Updated 11-19-07    All Pricing Is In US Currency

"Red Stag"

Gary Sampson  2003

       
Above and Below are Some of the 2004 Season Harvests !

Argentina General Information For The Hunter

ARGENTINA, is fast becoming the next hot spot in the world for hunters willing to travel.  The country's economy has been very stable the last ten years and the exchange rate is currently 1 to 3 for the dollar and peso.  It is safe for travelers, with a low crime rate and virtually no drug traffic.  It offers 17 big game species and world class wing shooting for doves, ducks and geese. 

CLIMATE: The country has a wide variety of climates ranging from north to south and from Winter (June-August) to Summer (December-February).  Hunting areas are located mainly in the center of the country.   Temperatures in this part can range from 23 degrees to 68 degrees, during the winter and from 59 degrees to 86 degrees in the summertime. 

CLOTHING: It is recommended to bring dark camo patterns.  Waterproof clothing, hat, boots and raincoat if your camo is not waterproof.  Bring some short sleeve shirts in case the weather turns warm.

GUN PERMITS: Argentina is friendly regarding the importation of firearms by hunters.  However, you should always register your guns with US Customs prior to leaving the country to prove that you purchased them here at home.  All it takes is to declare them upon arrival at Buenos Aires International Airport in Ezeiza.  You will be directed to the Police office where you will fill out the necessary papers (5 minutes) and you are done.  Well almost, you must pay $30 Peso (about $10 ) per gun and the permit is good for 60 days.

TRANSPORTATION:  We can do your itinerary for you or you can do your own.  Our charge for this service is 10% of the cost.  You will be met at the airport by the outfitters representative holding a sign (you can't miss it) with your name on it.  They will ferry you back and forth between the various airports and hunting camps which is included in the pricing.

VISA:  If you are a US citizen you do not need a VISA,  however, you need to have your passport.

GUNS:  Recommended is a 12ga. shotgun, however 20 ga. is also acceptable.  Bring more than one for Dove shooting due to the heavy volumn of daily shooting.  Steel shot is not necessary for waterfowl so bring a Mod or IC choke.  In case you do not want to bring your own guns, you can rent them for $30 US per day.   Shells are also sold for $9 per box US and we recommend not bringing the additional baggage weight.  Rifles recommended are .243 and up for Big Game except for the Buffalo where a .375 or larger is highly recommended.

ACCOMMODATIONS: All lodging and meals during the hunt are included in the daily rates.

The following Photos are of the La Colorada Ranch

            
Living Room

Rooms -- are good quality, comfortable, clean and normally with private bath. 

Typical Bedroom At La Colorada

The new facility at Los Ceritos
(about one hour from La Colorada)

   
            Clubhouse from outside                   Inside the clubhouse

                    Typical Room at Los Ceritos

Meals -- are served 4 times daily beginning with a Continental or American Breakfast.  Lunch and Dinner are beef-based meals.   Mid-afternoon Tea with pastries is a highlight.  Special meals can be prepared upon request.

Beverages -- include soft drinks, local wine, beer and normal amounts of whiskey.

Trophy Fees

      ·          Red Stag                  $2400 March to July (March-April is the Roar)
·          Water Buffalo           $2000 - $2500        All year round.
·          Puma (Cougar)        $2100         All year round.
·          Russian Wild Boar        $300 regular/$450 Trophy Male  All year round.
·          Fallow Deer              $1700            March – August
·          Blackbuck                 $  800            All year round.
·          European Mouflon    $2200            All year round.
·          Feral Sheep              $  600              All year round.
·          Multi-horned ram       $700            All year round.
·          Feral Sheep              $ 700              All year round.
·          Axis Deer                  $1600             All year round.
·          Collared Peccary      $1400            All year round.
·          White Lipped Peccary       $1700         All year round.

This outfitter selects only the highest quality ranches, they guarantee their clients absolute satisfaction with rebooking in the realm of 75%.  This means that it is a good Outfitter to book with, but also that you have to get your booking done early each year or wait until the next.

Choose between 15 different hunting places all around Argentina and Uruguay.  With the great variety of hunting in this country, you have private hunting places distributed in the provinces of Buenos Aires, La Pampa, Entre Rios, Cordoba, Neuquen- Parque Diana, Formosa and Santiago del Estero and 3 provinces in Uruguay.  Each of these places is specially prepared for hosting hunters all year long for various species of game.

The following game is pursued with this Outfitter:

If you and your partners have not experienced wing-shooting in Argentina, then you shouldn't put it off any longer.  The fields of the wild pampas provide the finest high-volume wing-shooting.  Doves and pigeons fly all day long and are considered a pest as they eat thousands of bushels of grain a day.  That is the reason for hunting them all year long.

VOLUME DUCK HUNTING!

LOCATION: Ramón y María Ranch, Province of Buenos Aires, 200 miles from Intl. Airport.

SEASON: May to August

HUNTING: The ranch is located in the center of many natural ponds and small lakes, home of 11 species of ducks. The region is also very good for crops, making it ideal for sustaining the largest populations of ducks in the coutry

Camouflaged blinds are prepared in the best ponds for start shooting before the sun comes up every day. Decoys are placed every morning in the chosen blinds. We scout the area every day for best hunting possibilities, and we change the blinds every day in order not to over hunt one specific area.

Transfer to the blinds is provided in boats, and waders are a plus.

Duck Species available are: Crested duck, Brown Pintail, Silver teal, Speckled teal, Brazilian duck, Rosy-billed pochard, Red shoveler, Cinnamon teal, White-cheeked pintail, Fulvous tree duck, Black-bellied tree duck.

Hunters may expect to shoot above 150 shells per morning, getting up to 400.

RATE
2 days of shooting geese & Perdiz, 2 days shooting ducks and Perdiz and 2 days shooting dove/pigeon accommodations, meals, beverages, transportation from BA and hunting license: $2990.00 (4th hunter US-$2690)

5 Days of Ducks and Perdiz $2490 (4th hunter $2190 US)
2 Days of Geese & Perdiz & 3 days of Ducks and Perdiz  $2480 (4th Hunter $2180)
5 Days of Dove/Pigeon  Los Cerritos          $1990 US
                                            La Colorada          $1590 US
                                            Hotel Calfucura    $1390 US]

2 Days of Ducksand Perdiz, 3 days of Dove/Pigeon $2190 US  (4th Hunter $2180 US)

2 Days of Dove/Pigeon, 3 days of Big Game (1 Red Stag or 1 Gold medal Fallow deer US 3490 (4th Hunter $1970)
Additional days of hunt: $450/day

Non hunters (5 days, all included: $700. Additional Days $150

All packages include : Reception at Buenos Aires Airport, transfers between airports and to hotels, lodging during the hunt, all meals and beverages, quality Argentina wine and hunting license.

All packages Exclude: guns (rented at US $40/day) shotgun shells (US $9/box of 25) domestic air tickets.

In all cases the hunt is conducted in private ranches of La Pampa and Buenos Aires
Lodging is done in quality ranch houses or hotels (per package selected)
The booking of date will be effective with a deposit of 50% of total cost of hunt.  Final payment will be done at end of hunt in Cash, Travelers Checks (with cost of 3%) or Personal Check (with cost of 2%).

Geese, Duck, and perdiz are hunted only from May to August.  Dove and big game are hunted all year long.

Duck and geese are hunted only mornings and the Perdiz is the afternoon hunt.

The dove ranch also has 15 big game species to include the Red Deer, Puma (or Cougar), Russian Boar, Blackbuck, Water Buffalo and many others.
 

1000 ROUNDS A DAY TO DOVES!

LOCATION: Reserva La Colorada Ranch, Province of La Pampa, 1 hour flight from Buenos Aires.
SEASONS:

Doves-- All year - Best times are when the crops are mature, from March to September.

Partridge--May to August.

HUNTING:  The day begins at 6.30 a.m. After breakfast we depart for one of the fields, to be ready at around 8 a.m. when the doves start flying. We shoot nearly all day long, and stopping for lunch at midday (served in the field).  Generally, the doves fly from the woods into the plantations for feeding, but they can come basically from any direction.  Hunters are placed every 100 yards and everybody goes with a guide/helper to help for spotting the birds, bring the shells and to pick up the doves.

There are 3 species: 2 species of doves and pigeons. All are hunted in the same fields.

The doves will stop flying around 6 p.m., when we will drive back to La Colorada for a snack and a few drinks.

At no additional cost, hunting can be complemented with partridge (using dogs) and vizcachas (an interesting mammal resembling a big rabbit that lives in communal tunnels and are nocturnal).  Also big game species like wild boars, cougars and red stag are available in this area.

NO LIMIT GEESE HUNTING!

LOCATION: Bahía Blanca, South of Buenos Aires Province, 1 hour flight from Buenos Aires International Airport.

SEASON: May to August.

HUNTING: It is performed on the feeding areas (typically grain fields) where geese fly into at dawn. We depart from the house at 6:00AM to be ready at the posts at 7:30AM, when the birds start to enter the fields. Camouflaged blinds are made every day in different fields, where also decoys are used to attract the birds. They will fly for 2 or 3 hours up to around 9:00AM, and shooting is intense during that short period. The geese come in groups of between 10 and 30 birds, and for that reason, up to 3 hunters may be placed in one same blind.

Hunters may expect to get, at least 40 geese a day, getting some times up to 120 birds per hunter.

Geese hunting will be complemented in the afternoons with Dove, Duck and Partridge hunting.

BIG GAME HUNTING AT LA PAMPA

LOCATION: Reserva La Colorada Ranch, Province of La Pampa, 1 hour flight from Buenos Aires.

SEASON: We hunt all year round, although the only period when all species are available is February-August.

HUNTING AND SPECIES AVAILABLE: General-- Most of the area consists of wooded forests in which all the species live. Normally, they will only come out to the grain fields to feed (some during daylight and some at night).

·          Red stag is typically stalked inside the woods during the rut season or in the open fields after the rut. Hunting is conducted during early mornings or late afternoon until after dark. Red stags are natural from this area and the best trophies of the country come from this Province. This hunt may be free ranged or fenced.

·          Wild boar is spotted only at night, by walking in the cornfields or in blinds at the waterholes.

·          Buffalo herds live in the woods and they only come out at night. They have to be found inside the forest (sometimes on horseback) and then stalked to try to make (normally) a 30-50 yards shot. These animals weight sometimes over 1000Kg (2200 pounds), and although they are an introduced species, there’s no fence that can stop them!

·          Puma (Cougar) is a different hunt. We regularly beat them in different places of our ranch and in neighbor ranches. In this way we keep them in the surroundings of our property. The usual technique is by tracking them using specially trained small dogs that will follow the cougar’s track during daylight. We can also wait in a blind at the bait.

                                           
                                                             Live young Puma - 1 1/2 years old                                       

·          Fallow and Axis deer are stalked during their activity hours (mornings and afternoons) when they also normally come out of the forest for feeding. These animals live in a big fenced area.

·          European Mouflon, Feral Goat, Blackbuck, Feral Sheep and Four horned Ram are stalked during daylight and hunters have to be prepared for long range shots as these animals live in open areas and have a very good eyesight.

·          Collared and White Lipped Peccaries live in groups (sometimes up to 15 animals per group) and our dogs track them in the forest. They are among the most aggressive animals we have and the hunt may turn dangerous if not properly done. Even the pumas never attack them, as they are dangerous. Although they are from the family of the pigs, they do no have the same upward shape in the tusks; instead, they have their teeth more like a carnivore, so that they can cause deep injuries with their bites.

Ø       Rifles:  Recommended .30-06/.308 or larger for most species; however the .375 is preferred for buffalo hunting.   Soft-point bullets are ideal for short range shots (boar, cougar, peccaries, axis, fallow and Red stag); long range bullets (e.g., Nosler Ballistic Tips) for European Mouflons, Feral Goats, Blackbucks, Feral Sheep and Multi-horned Rams.

Ø       Muzzleloaders:  They are welcomed for all species.

Ø       Bow hunters:  Ideal species are peccaries, cougars and boars.

TROPHY BUFFALO & BIG GAME HUNTING IN URUGUAY

LOCATION: We hunt in different areas of the country, starting from international airport of Carrasco, in Montevideo.

SEASON: All year round.

HUNTING:

Buffalo: In the northwest corner of Uruguay, near the Uruguay River, there is an 18,000 acre ranch named "El Tesoro de Los Búfalos" (The Treasure of the Buffaloes). The environmental conditions of this ranch are perfect for the Asiatic water buffalo. First introduced fifteen years ago by the ranch owner, they have multiplied and spread so much throughout the area that they are now causing trouble in the extensive rice plantations. There are 3 different sub-species of buffalo in this property: the Murrah, the Mediterranean and the Jafarabandi.

The ranch has only been hunted for three years, and the buffalo population is now estimated at over 400, many of which are more than twenty years old! Argentine Safari.com is the first outfitter allowed on the ranch with permission to harvest twenty buffalo per year in order to keep a stable population and retain top quality trophies.

Axis Deer, Fallow Deer and Russian Boar: The hunt is done in all free rage forests located in the center of the country.

RATE:

Daily Rate: $250.

Trophy fees:

    ·          Water Buffalo              $2000 - $2500 
·          Wild Boar                    $  450    
·          Fallow Deer                $1700                     
·          Axis Deer                    $1600           

OTHER BIG GAME PROGRAMS

        ·          Province of Buenos Aires: 2 hours drive from BA you can go for Blackbuck, Fallow Deer and Axis Deer.
·          Province Of Santiago del Estero: 2 hours flight north from BA you can hunt Brocket Deer, Peccaries, Buffalo and Multi-horned Ram.
·          Province of Neuquén: 2 hours flight, in the South West Andean mountains, hunters go for the rut of the Red Stag (March-April).