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Dove
shooting. High
volume.
Las Lajitas, Salta
Salta province / ARGENTINA |
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Rate:
U$S
1790.-
Package
/ Per person
6
hunts / 3 nights
Minimum
4 hunters
Terms
& Conditions
> Season:
March
- October
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Included:
Luxury accommodation in double-occupancy rooms with
private baths, breakfast, lunch, soft drinks and beer,
welcome drink when you arrive at the hotel, typical
dinner served with wines from Salta, birdboy, transport
to and from hunting locations, transfer in/out from
Salta airport, transfer in/out between the airports
in Buenos Aires.
> Not included:
Domestic
air fares, iImported whisky or any other strong drink,
cigars, clothes, personal equipment. personal insurance
and gratuities.
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Extras:
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Gun rental: U$D 50.-
daily
- License: U$D 40.-
- Shells: U$D 10.- per box
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GENERAL
INFORMATION:
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.
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."
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DOVE
SHOOTING PROGRAM:
DAY
1
- 07.00 to 10.00 hrs Arrival from Europe or USA / reception
of the hunters
- 11.00 hs transfer
to domestic airport.
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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 in Las Lajitas.
Accommodation.
- 21.00 hs Dinner.
DAY
2 / DAY
3
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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.
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18.00 hs End of hunting activity.
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19.00 hs Arrival at the lodge.
- 20.00 hs Appetizer.
- 21.00 hs Dinner.
DAY
4
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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.
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17.30 hs Transfer
to International Airport (EZE) / Departure home.
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ACCOMMODATION:
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.
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HOW
TO GET THERE:
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.
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Dove shooting Equipment:
For this time of the year, in Argentina is
fall / winter / spring. Weather is dry and warm
winters provide an excellent shooting from March to
October.
Clothes:
Light shirt and trousers for tropical weather, hunting
jacket, shooting gloves or leather gloves, cap (all
the mention items, requires camo), lightweight boots
for doveshooting, a polar sweatshirt or warm jacket
(the temperature decreases at night).
Other
equipment: polarized sunglasses, insect repelent,
sunblock
SPF 40 or higher, shirts and vest, set
of underwear, good comfortable socks, an extra pair
of sandals or sneakers.
Miscelaneous: photo camera, video camera, bateries,
prescribed medicines, personal effects.
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