Field notes, v1411
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3 February 1972. 10 meter a less. Use lamps much at night. More tiger than guanos in that forest. Trocha tigers + coatis along the rivers. Often put out bait (celo) - spider monkey best. If some food left, animal will return. Now seem of "celo" and call used. But some groups hunt for 1 or 2 weeks and get nothing. He did not agree that commercial hunting had depleted game - still primitive areas where no hunters, especially since "guerrilleros guatemaltecos" around. He thought hunting poor on Guatemala side, as "murder colonies" there. Cell (llanero) with them through Guand drum. He has had 3 crews, different locations, from one spot. Not recollect 2 adults together. Occasionally climb down or climbing trees. Eat everything - one had fresh tips/snails in stomach. Dogs not used to hunt. Many long hunting stories. Said had maps, mementos, in office (Coca distributor, next to church opposite Hotel Azulys). I couldn't pin him down to estimate of number taken per year. Visited Tordes Posit, local captain of Tenoriquiz de la Furia. He confirmed no game near Tenoriquiz at present. But tigers in Chupin (Lorentum area) and Campasibo - Piedras area, in from Candelaria, and Aguada Bice, in from Metamor. Many peccary and javali also there, when no people. Said Villanueva taken apes, etc. San Antonio Sola and Choncut (?), also good spots in Cascangos area. Jeep roads where logs hauled out are good places to look. Some tapirs too. Game gone from Tenoriquiz area for long - draining by Indians. He said jaguar hunting prohibited but no one ever shows him a skin, and he has gone to sniff at traps but failed to catch hunters. He says some skins sold