Texas, I've seen some REALLY awesome bucks down in that country. LaSalle County (Laredo) is referred to a "Muy Grande" country....and they ain't kidding!
Never said it was easy.
In the past people were charged for giving aid. It became quite the political issue but I don’t think anyone is getting arrested or charged for that at all these days. Just look at all the randos on the border setting up camps for these people. We still have yard signs up all over stating “humanitarian aid is not a crime”.
If they were getting people for it, they could just hit the humanitarian building in Ajo. They arent hiding what they are doing.
Why not just hunt 20 miles N of the border?
When and how often do these things go really bad?
It’s probably been 15-20 years since those folks were charged. More may have been since but I haven’t seen news of it. If they were the lefties would be all over it. The yard signs have be up for so long they’re like wallpaper, hardly even notice them anymore
Yes.
My question was not about those coming up here getting hurt or dying my question was aimed at how many of us outdoors people are getting hurt or killed down near the border by those coming up here. Basically nil, or very very close to nil. I don’t give give a rats a about those choosing to trek here and ending up in a bad way. I’ve been here and watched it for so long I’m over it. You make your choices….
Yes I have noticed. Whooping cough was near epidemic in AZ, NM and CO ~15 years ago. No one said a word, not even the local health department. The only reason we had any news is two infants died that first year. There wasn’t an adult booster at the time and many adults caught it. Immunity wears off and you can get it even if you were vaccinated as a child. There is an adult booster now so you might want to make sure you get it. It can damage your lungs for life.
We have good vaccines against those.
Good vaccines against that, though it does wear off and require a booster.
This one just seems like something people say to fearmonger. We're not a third world country. Our water and sewage treatment make it a non-issue. And if someone did get it in the US, not only would it not really spread, they'd probably just get some medical debt from hospital bills. Antibiotics / rehydration therapy treat Cholera pretty easily.
Same could be said driving to work.
I suppose.
I would bet you far more people will be killed due to road rage than will be killed by randomly running into an illegal while hunting within 50 miles of the border. I will even give you all US borders.
Those dirty maplebacks up north are not to be trusted. Whole different conversation.
My subtle point to this has been it just doesn’t happen. If it did word would be all over the hunting and outdoor community and it isn’t. We have and hear about encounters and theft but not harm. The coyotes and lumpers aren’t going to bother you if you don’t bother them. They aren’t going to shoot you if you don’t try to shoot them. It just doesn’t happen. I’m not saying there isn’t any worry because anything can go south, I’m saying it just doesn’t happen.
Encounters happen all the time and nobody is dying from it. Migrants no biggie, armed lumpers? Well those encounters can be unnerving but they don’t want to shoot you and they aren’t shooting people. Never have.
Rather play Russian Roulette with one bullet in the gun or five?
