A friend of mine and myself are practicing for a challenging hunt in the Mexican Yucatan peninsula
We are hoping to have a chance for a shot at the misterious and ellusive Broket Deer which in Mexico is called Temazate
Has anyone hunted one with a bow ? Are there any pics out there ?
Thanks
No, but sounds interesting.
Never hunted them but found some pictures on line. Just search Brocket deer pictures
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I went on a fishing trip there and saw some game. Brought this back as souvenir along with a month long virus. These are big Brocket buck antlers. They vary from brow to gray, a more distinct variance than whitetails. (http://i122.photobucket.com/albums/o244/2crazyboys_photos/IMG_2025-1.jpg) (http://s122.photobucket.com/user/2crazyboys_photos/media/IMG_2025-1.jpg.html) Neat country with a chance of seeing my dream beast to hunt, a jaguar. Have a great adventure.
One of my favorite books is Jungle Hunter by Joe Cavanaugh and his hunts in Central and South America. Joe is just a regular guy hunting with locals. They gun hunt both red and grey broket along with a bunch of other critters. I'd think bowhunting would be a real feat but they do get buckshot close to a lot of animals so if you get shotgun close, bow close isn't that much farther away.
That looks to be a very neat trip.
I hope you will share your hunt when you return as I know nothing of these critters.
They kind of remind me of the Sika deer.
Seen many pictures and read the stories. Sounds like a great hunt!
My wife has one of these in the freezer to mount for a customer. Cool little creatures for sure!
This one is gray/brown...broken off spike. The customer killed it while there hunting for oscillated turkeys. I'm not sure of the method this one was taken but I was proud to see something I've never saw before.
Good luck on your hunt. Aim SMALL really comes into play here.
Good luck. I look forward to seeing the story.
Good luck, Gerardo!
I'll be waiting to see the hero pics!
Bisch
"Rachel". Here is my customers deer. This is near trophy quality if it wasn't broken off. The grey brown brockett subspecies. He brought the hide and horns in a lunchbox. Lol. I look forward to getting it mounted up. This shows the size of these little guys. Very cool animal! Good luck on your hunt!
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Neat-o! Never heard of this critter before now. I think you're in for a unique adventure going after these little deer. Let us know how your hunt turns out!
I worked in the area for several years but never hunted there. I met a few guys going to/from Mexico City that hunting them. Which state are you hunting in?
Here are a couple pics, one is a Gray Brocket Deer, and the other is a Red Brocket Deer.
Tony
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Sounds like a real fun hunt.
I wonder why I never heard of them before and they are not one of the Super Slam species?
Unique animal. And thanks for the trophy picture. I had no idea they were that small from the other pictures shared.
Very cool. Good luck and looking forward to the story.
Hope to do this hunt, maybe try to combine it with white-lipped peccary. Can't wait to hear the details! Good luck!
To answer your Slam question It-m-grow, it's the "North American Super Slam" and Brokets are Central and South American critters. Jaguar is a replacement animal on the list though but they can creep into the US SW at times. There's Pampas, Marsh and whitetail deer, taper, cougar, peccary and all kinds of hunting possibilities for anyone with adventure in their soul.
What a neat hunting adventure. Good Luck!!
Sounds like a unique adventure. Let us know how it goes. I'll be waiting for pics.
So we leave in 15 days and we have are setups ready to go
We decided to use the weekend to do some real life practice
So my friend Roberto who is my hunting buddy for the trip got our local taxidermist to make a duiker mold which is very similar in size
We got it and placed a ladder to the window so we could practice
Our outfitter in Campeche send a picture of the place where we would be shooting
Its from a hammock and it has some little logs to place our feet talk about traditional jungle hunting setup
I will put a picture
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Thats Roberto waiting for me to get out of the way for him to take the first shot at the duiker mold similar to the brokett deer we will be hunting
There are no big trees so a tree blind is out of the question
They are very ingenious do to put a hammock between two trees
I think I will bring my bush n bag from bigjim
Here is a pic that was sent from the outfitter in Campeche
I will be hunting with a 54" td treadway black swamp longbow and fmj arrows a vpa broadhead or some woodsman havent figured what broadhead still
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Adventure is in the air.
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My chance to practice on the previous pic
Its about the height we will be shooting
Here is a pic of a big trophy one
This pic is taken from the web
Has someone know of a bowhunter that has had a shot at one
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Today was a very nice and unforgettable shooting day with friends and kids
I dont know what I am more excited of going on this hunting trip or seeing my 5 year old son shoot his new lh rhino bow his 3 yr old brother is also getting addicted at seeing that arrow fly away
I hope I will be with them on a hunt in the near future
So proud to be a Dad
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The two little ones in the red shirt are my kids and the closest one is Roberto's , beto jr
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We are so excited for this hunt and I am happy to share it with Gerardo.
I remember when I spoke with the Arturo, our outfitter, he said that it will be an "interesting" challenge with our longbows.
Hey, aren't we all looking for a challenge!
Its sure going to be an adventure and challenge as well
Thanks Beto for sharing it together
Great pics! Campeche is where I worked. Check out the Mayan ruins at Edzna while you are there. I wish you much luck!!
Great family fun! That setup looks like a macdan from a Indian shikar. Does your outfitter ever see Jaguar?
In Honduras the locals hunt them during dry weather when they come to water holes or creeks, They will hide in brush and shoot them with shot guns. A little restaurant out in Olancho state has some skull plates with varying sizes of antlers. I think they would be fun to hunt with with my bow.
Yes there are Jaguar in that jungle
It also is home for oscelote turkey and curasaw
7 more days
I am making a list and checking it twice jajaj
You guys are going to have a great hunt. All the practice will pay off!
QuoteOriginally posted by killinstuff:
To answer your Slam question It-m-grow, it's the "North American Super Slam" and Brokets are Central and South American critters. Jaguar is a replacement animal on the list though but they can creep into the US SW at times. There's Pampas, Marsh and whitetail deer, taper, cougar, peccary and all kinds of hunting possibilities for anyone with adventure in their soul.
Not to hijack the thread, but I would disagree...check the map http://www.superslam.org/
Fun adventure, nonetheless.
Que pasa Gera, what have you been up to ?