Originally Posted by jungle

I couldn't answer your question, so I turned to an old friend and advisor on all things military, intelligence and armaments. I can't divulge my sources of course, but this man, who we'll call "Bob" seems to have the answer!

"The recent extreme spikes in the price of ammo and supply shortages have come from the high number of sightings of the chubracabra in this country. There can be no doubt of this. I expect the supply shortages to ease as the chubracabra migrate to the higher elevations of their traditional grazing grounds in the spring."

When pressed further he admitted: "The very active agricultural supply markets in Mexico may be having some effect, but primarily they have only been a factor in the machete and chain saw markets" He opined further:"I can feel your reader's pain, I myself am down to my last 5,000 rounds of 9mm, and have had trouble with my usual source-those guys wearing the powder blue berets."