We drove after we got that brocket deer, got going about 2 p.m. and got into the town about 11 hours later at 1 a.m. Slept for about four hours and got up this morning. From the town we drove for about four hours into the jungle near Campeche. Another beautiful camp. Really heavy forest jungle. There's a creek right beside us with alligators and fish, and we saw a great big turtle. Nice screened-in tents because there are lots of bugs around.
We are now hunting for Yucatan gray-brown brocket deer, white-lipped peccary and the great curassow bird and the oscillated turkey.
When we were hunting earlier today I saw one of the most unbelievable things I've ever seen. Saw a huge tapier ... there were two of them. One was in the water ... about 600-pound animal. We were standing there in shock and another one walked in from the side, walked into the water. These are rare animals, long nose, kind of like a trunk, like a small elephant. We got it all on film, cool-looking animal. Then I caught a two-foot lizard in the jungle. I had to run after it and dive to catch it.
Tomorrow morning we're getting up and spending most of the day for white-lipped peccary which I will hunt with my new Alpine Signature bow. These animals can travel in herds of 60, 70, 80 animals. They've built a machan above the ground for us to sit on and wait for them.
The Next Day ...
Got a white-lipped peccary, the footage is just OK ... I had to make a difficult shot through thick jungle ... about a 30-yard shot. This Alpine bow is excellent, and the peccary is a big one, it weighs about 80 pounds I'd guess. I can't imagine too many of these have been taken with a bow and arrow. (Editor's note: The SCI record book lists two entries, one scoring 15 2/16 and the other scoring 15 1/16.)
The Next Day ...
Good day today. I got two of the curassow's ... a female and a male. Beautiful. The males are pitch black with big yellow ball on top of the beek. I saw two snakes today; one was so fast I saw it chase and catch a frog. And lots of sign of jaguar. Amazing place, really enjoying it. Tough for the brocket deer. No one has seen one yet. We've got two more days of hunting for brocket deer and then we'll be coming home. This pandemic thing is a little disconcerting because there are no flights are traveling inside Mexico. Hopefully my international flight will get me home.
Alpine Signature Bow Strikes in Mexico
Tuesday, May 26, 2009, 11:54 AM
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