobre leones devoradores de hombres de Njombe

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La matanza increíble y muy poco conocida de Njombe en el sur de Tangañyka donde una familia de leones y sus descendientes mataron y se comieron poco mas de 1500 personas , comenzaron sus ataques en 1932 y terminaron en 1947. Cuando todos estos leones que formaban un clan familiar. fueron finalmente aniquilados por George Rushby y su equipo de game scout, en estos 15 años dos o  tres generaciones del mismo clan de leonés cazaron solo en la sub prefectura de Wangingombe año 1941, personas devoradas 46, año 1942 personas devoradas 67,año 1943 personas devoradas 15, año 1944 personas devoradas 31, año 1945 personas devoradas 21 y al año 1946 personas devoradas 19 , total 249 africanos. Esto fue solo en un distrito,pero el reinado del terror de este clan de leones duro 15 años. en todo este tiempo cubrían grandes distancias, el año 1946 ,empezó George Rushby  a cazarlos, y en poco mas de un año logro exterminarlos con la ayuda de sus game scouts. En total Cazaron 15 Leones hembras y machos. George Rushby  fue una persona humilde lo que hizo lo consideraba como parte de su trabajo y obligación. con la cacería de los leones devoradores de hombres de Njombe, podría haber escrito un libro de 500 paginas auto promocionándose, pero no lo hizo, dedico tan solo 2 capítulos a aquella epopeya en su obra NO MORE THE TUSKER publicada en Inglaterra 1965

 

Leones Devoradores de Hombres de Tsavo LUGAR DE MATANZA

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El numero oficial de COOLIES indios muertos y devorados por los 2 leones fueron 28 todos contabilizados, aparte de ellos se calcula que mataron entre la población local Kamba, de ellos no hay registro oficial 34 africanos. el cazador de los leones John Henry Patterson, irlandés, gano mucha fama y dinero con su hazaña.El museo Field de Chicago, le pago 5,000 Dlls por las 2 pieles  y Patterson publico en 1907 su libro, Los Leones Devoradores de Hombres de Tsavo, en 3 años se hicieron 8 reimpresiones en 1914, 1921 y 1926 otras 3 publicaciones.

Fuente *- Libro de Tony Sánchez Ariño titulo HIC SUNT LEONES--- AQUI HAY LEONES --- publicado en Madrid 25 de febrero 2014

THE RIGHT ELEPHANT

 

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In the 1970s and ’80s, when a massive wave of commercial poaching swept so much of Africa, the African elephant became a hot topic. The answer from the international community was to ban the commercial sale of elephant ivory. But the elephant was never endangered and the ban itselfbecame a point of controversy. More recently, poaching has been on the rise again. Now the common understanding is that the poaching is carried out by international criminal syndicates with sophisticated methods and means.

We know that elephants are still plentiful in the major hunting areas. In fact, it has been known for years that there is a serious overpopulation of elephants in Zimbabwe and Botswana, where the herds wreak ecological damage that may go to the point of catastrophe. Tanzania, Namibia, South Africa and Mozambique also have substantial elephant populations.

I suggest that there is a greater conservation imperative for hunting elephant than for any other creature on Earth, save possibly the whitetail deer. In the areas where elephants have most recently been hunted, elephant hunting serves an essential and, in my view, irreplaceable role: As with hunting everywhere, elephant hunting places value on the animal. The fees directly fund local initiatives, as well as government functions. The safaris bring employment—and anti-poaching, funded by hunting. Wherever elephants roam there are also people, and as Africa’s human population increases and spreads, human-elephant conflict continues to rise. Elephants, however, are extremely intelligent animals that do indeed have long memories. Hunting acts as a deterrent to crop raiding and other conflicts.

When hunting is closed, outfitter fed waterholes will start to dry up, setting the stage for disaster.

Outside of the major elephant range countries of Southern and Eastern Africa, there are few other countries that have viable elephant populations outside of national parks. In this context, and with an unquestionably gross overpopulation of elephants, this doesn’t bode well for Botswana, which has just recently closed not just elephant hunting, but all hunting on government land. As seasonal waterholes (long kept full by hunting operators) dry up, some of Botswana’s elephants will migrate. But many elephants and most other animals will have nowhere else to go, and will start to die. The potential for an unprecedented ecological disaster is huge.

MANAGEMENT DILEMMA

Until it closed hunting, Botswana authorized export of trophies from 400 elephants. Tanzania, with stringent “minimum size” rules, currently has a CITES quota for export of trophies from 200 elephants. Zimbabwe, with much less habitat and much more human-elephant conflict, has a very aggressive CITES export quota representing 500 elephants.

None of these elephant quotas (or elsewhere in Africa) has the ability to manage elephant populations. South Africa has quietly taken the politically incorrect option of culling in certain parks, but the sad reality is that in southern Africa elephants are running out of room, with genuine overpopulation running into the tens of thousands. Even if the political will existed to do something about it, the expertise no longer does. So it’s a problem that seems almost insoluble, except that, in due time, Nature will find a solution…and her answer may not be pretty.

The author with a tuskless cow from the Zambezi Valley. Zimbabwe’s tuskless hunts are some of the most exciting and dangerous hunts.

In the meantime, in various areas, various Band-Aids are applied. In addition to bull permits, Zimbabwe has tried several options. Their current aggressive quota on tuskless elephants at reduced costs is a great idea, not only targeting an undesirable gene , but also removing elephants in an overpopulated situation. In some areas where overpopulation is severe, Zimbabwe also has actual quotas for tusked females. Zimbabwe’s actual elephant harvest probably exceeds 1000 per year,  which is retarding but not stopping population growth. In several countries “local meat quota” elephants are available for harvest. Botswana, with the largest population and, certainly in the Chobe region, one of the worst overpopulation issues, has done no culling and no cow harvest. The shutdown of elephant hunting in Botswana has little impact one way or the other, except of course on hunters, outfitters, and the benefits from hunting that go to the local people. It is my opinion that disaster is coming, and it’s coming soon.

AGE VERSUS IVORY

In the old days it was often suggested that an elephant grew “a pound of ivory per year,” so a “hundred-pounder” (100 pounds of ivory in either or both tusks) was 100 years old. We now know that this is simply not true. It is not impossible that some elephants have lived to the century mark, but the actual life span is usually into the 60s, with actual longevity controlled by tooth wear (which also depends on coarseness of forage). When the last set of molars moves into place, the elephant’s days are numbered.

Ivory growth is slow at first, and slows again as the elephant grows

Different regions provide different selection standards. This Botswana bull’s tusks will weigh about 60 pounds.

old, but in the prime of life—20s and 30s, into the 40s—an elephant may grow several pounds of ivory per year.  Now, just how much ivory an elephant can grow is no different than the “trophy characteristics” of any other animal. Food and minerals matter, and when elephants are overpopulated, these resources are limited. Body size also matters and, regionally, some elephants are bigger than others. Just perhaps, however, genetics matter the most. The elephants of northern Tanzania, Kenya, and on westward through Uganda, Sudan and C.A.R. are sort of “medium-sized” elephants, while the elephants of Botswana and on up into southern Angola are the largest-bodied known. But, before the poaching ravages, the elephants of East and Central Africa clearly produced the continent’s heaviest ivory. Botswana’s giants produce heavier ivory than the smaller elephants of Zimbabwe’s Zambezi Valley—but while in its day Kenya produced many hundred-pounders, Botswana has produced only a handful.

Age is also an extremely important factor, and with elephants this is critical because, unlike almost all other game species, it takes decades for an elephant to reach its ivory potential. I will never forget when Johan Calitz and I tracked up a nice bull, with evenly matched ivory well into the 40s. That wasn’t unusual, but his comment as we withdrew is worth pondering: “What a lovely young bull…he’ll be a fine trophy in another 20 years or so!” How often, on whitetails, sable, kudu, lion, buffalo and so many other species, have we heard, “Great trophy, but we need to give him a couple more years.” With an elephant, we need to give him a couple more decades! So, with elephants, as with any other trophy animal, while we all speak in numbers (inches, pounds, record book “points”) the real measure of a trophy should be an animal that has attained pretty much all the trophy size it is capable of…whatever that is. In the case of elephant, this is a matter of many years!

Human-elephant conflict is a serious issue for many rural Africans. Elephants not only destroy crops, but huts like this one.

THE RIGHT ELEPHANT

This depends on the circumstances. All hunters love big ivory, so the goal on a bull hunt is certainly to take the largest, oldest bull one can find. Realistically, however, elephant hunting is a bit different from most situations in that the excitement and adventure of hunting elephant is pretty much the same across the board, no matter what kind of elephant you are hunting. I would even argue that Zimbabwe’s unique tuskless hunting is some of Africa’s very best (most exciting, and certainly most dangerous) elephant hunting! Obviously there are no tusks to worry about, but there are lots of cool things to be done with elephant skin and feet. Any tuskless without calf is the right elephant, and the hunt is fantastic.

With bull hunting, it really is a shame to take younger bulls of unknown potential. Realistically, it isn’t a train wreck; the meat will be fully utilized, and a bull harvest has no impact on overall numbers. More importantly, a younger bull with the normal tusks of a younger bull, taken now, just may be one of the very few who would grow enormous tusks…if we just waited another 20 years or so.

Donna Boddington with her first elephant. An excellent bull with tusks in the high 50′s.

So, ideally, in bull hunting, the “right elephant” is an older bull that has grown its ivory, whatever size it grew to be—and has passed along its genes. The clues are in the tracks, worn heels and deep corrugations, and in body shape and condition when you close. In a trophy hunt you will look for the best you can find, but many older bulls never grew big ivory, and after a long life in rough country many have broken one or both tusks. I would never suggest that such elephants should be considered trophies; that’s in the eye of the beholder. My own “best elephant” had broken at least 10 pounds off the tip of one tusk. That was fine with me, but needn’t be with you. However, in any “non-trophy” or “non-export” situation, older bulls that are worn short or broken off are very much the “right elephants.”– Craig Boddington

Fuente *-http://huntforever.org/

Aventuras

 

Colaborador Eduardo De La Garza

Bura cazado en Sonora rancho el Carbón enero 2014.
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Pescando en San Toribio.
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Lalo y Toño explorando la sierra de pájaros azules, en busca de los borregos berberiscos, febrero 2014.
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Presas rancho san Toribio.
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de pesca en san Toribio octubre 2014.

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Venados en brecha san Toribio, enero 2014.
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Presentación del libro GUIA DE CAMPO PARA EL CAZADOR RESPONSABLE

 

Colaborador Everardo Moreno

Portada libro Ing. Jorge Villarreal González .

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Eduardo de la Garza, Tomas Treviño ,Jorge Villarreal González, Oliverio de la Garza , Everardo Moreno y Arturo Martínez  

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miércoles, 5 de noviembre de 2014

Rifles para caza mayor

 

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El rifle clásico para caza de elefante, Búfalo y Leones es el doble ,en estos tiempos que van 2 o 3 rifles de apoyo,uno del guía, otro del aprendiz de cazador y el tercero si vas acompañado de algún amigo.

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Cazando sin compañeros el mejor rifle es el de cerrojo ya que tiene hasta 4 o 5 cartuchos disponibles, si tu usas el de cerrojo practica bastante abrirlo y cerrarlo sin cartucho en el cargador y dispara mínimo de 60 a 100 tiros en el club. Disparando a pie firme , disparando con tripie de apoyo y de ser posible a 30, 50 hasta 75 metros, esta practica te puede salvarla vida, hay elefantes y búfalos que resisten nueve o  diez tiros. El primer disparo es el bueno.

 

John A. Hunter decía :

Uno comienza a tener idea sobre la caza del Elefante al cobrar su ejemplar número 100.

 

Tony Sánchez Ariño , en el caso de el León , por lo menos 30 ejemplares. Esto es algo imposible para el cazador deportista, algunos podrán cazar 10 o 20 , quizás un poco mas elefantes en su vida pero la gran mayoría solo uno o dos elefantes o leones. Si nos va bien y la billetera esta repleta.

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Colaborador Miguel Ángel Cagnasso  

Esto no es cacería pero se acabaron toda la piara de un tiro

 

PARA LOS QUE NO CREEN EN LOS APARECIDOS

 

En los ranchos cinegéticos es común Instalar cámaras para que automáticamente se disparen y saber el comportamiento de la fauna del lugar de día y de noche.

Esta es una escena nocturna en la que al revisar el contenido de la cámara se encontraron con este extraño resultado.

Puede tratarse de un fotomontaje , no lo se , pero a ustedes se los comparto para que hagan sus propias conjeturas .

No se de donde salió la foto original , Se dice que es un rancho en Acuña

Colaborador Lalo de la Garza

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