Patrick Pitt
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The only thing hot in Argentina this year was our gun barrels. I spent nearly 3 weeks down there and saw a diversity of habitat, shooting situations and travel modes. We had ice for two mornings in the south, which was unusual, but the concentration of ducks during a lower water than normal year made for some fabulous shooting. We try and hold our blinds to 50 ducks per man per morning shoot to sustain quality and this was reached most often in a hour or so. Mixed bags of Pigeons, Doves, Perdiz and Waterfowl in the northern province of Entre Rios was spectacular with hunting one 7500 acre wetland on horseback a new experience there and was reminiscent of Uraguay hunting where the horses are the ATVs of the marshes. Great wine, wonderful food and good friends made this a special trip.
My trusty steed, Mud Admiral.
Pigeons over decoys. Spectacular decoying birds.
Lunch in the field during break from shooting.
Lovely village kids met us at one of the boat landings and carried home their evening meals. None were wasted as we stopped at every hut coming up the Parana River for three miles and shared our bag with the locals.
Duck shooting for a variety of species was top notch and in my several dozen trips there was some of the most consistant shooting day in and day out I have seen.
Can't say enough about the stylish Pointers we shot Perdiz over. Hard running dogs that would make any bird hunter proud. Delicious eating birds and a challenge on the Pampas, but the dogs worked flawlessly.
A prize on the Perdiz shoots was a Red-winged Tinamou. They will scare the pants off you when you are expecting a smaller Perdiz to get up!
I had to mount one of the big Argentina Cinnamons as soon as I returned as they are such a beautiful bird.
My trusty steed, Mud Admiral.
Pigeons over decoys. Spectacular decoying birds.
Lunch in the field during break from shooting.
Lovely village kids met us at one of the boat landings and carried home their evening meals. None were wasted as we stopped at every hut coming up the Parana River for three miles and shared our bag with the locals.
Duck shooting for a variety of species was top notch and in my several dozen trips there was some of the most consistant shooting day in and day out I have seen.
Can't say enough about the stylish Pointers we shot Perdiz over. Hard running dogs that would make any bird hunter proud. Delicious eating birds and a challenge on the Pampas, but the dogs worked flawlessly.
A prize on the Perdiz shoots was a Red-winged Tinamou. They will scare the pants off you when you are expecting a smaller Perdiz to get up!
I had to mount one of the big Argentina Cinnamons as soon as I returned as they are such a beautiful bird.