Thanks Duck Killer! I'm really in appreciation of the repsonses and experiences all you guys have. When I found this forum, I realized quickly it was one I wanted to join.

DuckStampede, I'm already here, and here is North-Eastern Venezuela in a city called Maturin. The city is just south of a chain of mountains that runs east-west along the northern coast of the country. A few hours drive to the south and west brings one into the Gran Savana which is an enormous expanse of grass lands mixed with wooded areas. South of that and one enters Amazon jungle.

The western side of Venezuela is pretty arid, while this region here is somewhat mixed, depending on elevations.

It's a fascinating country and one with lots of shooting opportunities. In a very short time I've already secured permission to hunt on tens of thousands of acres of farmland and cattle ranches to the west of here near the mountains. There's very little hunting pressure on game birds. The deer, however, as are numerous other decent-sized game animals, are hammered at night.[]

El Gringo