Mexico is better

[2thDoc]

i think i need to do this and see if i am a hypocrite or not.
I bet I wouldnt feel that guilty.

[3 1/2" MAGUM]

When I first started hunting Mexico there was one outfitter in the area. I never saw another boat or group of hunters on the water. There is now 6. I fear the area will never be the same moving forward. Internet advertising and social media are causing the same thing to happen in Mexico as our favorite spots in the United States. It's no longer a guarantee. I have come down here in recent years and had bad hunts only killing a couple in a session. This year there were more ducks in the area than the last two however there are more hunters too.

Precisely. More & more will go until it's no longer worth it.

[trkykilr]

Sounds like I need to stop putting it off

[Carolina Counsel]

Heck of a hunt! Did you ever fell bad about shooting that many ducks just because you are used to our limits here in America? I don't think I would, but I've never been on a trip like that before either. To be clear I'm not judging, just curious. Either way looks and sounds like it was a great time.

Call me a wuss, but I did feel a bit of regret in Argentina related to the duck numbers. We hunted for five days. Honestly, by the fourth day I felt that I had done enough killing. 3 1/2 days would have been about right.

[buckpro]

When I first started hunting Mexico there was one outfitter in the area. I never saw another boat or group of hunters on the water. There is now 6. I fear the area will never be the same moving forward. Internet advertising and social media are causing the same thing to happen in Mexico as our favorite spots in the United States. It's no longer a guarantee. I have come down here in recent years and had bad hunts only killing a couple in a session. This year there were more ducks in the area than the last two however there are more hunters too.

I came out of mexico friday and the while waiting on luggage in customs i talked with the old man that has worked that same area of the airport for 27 years. Said up until covid, there were 10-15 hunters a flight during peak times, now its 60. Every damn thing is leased out, etc. Cops are catching on to it also. We had to bribe our way out of a road check as he was making up laws about guns he had checked the day before. Never had that happen in 8 times down there.

[3 1/2" MAGUM]

Sounds like I need to stop putting it off

You'll be fine. Outfits will move further South as the bird #'s get low. Wait long enough and you may can go to Belize.....it's pretty sweet spot.

[GBelly]

Said up until covid, there were 10-15 hunters a flight during peak times, now its 60. Every damn thing is leased out, etc. Cops are catching on to it also.

imagine that....its human nature to ruin the good things. greed and need are real things and will only get worse down south, up north, and everywhere in between

[buckpro]

imagine that....its human nature to ruin the good things. greed and need are real things and will only get worse down south, up north, and everywhere in between

To quote a friend of mine when he goes hunting at a good new place...."white people ain't F'd this up yet"

[JABIII]

Cops are catching on to it also. We had to bribe our way out of a road check as he was making up laws about guns he had checked the day before. Never had that happen in 8 times down there.

We did. Several times in the 90's. One busload of hunters headed to various camps got stopped between Reynosa and San Fernando. A guy on the bus had a single shell in the pocket of his duck coat. They made everyone on the bus give up every dollar they had or they were taking him to Mexican prison. People who who had never met him had to kick in.

[GBelly]

We did. Several times in the 90's. One busload of hunters headed to various camps got stopped between Reynosa and San Fernando. A guy on the bus had a single shell in the pocket of his duck coat. They made everyone on the bus give up every dollar they had or they were taking him to Mexican prison. People who who had never met him had to kick in.

those are the kind of stories I only need to hear once to keep me away from that place

[jwilliams]

Very very dangerous. Would recommend going to Canada. That ex prime minister dude got a nice poa

[Catdaddy]

I also shot a triple on black ducks and teal one morning and a quad on shovelers.

I dont believe you killed any black ducks in Mexico,....maybe mexican mallards or mottled ducks.



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[nitro5x6's]

Mexican Mallards as mentioned in reply #24. Probably rarer than an American Black duck (for now).

[Highstrung]

And in post #12... Basically a spoonbill massacre after I killed that mm. I still have no desire to shoot shovelers anymore, and zero to eat them. BI Springfield was so slow that Chessbay and I probably would have taken a few.. I'm kind of happy for my palate

[GBelly]

Very very dangerous. Would recommend going to Canada. That ex prime minister dude got a nice poa

I only go up there now for the borscht