FAT - those buff come out of the marshes at night and raid the soybeans. That is why the ranchers like us there.

MACHETE - nothing is as good as a machete in a place like the amazon...

"RED WATER BUFFALO" - the buffalo Capstick mentioned are also called the "rosilhos" and they are very similar to the Australian buffalo. Those are of the Carabao breed, with those beautifull long horns. Fred Bear bowhunted them in the Marajo island, the same place Capstick wrote about.

Licenses - hunting in Brazil was totally outlowed many years ago except for birds and just in one state of the country. Subsistance hunting is allowed. Buffalo on the other hand are considered exotic animals and they can be hunted due to the damage they do to the soybeans. Some anti-hunters in Brazil now want to pass a new law where a feral buff would be considered a native species and hunting would be prohibited! Feral boars are another species that can be hunted, although even then there are many states where they cannot be hunted with a firearm, only with traps. Brazil has one of the most severe gun laws in the world. I would bore you and fill pages to begin to explain the restrictions. It took me 8 months to get the necessary Army licenses to own a .470.