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Stuart Williams - Seattle, Washington - USA


Salta is perhaps the best-kept secret in the world of Argentina wingshooting, but it will not stay that way for long...
 
» Reseña:
Province of Salta, Anta county. Here big populations of doves feed and sleep moving through the feeding fields every day, offering the hunters thousands of shots in a typical day, amazing landscapes and sun all year round.

The area, a natural roost close to the Andes Mountains, started few years ago with farming in the fertile valleys for sunflower, corn, wheat and sorghum. This provides the perfect environment for the bird´s populations, which reproduces by millions in few years . According to the National Department of Agriculture, the area we hunt is home to over 100 million birds, making Salta the best dove destination in Argentina.

Our parties stay in at Estancia Chacu; hunting places are from 5 to 15 minutes away.

Weather is dry and warm winters provide an excellent shooting from March to October. Everyday hunters will shot almost 8 hours to incredible and constant flocks of birds.


Weather is dry and warm winters provide an excellent shooting from March to October. Everyday hunters will shot almost 8 hours to incredible and constant flocks of birds.

Only 90-minute drive from Salta city, this wild area produces soybeans, corn, peanuts and wheat. The climate is warm and dry during 10 month a year, except summer that the rain season take place. The grain production is such as corn, sorghum and sunflower means paradaise for doves and pigeon. Hunters are placed individual with a birdaboy, in their flylines to the roost were doves come to rest on their departure to feed and on their arrival from the water.

Quoting from a recent issue of Dove Hunter Magazine:

"To many who follow wingshooting trends, predictions are that Salta Province will soon overtake Cordoba Province as the dove shooting capital of the world. With only one outfitter holding the permit for the entire state, and with three times as many birds as Cordoba, Salta is the true pinnacle of dove shooting. Did I mention that there are estimated to be 100 million doves in the province?"

"Three hours later, over 1000 birds down and 60 boxes of shells later, I was exhausted."

"The numbers of doves in the Salta area greatly exceed anything I have ever witnessed elsewhere. The numbers defy any attempt to describe them. Rising like smoke and flying in virtual unbroken clouds to and from feeding areas, the scene can only be described as a plague of Biblical proportions."


» Programa:
DAY 1
- 07.00 to 10.00 hrs Arrival from Europe or USA / reception of the hunters
- 11.00 hs transfer to domestic airport.
- 15.00 hs Aerolíneas Argentinas leaves Buenos Aires Aeroparque (airport for domestic flights) straight to Salta city.
- 17.00 hs Arrival at Salta airport and reception of the hunters.
- 20.00 hs Arrival at the Lodge. Accommodation.
- 21.00 hs Dinner.

DAY 2 / DAY 3
- 06.30 hs Breakfast
- 07.00 hs Getting to the hunting area.
- 11.30 hs Arrival at the Lodge. Lunch.
- 14.00 hs Getting to the hunting area.
- 18.00 hs End of hunting activity.
- 19.00 hs Arrival at the Lodge.
- 20.00 hs Appetizer.
- 21.00 hs Dinner.

DAY 4
- 06.30 hs Breakfast
- 07.00 hs Getting to the hunting area.
- 09.30 hs Arrival at the Lodge.
- 10.30 hs Departure to Salta city.
- 13.00 hs Arrival at Salta Airport.
- 14.35 hs Aerolíneas Argentinas departing to Buenos Aires domestic airport..
- 16.40 hs Arrival at Aeroparque, Buenos Aires.
- 17.30 hs Transfer to International Airport (EZE) / Departure home.

» IAlojamiento:
His opulent new 20,000 sq. ft lodge, Estancia Chacu, offers ten bedrooms, lovely dining and cocktail areas, shaded patios, gardens, fountains and all of the charm of a European country manor, but with modern comfort and convenience. The lodge sits in a lovely hillside location on a 12,000 acre private ranch. Dining is uniformly terrific, featuring famed Argentine beef, local specialties, game dishes and delightful red wines. A professional massage therapist is available every evening to relax and reinvigorate exhausted limbs and sore shoulders.




» Información adicional:
Salta city is located at 1650 kilometers from Buenos Aires. It is accesible by daily domestic flights to Salta airport, where members of the staff will be waiting to drive you to the fishing area. Domestic flights can be arranged.
Only a few hours by car from the majestic Andes and southern Bolivia and framed by the picturesque, tree-covered Centinela Mountains, Salta's 620,000-acre Anta valley produces bountiful yields of soybeans, corn, peanuts and wheat. Due to its northerly location (closer to the equator) the region enjoys a delightful climate that changes little throughout the year. Progressive farming techniques, including active crop rotation and no-till planting, ensure that tons of waste beans and corn remain available to hungry hordes of doves and pigeons. This grain production is surrounded and interspersed with the forest of the Gran Chaco, which covers northern Argentina, southern Bolivia and eastern Paraguay, providing an environment in which the populations of spot-winged and picazuro pigeons and eared doves flourish to incredible numbers. The millions of voracious doves actually prevent the farmers from producing sunflowers and milo!

"Nothing I have seen in more than 40 years of hunting all over the world prepared me for the sight of that many birds in one place. Needless to say, the shooting was spectacular."
Hank Stringer, Austin, TX

Shooting takes place in a variety of settings-one day hunters may be positioned in the midst of a huge roost, the next around the perimeter of a harvested grain field, the next down in the river bottom or over a waterhole and the next (and perhaps the most unusual) around the edge of a huge local feed lot. Depending on the conditions, guests have the option of pigeon hunting - pass shooting or using decoys - which in volume rivals Paraguay or anywhere else in the world.

Quoting from a recent issue of Dove Hunter Magazine:

"To many who follow wingshooting trends, predictions are that Salta Province will soon overtake Cordoba Province as the dove shooting capital of the world. With only one outfitter holding the permit for the entire state, and with three times as many birds as Cordoba, Salta is the true pinnacle of dove shooting. Did I mention that there are estimated to be 100 million doves in the province?"

"Three hours later, over 1000 birds down and 60 boxes of shells later, I was exhausted."

"The numbers of doves in the Salta area greatly exceed anything I have ever witnessed elsewhere. The numbers defy any attempt to describe them. Rising like smoke and flying in virtual unbroken clouds to and from feeding areas, the scene can only be described as a plague of Biblical proportions."

 » Tarifas /  Season: March - October 2010
U$S 1,950.- Package /Per person
6 hunts /3 nights
Minimum 4 hunters
La tarifa incluyen:
Luxury lodge accommodation in double-occupancy rooms with private baths, A/C; breakfast, lunch, soft drinks and beer, welcome drink when you arrive at the Lodge, typical dinner served with wines from Salta, birdboy, transport to and from hunting locations, transfer in/out from Salta airport, transfer in/out between the airports in Buenos Aires.
La tarifa NO incluye:
Domestic air fares, iImported whisky or any other strong drink, cigars, clothes, personal equipment. personal insurance and gratuities.
Notas:
- Gun rental: U$S 75.- daily
- License: U$S 40.-
- Shells: U$S 12.- per box


 
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