Hunting in the Wilderness

E. Brock Stanley

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Whilst the greatest effort has been made to ensure the quality of this text, due to the historical nature of this content, in some rare cases there may be minor issues with legibility. I have always held the opinion that South America has created a gap in the annals of big game hunting in the world. Many excellent works have been produced on the subject in Africa, Asia and North America, but relatively little has been said of the opportunities present to shooters South of the Panama.

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• Publié par: Forgotten Books
• Date de parution: 27 novembre 2019
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9780243778737
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 8 Mo

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T HE S AVANNA H DE R H abits H unting and Tracking T HE B USH DEER H abits L esser Bush D eer S uitable Care and U se of H ide Christ m as T HE TA P I R H abits Tracking S Weaponsuit le My Toughest Tapir T HE B USH H O GS O R PE CCA R I ES H abits Hu and Trackingn ting P igs T HE WAT ER B U FFA L O H istor y and H abits S imuni R iver nt T HE J A GU A R H abits H unting J a uars S rear Caru table of H ide T HE PU MA H abits H unting P um s S uitable irearms T HE O C EL OT H abits H un ting O celots LESSER ANIMA LS The Fox the the apy ara Otter the Ant Bear Coatimundi the the Wild Bush D og Armadillo G AM E BI RDS AN D OT HERS D ucks G oose S nipe Quail G round D oves P igeons P Waraowi s Marudi or Bush Turkey Cobras Maam Toucans P arrots Macaws Vul ures H A A RDS G et ing L o st Crawlt at Thi gs S ettlest ging Ticks Yaws Beri beri S nakes and Vipers Th ngs that S wim C H OO S IN G SU ITAB L E FI RE A R M S

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The author wit Baboon top deer roping horse The ypical de r country of the sou thern mountain s J hat had been lassoed from horsebackerome with a buck kins are be st st etched out b y means of s ringy poles B oth tired of good fooddogs and India rackers plenty ahead With his bow H arry shot a baiara A trustworthy horse an id al rest for a ong range shot Wapishana Indian boy shootingfish This enya lion mea ured nine feet eight inche s from nose to of tail The in the markings of four members of cat family are shown in these photographs and those overleaf Thi s ocelot measured over four feet from nose to of tail A male j aguar one of largest ever taken in British G uiana A spider monkey most fascinati g of the S outh American prim tes greater antbear running in a hurry A nin banded armadillo A tamandua the lesser species of antbear Two recently captured fe m ale specimens of the black hacka S hell of a giant armadillo A ropical rattlesnake Wasi ducks from southern R u un u ni savannahs An anaconda con t icting an alligator

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The l wer photograph facing page reproduced by kind rm i ssion of D owney S afari s L and photograph facing pageimited enya by kind permission of Mr G eorge B G arnham

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I H A V E always held the opinion that S outh America has created a gap in annals of big game hunting in the world Many excellent works have been produced on the subj ect in Africa Asia and North America but relativel y little has been said of the opportunities present to shooters S outh of the P anama I have tried in a small tofihis bookgap in thi s ll some of and to reveal to the w uld hunter some of the many cha lenge s he faces on a shoot in the last of the dark con inents I agree that the game are neither as large nor a s vindictive many of the African species yet the j ag u third largest cat in thear the world i s a notable exception who can match both the lion and tiger in strength and cunning and the tapir can ab sorb more badly placed lead than most animals twice his size Many of the grassland s areas have been compared to those of E ast Africa but apart from deer and a few lesser animal s the plain s game are conspicuous b y heir ab sence P r cticall y all spec i are bothe s nocturnal and deep forest dwellers They are al so extremely shy and wary and due to their environment ver y Into approach di cult V iew of this and coupled with the ever present dang r of getting lost the pros ective hunter will require a reliable guide fully versed in the habits of the game and the vicinity over which they roam Amer indians when far removed from alcohol and the nau seating brews of their villages are by and large scr u st wonpulously hone bush men and above average t ackers Their e y esight and powers of observation are so acute that the y will invariably point out the quarr y when the sportsman cannot fromeven distinguish it its surroundings with the aid of a pair of binoculars H all primitives owever like they make no distinction between a good or bad head or a buck and a doe and expect the hunter to shoot at everything hey see U yet often unavoidablesually it is unwise to ask an Indian for hi s opin i as the tendency foron in any matter him to alwa y s tell y ou what he thinks you want to hear In other word s the camp is alwa y s near the game is alway s plentiful in hat area and the spoor they re following is always that of the bull o the wood s It is also ver y to impress upon him that you want to dodi cult all the shooting and the only sat sfactory way out of this i s to make sure that he leaves his own ancient musket at home or as soon as he spots that trophy you ve been tracking all day thro u gh sweltering j ungle he ll let go with his cannon with commendable accuracy

P R E F A C E H e likes things own way he doesn t have to work for you or anybod y are youstance s trying the circum no matter how else so can t a ford to tell him or lose you temper If you do he ll desert y maou for sure and that y have disastrou s con sequences S trike the happy medium be pleasant witho u llt being over friendly and you fian enj nd Indian ible supplyoyable companion with an inexhaus of energy I have only spoken of hun ting north of the Amazon as my ex has been lim ted to that sec tion H owever excep ng for the Whitetail D the game enj eer all ion under similaroy a wide distribu condition s both nor h and south of hat m ghty river so prob ably good representative bag can be obtained in any a ea combining both grassland and tropical or equatorial forest One thing al so is certain nowhere can the bigger game be got under the luxur y and comfort safari condition of modern s and dur i s at its bestwhen the sho ting i month s of the year ng wet the average sportsman will more likelyfind them unbearable H that none of one fact owever hat ered tocan be o trophie s on a plate makes them even more desirable and a S outh American hunt so memorable S E B R upununi British G uian

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aar aar a deer i s coming a deer coming my Wapishana packman shouted excitedly I spurred Matador into a fast gallop and broke the belt of tree s a hundred y deer ure ahead A ard s was coming and my buddy Jerome Marques was hard on his tail with whip and spurs going I tried to cut him but seeing safety of bush only ya d s ahead he piled on all the speed he knew to reach it Jerome drew and cut loose from forty yards but the deer made a quick dash to his left and was out of sight in the thick cover I drew my horse up to my pal s and was j ust abo u t to curse our rotten luck when afithe bushpoint buck broke from ne four yard s awa y Wess the savannah in leaps and bounds out acro and lit bo h saw it together and soon were calling all speed we couldfind from our two tough ponies Matador being somewhat fresher drew ahead and Jerome smartly swung away to the right to put distance between u s in case I should manage to turn the b uck in his d rection I was closing in fast The buck was old and fat with a heavy rack and t ey haven t got endurance of the younger ones but can s ill outrun an y thing but the very best I had drawn up tofis and pulled my gfty yard u n from the scabbard to try a shot when he reached the momentar y safety of a small rock strewn hill Jer me had alread y headed round right of it so I pulled my horse steeply to the left and steadied him down to a fast canter We cleared the hill and I could Jerome bearing down on him fast through the trees H hat the buck s taile told me later had already dropped a sure sign that he was licked Then the sho t ing started but shooting at a running deer from a galloping horse is a pretty trick y my pal seemed to be having a litt ebusiness and trouble stopping this one Then suddenly the b u ck cut across the sava nah in my direction and passed me atfis I slammedfteen yard in two quick shots missed with thefihit him in the neckrst but with the second H down but e slowed Jeromeflashed past me while I was reloading and bowled him over breaking his fore and hind

remember that hunt very well We shot fo r deer in four hours