Marcos Rodriguez
AH fanatic
Hy everybody! Today, I write this post to show a kind of hunt very popular in my country and unknown in the rest of the world... THE VIZCACHA (LAGOSTOMUS MAXIMUS) a medium sized animal of Argentina, Chile and Uruguay with a very appreciated meat and very challenging to hunt.
The methods to shot down this ellusive animals are so different than the hunters who try this...
The vizcacha live in holes called "vizcacheras" and leave your home at the sundown to eat grass... at this time the hunt is possible. This animal have a very fine sense of smell, heard and sight, and the lider of the herd (the "vizcachon", a large male who rules the herd) scream to alert the family at any signal of danger... because thath the hunters have avoid any noise, walk with the wind in the face and use the light only to locate the vizcachas and to shoot them, the shot placement is in the HEAD, only, because the instinct of this little animal is dive in the holes, even deadly wounded, and die inside the tunnels...
The calibers used in this hunt are variable, 22 LR, 17 HMR, 22mag, shotguns, a lot of rifles with small bullet like the 22 hornet or the 223, big rifles with reduced charges (bullets but my favourite is the PCP rifle, in 5,5 caliber...
The pics of this post are with my "SHARK" 5,5 PCP rifle made by "danielboom", a PCP guru in this country, and a good friend
The kids in the pictures are my two sons, Manuel and Matias...
The methods to shot down this ellusive animals are so different than the hunters who try this...
The vizcacha live in holes called "vizcacheras" and leave your home at the sundown to eat grass... at this time the hunt is possible. This animal have a very fine sense of smell, heard and sight, and the lider of the herd (the "vizcachon", a large male who rules the herd) scream to alert the family at any signal of danger... because thath the hunters have avoid any noise, walk with the wind in the face and use the light only to locate the vizcachas and to shoot them, the shot placement is in the HEAD, only, because the instinct of this little animal is dive in the holes, even deadly wounded, and die inside the tunnels...
The calibers used in this hunt are variable, 22 LR, 17 HMR, 22mag, shotguns, a lot of rifles with small bullet like the 22 hornet or the 223, big rifles with reduced charges (bullets but my favourite is the PCP rifle, in 5,5 caliber...
The pics of this post are with my "SHARK" 5,5 PCP rifle made by "danielboom", a PCP guru in this country, and a good friend
The kids in the pictures are my two sons, Manuel and Matias...
