Dad, Parker, and I left on a 4 day hunting trip to Córdoba, Argentina last week. Dad has been before and was very generous to take Parker and me along this time. Argentina is home to over 600 million doves. The dove population is out of control and growing at a rapid pace. If you love to hunt dove, you must go to Argentina and experience the greatest wing-shooting in the world!
We left Valdosta last Friday at 11am, drove to Jacksonville and flew to Miami. This was my first time in the Miami airport. Not a single person spoke English. I thought I had already left the country. From Miami we took an overnight flight to Santiago, Chile where we then flew toCórdoba, Argentina. We were picked up by our guide, Luis, at the airport and driven 2.5 hours straight to the hills to start our first hunt. Twenty-four hours after we left Valdosta we were being served sandwiches while we dug through our luggage and assembled our hunting gear. Talk about being exhausted. We were taken to our blind and the scene was absolutely amazing. Words cannot describe to a fellow hunter from South Georgia how many dove were swarming my position. We hunted for two and a half hours this first day and I killed 254 doves. Yeah, I said it, 254.
I don't want to lose my audience here, so I'll make the rest of this short and sweet. The lodge was first class, as was the food. For lunch each day we were served a five course meal. Quiche, salad, sausage, pork ribs, pork flank strips, a ny strip, and dessert (by the third day I could barely make it through the quiche). We would wash it down with two bottles of an Argentine Malbec and proceed to take a two hour siesta on cots under the trees.
Our total dove kill during the four day hunt was 11,370. I was high man with 4,187 but I also shot a lot more shells than Parker or dad. 247 boxes of shells to be exact. I pulled the trigger 6,175 times. I had a great time and can't wait to go back. Thanks Dad for a wonderful trip!
The lodge, Rio Seco
Alphonso built a new dove blind in a different location every day.
Is that amazing or what?
We ate lunch at this home everyday.
Siesta Time!
Nice action shot!
From top left: Luis (guide), Parker, Steve, Stephen, Alphonso (my birdman)
From bottom left: Gaby (guide), Diego (Parker's birdman), Miguel (Steve's birdman)
These are some of the shells from the last 1/2 day hunt.
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I told my husband to read this and he did, even though he didn't think he would be interested. By the end of the post, he was so excited by your husband's trip! He called up his dad and told him to read it. I don't know anything about hunting but I know he was highly impressed!
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