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Posted by JeremyKS (Member # 736) on January 23, 2011, 04:45 PM:
I had the chance to go to Mexico last week to hunt Coues deer. Here is the buck I shot on the second to last day of the hunt.
View more pics on our blog http://gugelmeyer.blogspot.com/2011/01/mexico-coues-deer-hunt.html
Posted by Lone Howl (Member # 29) on January 23, 2011, 05:08 PM:
Wow, beautiful deer!
Mark
Posted by the bearhunter (Member # 3552) on January 23, 2011, 05:22 PM:
thats a dandy coues.
Posted by TRnCO (Member # 690) on January 23, 2011, 07:37 PM:
Damn nice Couse Jeremy. Congrats.
Posted by TOM64 (Member # 561) on January 24, 2011, 05:45 AM:
That is a monster!
Posted by JeremyKS (Member # 736) on January 24, 2011, 07:19 AM:
Thanks guys! I saw him 3 days in a row. The first day glassed him up from 2 miles away. The second day he gave us the slip. On the third day I was able to get to 300 yards and put him down with one shot.
Shooting my custom 24-06imp with a 85 gr Barnes TSX. Hunting with my good friend Clay Goldman of http://www.mogollontaxidermy.com ,he has been going to Mexico for 12 years now and buys the tags from various ranches in Sonora. Even with the broken tine he scored just shy of 108, I think he would of broke 112. It was a great hunt.
Posted by Leonard (Member # 2) on January 24, 2011, 12:02 PM:
Yes, nice buck. Thanks for sharing.
BTW, I thought I knew what JeremyKS looked like? I was wrong.
Good hunting. LB
Posted by ursus21 (Member # 3556) on January 24, 2011, 12:45 PM:
DANG!!!
Posted by 4949shooter (Member # 3530) on January 24, 2011, 01:41 PM:
Nice...
Posted by 3 Toes (Member # 1327) on January 24, 2011, 03:51 PM:
Jeremy, that is a hell of a deer. I've been thinking about that trip for a long time, but with the unrest in Mexico I didn't know if it was safe for a gringo down there. And you and me are damn sure gringos. I don't think we could pass for locals.
Posted by Paul Melching (Member # 885) on January 24, 2011, 05:05 PM:
Thats a dandy for sure. I would be afraid to go across the border at this time as 3 toes stated.
The wife and I used to go every year and celebrate new years on the beach in Rocky Point
Havent been for the last 7 years due to the danger and inabilty to protect oneself.even a cartridge in your vehicle will land you in the pokey for a long while.
Congrats Jeremy thats a great coues!
Posted by Paul Melching (Member # 885) on January 24, 2011, 05:24 PM:
edit due to new laptop and a double post sorry! ![[Eek!]](eek.gif)
[ January 24, 2011, 05:26 PM: Message edited by: Paul Melching ]
Posted by Bofire (Member # 221) on January 24, 2011, 06:15 PM:
Way cool thanks for sharing and I am JEALOUS!!!!!!!!!
Carl
Posted by Az-Hunter (Member # 17) on January 24, 2011, 06:17 PM:
Damn fine buck Jermey, hunting those little whitetails, is about the only big game I hunt here anymore.
They are also the only deer I can make a swag on how big too, I was going to say that looked like about a 105 to my eye...I wasn't far off, good going!
Posted by Leonard (Member # 2) on January 24, 2011, 06:38 PM:
As I recall? Vic has a couple nice racks on his wall, too.
Mexico? Sad to say, not me, not any more. A damned shame, but the reality is, anything can happen to anybody, at any time and you are strictly on your own. It just scares the living shit out of me! Even the big resorts aren't totally safe, yet I was in Cabo last year.
Jeremy, my friend; you got balls, Man!
Good hunting. LB
Posted by JeremyKS (Member # 736) on January 24, 2011, 07:22 PM:
Thanks guys!
We crossed at Douglas, AZ in the morning and drove 70 miles to the ranch. We stayed on the ranch the entire 7 days. We crossed back through Douglas during the morning. I didn't see anything to feel threatened. The guys I went with have been doing it for 12 years and they said it was the same o same o for them. Im sure there are risks just didn't see anything.
Jeremy
Posted by TOM64 (Member # 561) on January 24, 2011, 07:35 PM:
How did you handle getting the gun across, paperwork I assume but can you give me a rundown?
Posted by JeremyKS (Member # 736) on January 25, 2011, 06:01 AM:
Before you cross you get a gun permit on the US side. Once you cross into MX you have to check your gun in at the border and then once again at their military. On the way out you use the US permit to get back in.
Thats the simplified version at least.
Posted by Az-Hunter (Member # 17) on January 25, 2011, 08:08 AM:
Hell; you came right thru my backyard Jeremy! Im just 20 miles from Douglas, gawd forsaken country ain't it:)
Did you hunt on a Mexican land owners place, or a gringos'? I know a guy from Wyoming who bought a place down there, about 70 miles down too, ice guy, and oddly, he moved to Mexico to get away from what he precieved to be to much US govt intrusion into his ranching business. He hounded me all the time to come down and hunt coyotes on his Mex ranch.
Posted by Leonard (Member # 2) on January 25, 2011, 10:34 AM:
You know, I would not have been surprised if the caliber of your gun had been in question? It usually comes up with 25'06's. Anything that sounds slightly military, they are very concerned about. Before the cartels, etc. the most popular handgun in Mexico was a 1911 Government Model, BUT chambered in 38 Super. Usually chrome plated. No accounting for taste?
Years ago, we had to make two trips. One, after paying a fee with a stateside broker, then going down and having the "weapon" inspected by the Federal Army and another charge for a permit. Then, we were ready for our actual trip. Maybe I have it backwards, but it came to about $350, all together and the permit was good for three months and could be renewed for another three months when leaving. We left a Mossberg down there in the care of old Pedro, just to avoid the hassle. It's still there, but I doubt old Pedro is still around? Only 50 rounds for each gun and only two guns per person. You had better not have 51 rounds, either.
Of course, in Mexico, as nowhere else, connections are extremely important. You are very lucky to have these friends, Jeremy. You might have drowned in red tape without them.
Good hunting. LB
edit: oh, in spite of the danger and expense and the hassle, what REALLY stopped us from going was that they started a new policy that we needed a "guide" while hunting and we could only bring back two coyotes, or two cats. Since the purpose was contest hunting, and since it was easily possible to kill 25/30 animals in a weekend, that changed everything. But, it was for the best, because there were Federales around every bend in the road and even then, drug trafficking was very violent. But, I miss the action.
[ January 25, 2011, 10:42 AM: Message edited by: Leonard ]
Posted by tlbradford (Member # 1232) on January 25, 2011, 02:49 PM:
Beautiful specimen. Did the tine break when you killed it, or was it already like that?
Posted by JeremyKS (Member # 736) on January 25, 2011, 08:37 PM:
They were mexican landowners.
The tine was freshly broken before I shot.
Leonard don't think the contest deal would work anymore. We had to have all capes frozen for 24 hours and then mostly thawed when crossed for inspection. We had to pick all the ticks off them or otherwise if the US guys found any dead or alive ticks they would confiscate the capes.
Jeremy
Posted by Leonard (Member # 2) on January 27, 2011, 07:53 PM:
saw this a couple minutes ago
Police: US Missionary May Have Been Killed for Chevy Truck
Jan 27, 2011 – 5:09 PM
Mara Gay
Contributor
An American missionary shot dead in Mexico may have been targeted for her expensive pickup truck, police say.
Nancy and Sam Davis were attacked by gunmen Wednesday while driving their 2008 Chevrolet pickup on a highway near San Fernando, about 70 miles south of the Mexican border city of Reynosa, police said.
A bullet struck Nancy Davis, 59, in the head. Her husband raced to get her to medical help, speeding across a border bridge into the United States against oncoming traffic, police said. He was met by Pharr, Texas, police officers. Nancy Davis was rushed to a Texas hospital but died of her wound, Pharr police said.
Pharr Police Chief Ruben Villescas told The Associated Press that the Davises' truck is popular with drug cartels operating in the region.
"Driving that type of truck is an eye-catcher," police Sgt. Ray Lara told the AP. "We figure that maybe they don't bother the church people. But they want those trucks."
The couple had worked as Christian missionaries with a group called Gospel Proclaimers since the 1970s, friends said.
Maryanne Wheeler, who did missionary work with the couple, said Nancy Davis loved Mexico and understood the risks involved in her work. The couple lived in the Rio Grande Valley in southern Texas but also had a home in the Mexican state of Nuevo Leon.
"Who you need to feel sorry for is the Mexican people, because for 40 years she has unreservedly, unconditionally loved, reached out to the Mexican people," Wheeler told KRGV-TV.
Merton Rundell, a finance director at Union Bible College in Indiana, told Action News 4/CNN that the couple were "dedicated, wonderful people," who made the "ultimate sacrifice" for their religion.
Mexico's Tamaulipas state, where the shooting occurred, is dangerous and is under the influence of the Zetas cartel. The FBI, Texas authorities and Mexican officials are all investigating.
The Davises are the second U.S. couple to come under attack in Mexico in recent months. On Sept. 30, McAllen, Texas, resident David Hartley was Jet-Skiing on the Mexican side of Falcon Lake when he was killed. His wife, Tiffany, said Mexican pirates opened fire and shot her husband, whose body fell into the water. Tiffany Hartley was able to make it back to shore on the U.S. side of the border lake.
The Mexican side of Falcon Lake is controlled by the Zeta drug gang. The Zetas are also very active in the area where the Davises were attacked, authorities said.
Tiffany Hartley expressed sympathy today for the Davis family.
"I don't know them, but my heart breaks for them," she told the AP.
Posted by TOM64 (Member # 561) on January 27, 2011, 08:19 PM:
My cousin went to Falcon lake last Febuary or March and wants me to go this year. Said they caught 6# bass all day long and caught a few over 10 pounds in their group.
Said they watched locals catch the biggest bass he's seen in a net and looked like they were gonna eat it with the rest of them.
But after the jet ski thing, I don't care how big the fish are. A 21' Champion bass boat is almost as flashy as an 08 truck... I'm staying home.
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