In Mendoza the gump has areas in those that the population reaches her biggest concentrations, as some areas of the department of Malargüe (according to the years and in order to preserving the species, she declares it to him in prohibited total), others of the Mountain range and Huayquerías in San Carlos and of the northwest area-angle of the province

To speak of more hunt in the province, it is to speak of the hunt of the gump. This interesting camélido that at one time inhabited the whole Argentinean plain practically, today it is confined to the plateau patagónica and the mountainous chains.

In Mendoza the gump has areas in those that the population reaches her biggest concentrations, as some areas of the department of Malargüe (according to the years and in order to preserving the species, she declares it to him in prohibited total), others of the Mountain range and Huayquerías in San Carlos and of the northwest area-angle of the province.

In the department of Malargüe, a denominated area of the Snowy one exists (shared with San Rafael's department) that formerly outside a rich and traditional area, but due to the indiscriminate hunt, its population diminished markedly and big flocks moved toward the area of Reservation of The Payunia.

There are also gumps in the plain desértica of the Drain. These copies have characteristic of adaptation to the means that the difference of the typical ones of mountain: hair and shorter wool, color more clear, bigger stature and bigger hooves, to facilitate the march in the dunes.

It is important to highlight that the gump doesn't constitute a trophy properly dicho,ya that its hunt is motivated mainly in utilitarian causes: takes advantage the meat, very flavorful and similar to the vaccine and the wool, of excellent qualities and the most similar to the vicuña. It is also said that it doesn't constitute a trophy since it is impossible to distinguish the females of the males. Also the meekness of the animal, moves.

The gump defends based on the senses of the view and smell. The typical hunt of the gump in the province is that of mountain, where it is the habit of one or more exemplary old of being bet in places of surveillance, while the troop eats or rests. They are denominated given "neighs" their form of giving the characteristic it alarms.

There are two forms in our serranías, a sport one that the other one. The sport consists on traveling the serranías on foot or in mule, overcoming gulches, elevations, etc., with seal until sighting the tropilla. The less sport one and enough censored is the one that is carried out from the vehicle.

It is generally to separate the "neigh" of the tropilla and to arrive against the wind regarding the location of the same one so that doesn't smell and give warning.

The shot is carried out to the palette (elbow) or to the nape, using weapons of great impact.

The gump is an animal of beautiful print, fine and long nape, small ears, of sharp view, smell and heard and of astonishing agility and resistance; the one raised of a mature male it arrives almost to that of the horse.

In areas cordilleranas sometimes inhabits very numerous groups and above the 2.000 m. of height.

The hunter that wants to attempt the difficult persecution of the gump, in sport form, on foot in the area of the northwest of Mendoza 's province, it will be summoned from an appropriate team to the demands of the adventure. You should remember that it will traffic for areas desérticas, if it is in the precordillera and for that reason it should take water. If their intention is to spend the night in the mountain, the duvet bag is an obligation. The temperatures, with good time, they can lower up to 10°C under zero in The Paramillos.

The buskins or booties of high mountain will allow him to climb without problems in the feet, neither danger of slides for the roquedales and risquerías. We don't recommend the use of slippers of rubber sole. Important it is to remember that the less possible thing should be loaded, and for it, the food that is taken in the backpack will be light and of high caloric content and always in a pocket of the backpack the gloves and matches should go, with a reserve knife.

For who wants to attempt the hunt of the gump from Mendoza 's city, several relatively next itineraries allow the capture of this difficult prey.

They are tropillas in the mountains that surround to the international route to Chile (national route N° 7) in the following subáreas:

The cord of Paramillos in all their extension: they are above the 2.500 m. of height. To only an or two hours on foot from the international route it is common to find an or several tropillas. The variant of the one on the way to the cold pampas is also very used by the hunters.

Tract of Potrerillos with Uspallata: following this route to little of walking is gumps. The same thing can be said going into in Valleys.

Area of House of Stone: it is already traditional as great cazadero, as well as the whole cord of Bonilla.

Of Uspallata up - Picheuta and Tip of Cows: they are plentiful at little distance from the international road to both sides of the river Mendoza . In épócas of big snowfalls they lower up to first margins.

For the hunt in the south area of the province, of completely different topographical characteristic, it is indispensable the vehicle for field railway tie, given the big distances far from all trafficked route, before arriving to the hunt area. At the present time the pillaging in the area was so intense that the hunt has been forbidden from The Snowy one and the whole department of Malargüe.

The made excesses, in all or almost all the cases, are due to two circumstances, concordant and negative both. The ignorance of elementary rules of conservacionismo and desaprensión for the destruction of natural values without use, on the part of the occasional hunters (killers), on one hand and for the other one, the absence of an effective inspection that prevailed in that activity during years. However for already several years the authorities of different governments have begun and they maintain a service of surveillance to avoid that they were continued making those excesses. Fundamentally it was prohibited the persecusión and rodeo of the tropillas with mechanical means (cars, vans). When forcing on foot to long marches or to horse decreases the number of "fans" and they are the true hunters then.