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My last trip I was eying some handmade trinkets on display on boulders in the Boquillas Canyon Overlook in the eastern part of the Park. Allegedly made by Boquillas residents to benefit their school children. Not supposed to buy them according to signs posted by the Park. I was the only person in the Overlook.

Anyway, a guy on the Mexican side of the Rio Grande, sitting next to a horse, proceeded to get on same horse, ride across the river, ride up the fairly steep hill into the Overlook, and indicate in Spanglish I supposed to buy from HIS stuff on the leftmost boulder, not from the other boulders, each of which had a container for money if you bought anything.

He stayed on horseback, was acting fairly bordeline aggressive, and was moving his horse around me closer than I was comfortable with. I had no idea if he was armed or not, but chose to extricate myself from the situation by casually walking back to my vehicle instead of standing there and telling him in my limited Spanish what he could do with his boulder. Kept him in view the entire time of course.

This trip I had a 4" Ruger GP100 in a gunpack carried at 12 o'clock, and a .38 LCR in the left front pocket. 125 grain Remington Express SJHP magnum loads in the GP100, and 125 grain Speer Gold Dot +P in the LCR.

I'll say nothing else about that except that 2-legged critters are why I go armed in Big Bend. And anywhere else for that matter.

I try to stay vigilant in the back country, but I'm thinking a mountain lion might be a fast moving target approaching from the blind side. I'm figuring a knife might be what's more useful in that situation, to cut it off of you after it's already latched on, if you're able. I check my 6 o'clock often.

Thanks for the clarification. Can't wait until my next visit to the Park.

Terlingueno wrote:

locke_n_load wrote:Yes. However, you cannot carry into federal buildings (ranger's office, gift shop, check-in building, etc.), even though they may not be posted with any kind of warning.

I can say for absolute certainty that every building where concealed carry is prohibited, is posted...

Because I am one of the Rangers that will say, "you are welcome to carry, as long as you keep it concealed and don't bring them into prohibited buildings"

Sport Coach wrote:Been to Big Bend plenty in last few years. Concealed carry is legal for sure in the park but if I remember the buildings are posted. Depending on the ranger you talk to they will just tell you about the rules or will be somewhat anti gun sounding. It's absolutely beautiful in the central and western part of the park. The eastern part of the park is more bland unless you do some strenuous hiking to remote locations. Enjoy!

The vast majority of my co workers are anti gun, and they get a twist in their panties when someone even mentions guns.

Interesting. In January I was at the Panther Junction station registering for a 2 night stay at Paint Gap 3. The desk Ranger, after I presented my DL, went into a short lecture on concealed carry in the Park. To the effect of "keep it concealed-but if necessary, protect yourself"

I was surprised at both her message, and that she had brought it up at all.

Does a Texas Driver's Licence trigger a flag in the Park system about that resident having a CHL? I had not mentioned or asked about the rules.

I love The Big Bend area. But I'd never be in the area unarmed.

This is the same trip where I was followed by a Border Patrol officer all the way from the Stillwell Store to the Persimmon Gap station at night with his lights off the whole time. I wrote about that in another post, where I was asking about presenting your CHL to a Federal LEO.