first time i ever followed hounds was with an ol' guy from the gila valley named Ted Ferguson. some years earlier he had taken his hounds to africa and hunted leopards and lions. had some wild stories about it. i think it was probably in the late 40's or in the 50's when he went over there. seems like some real rich dude payed for the trip. if you ever get a chance, read dale lee's book, i think it's called "the life of the greatest guide". dale was real full of hisself, but he knew hounds, no doubt. it has some pretty good storied of hunting jaquars in belize and barbados and other places. there was guy named hunter wells from prescott that wrote a book that had a bunch of jaguar stories in it. he went to south america for several years with his hounds. it never says the guys name that he went with, but i think it was curtis proct, from Young, Az. another damn good houndman. hunter got killed in a plane wreck in alaska. from what i can tell, jaguars can offer just as much as leopards or lions either one. damn, now i'm gettin' plum nostalgic. Clel Lee, Zeke Pennington, Rollin Rice, Blue Rice, Shorty Line, wish i coulda met Ben Lilly.............