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    Jim Shockey

    Toro, Toro in Peru

    Wednesday, July 9, 2008, 10:12 AM [General]

    We drove up in to the incredibly high country here in the Andes in Peru. We dropped the car off at about 4,500 meters, nearly 15,000 feet, and then we hunted upward from there for the wild toro bulls. They're all over this high country here in the Andes. There are bulls that have escaped and cattle that have escaped into the high country. There is no fences, all free range. And spooky as I've seen, spooky as almost any animals that I've ever hunted.

    We were after one herd way up there. They got our scent at about 400 yards. They took off even higher, we followed them. I could barely breathe. We were drinking cocoa tea made from cocoa leaves that apparently helps you breathe. We spooked them again, they went higher and farther back into the mountains. And then, finally we had some hunters' luck and they spooked back around and they came back by me and I shot one at about 70 yards.

    Nice bull! I think I'm the first North American to hunt these bulls ever. It's quite a popular big game animal here in Peru. The guys were all excited and happy. I was dying. Didn't get altitude sickness, but had a pretty good headache. Felt like you were hung over. Couldn't think straight and stumbling around.

    When we got down we went to another little village located in the deepest canyon, Colco, it's twice as deep as the Grand Canyon they say. It's really cool. All of the people in the Andes here are all wearing the same embroidered little dresses and hats. Real traditional, just like you wold imagine Peruvians would wear. Sheep and goats all over the road. The next day we went to the other end of the valley of this big canyon and got above condors, we videotaped condors and then headed off to hunt whitetails.

    Stay tuned for more from beautiful Peru!

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