After scouting with Ben, Heath, Sika, Atomicdog and Farmdog over Thanksgiving, we sent a skeleton crew into Mexico to chase the elusive cola blanca after Christmas. Never fear, we covered the long miles and completed the trip intact. Heath and Ben did not make Part II and were missed. We joke that “Rancho Los Indios is just a hop-skip from Arizona” and trust me, sometimes it feels that way.
The first trip across the border was in Progresso to buy tequila and trinkets. The men on the Mexico side of the Rio Grande were not amused with my camera and for a minute, I thought they were going to confiscate it from me. “No Foto!... No Foto!” they yelled as they moved toward us. We just kept moving and acted like we did not take a picture… but actually captured this.
I guess I should have known better after this encounter at Thanksgiving…
I have already posted some images of Progresso so I won’t re-post any more. Suffice to say it was colorful as always.
I’d like to thank my brother Farmdog for his hard work locating this ranch and getting stands set up. The guy really does have a unique love for Mexico and the deer that live out where the busses don’t run. 100% of his energies are spent looking for deer for his sons Randall and William to shoot. Since the boys had post Christmas obligations, they were not on this trip. This mentality has to make for some restless nights for the pesky javalinas that infest the ranch... especially when Mark's boys are not in camp…
One of the more fascinating stories of the ranch this year was the birth of a baby boy. This kid spends his day in his stroller… chickens scrambling are his prime source of entertainment. He seems to be a happy and loved child.
At night, we ate well. The menu included venison sausage, rib eyes, chicken fried back strap and freshly trapped quail.
Blue quail on the grill…
Ah Mexico… she’s a different kind of place. The century plant is everywhere… blooming once in a life that spans roughly 25 years.
Night time photography is fun too.
Here we are cranking up some mesquite coals for venison.
Farmdog eventually gave me the OK to wail on some javi. Since my bow had been delaminated all season and was freshly repaired, it was time to test it.
(thanks North Texas Archery and Fay)
The first stalk resulted in a 42 yard launch. The arrow crowded the shoulder and there was no tracking required. Sika captured the shot on video. It was good to finally connect on a live target before the end of 2007.
As we were working on the LDP, more javis were assembling in the brush and finding their way to the tasty kernels of gold. I took the safety off the ultramax and launched two more arrows as the fresh bow limbs brought the heat. I was pleased with the hits and was confident of the pending result.
After some nice tandem tracking through the thorny stuff, Sika captured this shot.
After we left, Mark was joined in Mexico by Randall, William and Bud. Hopefully some shots were fired.
I have uploaded these images to the green screen strictly for my buddy Huntmaster who has trouble viewing them if I link to flickr.
If you care to see large images of these files, you can do so here…
Flickr shots
Thanks to Sika who endured some serious truck time with the dogs over two major holidays. This kind of trip leaves a mark and she did great. Hopefully we can get some video edited to further record the trips.
Thanks for readin’.
~Amen~
The first trip across the border was in Progresso to buy tequila and trinkets. The men on the Mexico side of the Rio Grande were not amused with my camera and for a minute, I thought they were going to confiscate it from me. “No Foto!... No Foto!” they yelled as they moved toward us. We just kept moving and acted like we did not take a picture… but actually captured this.
I guess I should have known better after this encounter at Thanksgiving…
I have already posted some images of Progresso so I won’t re-post any more. Suffice to say it was colorful as always.
I’d like to thank my brother Farmdog for his hard work locating this ranch and getting stands set up. The guy really does have a unique love for Mexico and the deer that live out where the busses don’t run. 100% of his energies are spent looking for deer for his sons Randall and William to shoot. Since the boys had post Christmas obligations, they were not on this trip. This mentality has to make for some restless nights for the pesky javalinas that infest the ranch... especially when Mark's boys are not in camp…
One of the more fascinating stories of the ranch this year was the birth of a baby boy. This kid spends his day in his stroller… chickens scrambling are his prime source of entertainment. He seems to be a happy and loved child.
At night, we ate well. The menu included venison sausage, rib eyes, chicken fried back strap and freshly trapped quail.
Blue quail on the grill…
Ah Mexico… she’s a different kind of place. The century plant is everywhere… blooming once in a life that spans roughly 25 years.
Night time photography is fun too.
Here we are cranking up some mesquite coals for venison.
Farmdog eventually gave me the OK to wail on some javi. Since my bow had been delaminated all season and was freshly repaired, it was time to test it.
(thanks North Texas Archery and Fay)
The first stalk resulted in a 42 yard launch. The arrow crowded the shoulder and there was no tracking required. Sika captured the shot on video. It was good to finally connect on a live target before the end of 2007.
As we were working on the LDP, more javis were assembling in the brush and finding their way to the tasty kernels of gold. I took the safety off the ultramax and launched two more arrows as the fresh bow limbs brought the heat. I was pleased with the hits and was confident of the pending result.
After some nice tandem tracking through the thorny stuff, Sika captured this shot.
After we left, Mark was joined in Mexico by Randall, William and Bud. Hopefully some shots were fired.
I have uploaded these images to the green screen strictly for my buddy Huntmaster who has trouble viewing them if I link to flickr.
If you care to see large images of these files, you can do so here…
Flickr shots
Thanks to Sika who endured some serious truck time with the dogs over two major holidays. This kind of trip leaves a mark and she did great. Hopefully we can get some video edited to further record the trips.
Thanks for readin’.
~Amen~
Congrats Leg!
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