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"Rancho Ojo Caliente; El Sueco
Mar 16, 1979 (cont) The original hacienda building
& the chapel date back to late 1800's. The big house
we were in was built about 1940.
Mr. Real showed my before me lips. He runs about 1500
cattle (too many, judging from the range). Says there are
a fair number of white-tailed deer in rugged back areas
of the ranch. No javeli, Turkeys, wolves, or lions. One
of the Ranch hands pulled a fresh ham & venison out of
the ice box, to the embarrassment of Jose.
He found tracks of scaled quail at the water hole
& Real says there are lots of them on the ranch. Mexican
quail are found on the pine/oak higher areas.
Wolves are said to survive in the Sierra de
los Jimas 20 miles S of here, which would be
close to the Sierra del Nido.
Mourning doves are abundant. White-wings very rare.
He left the Rancho about 10:00 PM drove to El Sueco
back on Pan-American Highway, bought beer & burritos
for lunch, & drove out on the sand where the antelope
live. Cruised for several hours but saw only one fine
buck - very wild. He couldn't get closer than 600 yds in
the square car.
Returned to the highway, said good-bye to
Jose, who drove south to home in Chihuahua. He turned
north & reached San Cruces in time for supper.