520HUNT Report post Posted January 8, 2017 https://plus.google.com/105428562764060153399/posts/3FoC4MuH8kE Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
520HUNT Report post Posted January 8, 2017 Public Land Hunting Jan 08, 12:37 PM New Mexico Hunting Guide, Client Wounded in Border Ambush Laura Bryant 1/8/2017 While guiding an aoudad hunt in Presidio county Texas, a New Mexico hunting guide was shot in the abdomen and seriously wounded Friday night after what appears to have been an attempt to kidnap his clients on the Mexico border. The guide remains in critical condition in a Texas Hospital. His client was also shot in the arm and is expected to recover. Multiple assailants fired upon an RV parked near a hunting lodge where the party were staying for the hunt. The contracted hunter and his wife were asleep in the in the RV when the attack began. Walker Daugherty 26 of Chloride NM was wounded while attempting to stop the assailants from taking the RV with his clients inside. He was assisted by another guide Michael Bryant; the men were staying inside the lodge with their wives. Per a family source, everyone was in bed preparing for an early hunt, the guides and cooks inside the house and the clients in the rental RV parked nearby. Walker heard voices outside and went to see what the noises were, he witnessed men with guns attempting to take the RV, he then ran back inside to get help. Walker and Michael armed themselves to defend and protect the client and to attempt to deter the assailants while the hunter attempted to escape in the RV which was being shot at repeatedly. The vehicle is riddled with bullet holes from the attack and suffered other structural damage. The attack lasted long enough for Walker to run back to the house and get more ammunition, when he was close to the door his sister, saw him get shot and was able to drag him inside the house and away from the gunfire. The women in the lodge were able to get a spotty cell signal and call 911. The family has been earning a living guiding and outfitting out of the remote ranch for years. The business had experienced several thefts and had been working with the US Border Patrol to apprehend illegal aliens in the area in the past month. The theft events and the attack occurred in the United States. The attack has the family concerned that the attack was not just an attempt to rob the property. They believe the assailants intended to kill all the party. The attackers were strategically placed around the lodge and the men were fired upon from different areas. The clients wife, a nurse was able to help keep Walker from bleeding to death while they waited several hours for a medivac helicopter to take him to El Paso. It took local law enforcement over an hour to get to the remote scene. The family says the men and their wives were grilled about the veracity of their account by Law Enforcement and the assailants got away and likely returned to Mexico. Kidnapping along with drug and human trafficking, has become common along the Mexico border especially if there are reasons to believe that an intended victim is a person of means. The family however are self-employed outfitters earning a living as guides although the clients were likely the intended targets. Friends have set up a go fund me account to assist with medical expenses and the long recovery process that Walker is expected to endure. He is uninsured. https://www.gofundme.com/help-for-walker-daugherty Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
trphyhntr Report post Posted January 8, 2017 holy shoot. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AZLance Report post Posted January 8, 2017 No way!... Stanley keeps telling everyone how safe it is to hunt down by the border... tell me it's not true Stanley! 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rossislider Report post Posted January 8, 2017 Dang! Hope my wife doesn't hear about this. 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Will K Report post Posted January 8, 2017 Come on Trump. 12 more days...... 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
oz31p Report post Posted January 8, 2017 Dang! Hope my wife doesn't hear about this. no kidding. I was in 36b sun up to sun down yesterday Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
el diablo Report post Posted January 8, 2017 We have a problem on the border??? 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CatfishKev Report post Posted January 8, 2017 This is crazy. Although likely payback for helping the border patrol hopefully this will shift more attention to border security. Thank God Trump won because no nuts wouldn't have done a darn thing about it. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Snapshot Report post Posted January 8, 2017 Hopefully Congress won't dick around in approving funds and construction of the wall. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
stanley Report post Posted January 8, 2017 No way!... Stanley keeps telling everyone how safe it is to hunt down by the border... tell me it's not true Stanley! Why do you have to call me out, Lance? You know I can't stand to not comment! Sucks for Mr. Daughtery and Mr. Walker for sure. Truly hope they both recover and that the perpetrators are caught (Although if they did in fact escape back into Mexico it's of course highly unlikely.... )! Regarding safety on the border, I'm still not going to avoid hunting there. Love 36 A/B/C (like I think you do), and I will continue to hunt there without fear. Frankly, I feel more in danger on the I-10 freeway on my way there than I do once I have my feet on the ground in one of those units. I agree with Snapshot! Hopefully the appropriations process will move quickly! S. 5 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Hoss50 Report post Posted January 9, 2017 I am paranoid enough, I hate reading stuff like this. Hopefully the people recover. This is part of the reason I always run around heavy on ammo and often take a 2 legged varmint rifle on many of my hunts. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Snapshot Report post Posted January 9, 2017 Another factor to consider. With the looming possibility of a border wall, more agressive border enforcement, and deportations, it is quite possible we will see much more aggression from the cartel, and hardcore elements of Mexico. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Norteno Report post Posted January 9, 2017 https://www.gofundme.com/help-for-walker-daugherty Here is the gofundme for the guy. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AZLance Report post Posted January 9, 2017 No way!... Stanley keeps telling everyone how safe it is to hunt down by the border... tell me it's not true Stanley! Why do you have to call me out, Lance? You know I can't stand to not comment! Sucks for Mr. Daughtery and Mr. Walker for sure. Truly hope they both recover and that the perpetrators are caught (Although if they did in fact escape back into Mexico it's of course highly unlikely.... )! Regarding safety on the border, I'm still not going to avoid hunting there. Love 36 A/B/C (like I think you do), and I will continue to hunt there without fear. Frankly, I feel more in danger on the I-10 freeway on my way there than I do once I have my feet on the ground in one of those units. I agree with Snapshot! Hopefully the appropriations process will move quickly! S. Hook, line and sinker... 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
