Bounty Hunter has many notable ancestors; I have selected a few who had the greatest influence not only on him, but also on the entire alpaca breeding industry in the USA.
Paternal ancestors:
Majestic Meadow A Wanted Man – father of Bounty Hunter, three-time champion and five-time vice champion (owned by SunStar Alpaca) – I think that’s who Bounty is very similar to.
Jeremiah’s Peruvian Jumanji – grandfather – multi multichampion,
DARK HERDSIRE OF THE YEAR 2017,
DARK HERDSIRE OF THE YEAR 2016, RESERVE LIGHT
HERDSIRE OF THE YEAR 2016, 2017
MFI Peruvian Jericho – great-grandfather
Peruvian Black Mesquite (great-grandfather) born in 1999 (look how beautiful he is, despite the enormous progress in breeding he still impresses with his appearance).
He left 446 recorded offspring.
Maternal ancestors:
XXXtreme Eclipse – grandfather – seven-time Color Champion and four-time Judges Choice.
EL Nino’s Accoyo Michelangello (great-grandfather) – 245 offspring registered in AOA, this number of offspring speaks volumes about the quality of this male.
Snowmass XXXtreme – one of the best colored (i.e. not white) males in the world.
XXXtreme’s offspring won 28 CHAMPION titles and 120 of them took one of the first 3 places at shows, and that in 3 years!
PPERUVIAN CALIGULA (great-great-grandfather on maternal side)
A SHORT HISTORY OF ONE OF THE GREATEST MALES – PPERUVIAN CALIGULA (great-great-grandfather on maternal side)
(Excerpt from “Machos: The Father’s Line: Caligula Accoyo and Hemingway’s Cconchatanki” by Mike Saffley.)
An export from Peru in 1994 brought the first Accoyo alpacas to the United States. Julio Barreda personally selected the males for this export. This particular export was of exceptional quality. Two Accoyo males stood out; Caligula and Pluro.
Tom Hunt knew that Barreda favored Caligula, and when the coin toss dictated that he should choose first, he chose Caligula as his best male.
Many years later Barreda was asked why he sent some of his best males on his first export, he said: “they were my calling card”, “I didn’t want anyone to forget Accoyo”.
Caligula died in 2003, with 203 registered offspring. His sons and daughters won 17 major shows in the US.
Today, Caligula’s descendants are in Australia, Canada, New Zealand and England.
Peruvian Accoyo EL Nino born on April 20, 1998 – a true legend, the greatest son of Caligula, he left 222 registered offspring.
2004 AOBA Get of Sire,
2005 Mapaca Get of Sire,
2005 AAA Futurity Herdsire of Year
Caligula’s Accoyo the Admiral –Caligula’s second illustrious son
