Experience Argentina Duck and Dove Hunting at its Best!

La Santina Lodge

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Duck & Dove Hunt Package

2 full days of duck hunting + 2 ½ doves hunting

You will fly from USA to Cordoba international airport, there Cintia or Rosina will be waiting for you and will assist you clearing customs and your guns. Then it is a quick 6 hours drive in a comfortable van with plenty of snacks and cold drinks to the ducks hunting area.

This kind of hunting takes place along the Paraná River, in the Province of Santa Fe. This river is the most famous in Argentina, and one of paradise for the duck hunters and fishermen.
The estancia has five comfortable double bedrooms with private bathroom, dining room, living room, and bar. In the yard of the estancia, there is another dining room used to enjoy typical Argentine asados (barbecues) or grilled fish, usually caught by our clients, just across the estancia.

A typical duck hunting day will begin at 4.30. Breakfast will be eggs, bacon, coffee , fruit and juice. After that the bird boys are ready to bring you to your spot , walking in the night to be ready to start shooting before the sunrise. The beautiful landscape will be witness of an amazing hunting day. Daylight is at around 7.30.You will have plenty of shots at decoying and passing ducks from your blind. We will stop shooting at 9.30 or 10. After that you will have time to take some pictures and then go to the Estancia to have lunch.

The menu in the estancia consists of a typical angentine "asado" with the best of our beef!!! We also have for our hunters a variety of typical dishes of the area, including pickling brine ducks, duck a la creme de moustard, and the best of the Parana fish: roast dorado and grilled surubi.Besides, we have a selection of the best argentine wines, famous all around the world for the high quality of them.

After you take a short nap, the hunting will start again for 2.5 or 3 hours.

Besides, it is also available to make combination to hunts partridge with our dogs in the afternoon, or try to fish Dorado, "The tiger of Parana", that it is really popular among fishing lovers. You can go fly casting, spinning or trolling Dorado, or simply try to catch it with bait.

After 2 amazing days In Santa Nora, you have breakfast and you are ready to go to see the wing shooters dream: Millions and millions of doves flying together. La Santina is our doves lodge, just 3 hours from the ducks area. In La Santina lunch will be waiting for you, and after you have a great "asado" (Argentina BBQ) you are ready to go to hunting all the afternoon. How many can you shoot? All your shoulder can withstand.

In the next 2 days, typical Dove hunting day will begin with wake up at 7:00 a.m. Breakfast will be eggs, bacon, toast, fruit, and coffee. The drive to the hunting fields will range from 10 minutes to 30 minutes. You will be in place and start non stop shooting by 8:15 a.m.

We will have a break for lunch from 12 – 2 p.m. Lunch will be the typical Argentina “Asado” that is grilled Beef, Pork, Chicken and Sausage and all the fixings. After eating this meal, you will want to take a short nap! The shooting will start again shortly after 2:00 p.m. and continue until you have had enough or it gets dark. Either way, there will be more doves than you could possibly shoot.
Back at the lodge, after showering and cleaning up you will have time for story telling and drinks before dinner. Dinner will be fantastic since it is prepared by our locally famous chef.

This trip truly lets you experience the best hunting that Argentina has to offer. We hunt the best areas in Argentina for Ducks and then go to the best area in Argentina for Doves. We will Duck hunt for 2 days in the province of Santa Fe Then we will take a van and travel to the Dove hunting area near Cordoba.

Hunters can expect to shoot 100 – 150 shells or more per day at ducks and 1000 shells per day at Doves. Many hunters shoot much more.

Groups are a minimum of 4 hunters. Maximum group size is 10 hunters. Required to book your trip. If your group is less than 4 hunters, we can combine you with other hunters to form a group.

  • Individual hunters are welcome.
  • Contact us for more information.
  • Season: May 1 – August 31.
 
Duck & Dove Hunting Combo Trip:
$ 2,790.00 USD (4 or more hunters) $ 2,990.00 USD (1 to 3 hunters)
9 hunts (2 full days ducks + 2 ½ days doves), hunting license, permission for 1 gun importation.
 

Package Includes:

  • All Ground Transportation
  • 2 Full days of Duck Hunting - 4 Hunts
  • 2 1/2 days of Dove Hunting - 5 Hunts
  • All lodging will be in estancia’s
  • All meals and beverages
  • Soft Drinks, Beer, Wine and Whiskey (Argentina scotch, no Bourbon)
  • Customs Clearing
  • Gun Importation Permit for 1 gun
  • Hunting License
  • Translator and Bird Boys

Package does not include:

  • Airfare
  • Items of a Personal Nature (phone calls, laundry, $18.00 departure tax, etc.)
  • Tips to Birdboys - $30.00 minimum per day Duck and $25.00 per day Doves
  • Duck shells are $15.00 per box of 25
  • Dove Shells - $ 12.00 per box of 25 for 12 & 20 gauge – 28 gauge & .410 are US $13.00
  • Additional gun importation fee of US $100.00 for a second gun
  • Rental guns are US $60 per day
 
ITINERARY (EXAMPLE):
Day 1 - Friday Depart Miami 9:00 p.m.
Day 2 - Saturday Arrive Argentina at 10:30 a.m. - travel to Duck area arriving at 5:30 p.m.
Day 3 - Sunday Morning + Afternoon Duck Hunt
Day 4 - Monday Morning + Afternoon Duck Hunt
Day 5 - Tuesday Travel to dove area + Afternoon Dove Hunt
Day 6 - Wednesday Morning + Afternoon Dove Hunt
Day 7 - Thursday Morning + Afternoon Dove Hunt
Day 8 - Friday Travel to Cordoba - depart in early evening
Day 9 - Saturday Arrive in Miami at approximately 5:45 a.m.