I Hunted Giant Iguanas in Old Mexico. They're Tough to Hunt and Good to Eat

I Hunted Giant Iguanas in Old Mexico. They're Tough to Hunt and Good to Eat

This story first ran under the title “Old Gluefoot” in the July 1952 issue of Outdoor Life. THE FIRST TIME I saw an iguana I felt both revulsion and fear. The thing crossed the highway between Taxco and Cuernavaca, Mexico, while I was driving with Bill Gulick. It was about three feet long, and it looked for all the world like a small dragon or prehistoric brontosaurus. But what amazed me was its terrific speed. I’d always thought that cold blood…