Duck shooting in Buenos Aries summary
One of the countries best kept secrets, the Argentine duck shooting season runs from April 1st to the end of July, a time of year often overlooked by the northern hemisphere visitor. Guests are accommodated at one of two carefully selected lodges within a few hours drive of Buenos Aires and the international airport. The recommended itinerary for both lodges is to spend 3 nights and 4 days shooting, with an afternoon flight on arrival day, a morning flight on departure day and two full day’s shooting in between.This timeframe can be extended or reduced according to your wishes.
Guests leave their lodge in the dark after a hearty breakfast in order to be ready for the morning flight, which commences at dawn amongst extensive marshland habitat that is home to 12 different species of duck including mallard, widgeon, teal and pochard. Shooting is from comfortable and well camouflaged hides located close to the water’s edge, with the skies full of large quantities of wildfowl moving around in search of food and shelter.We provide guides, transport (and where necessary boats) as well as decoys to attract duck within range. By around 10.30am the wildfowl will have settled down for the day, and once the bag has been collected you will be transferred back to the lodge for lunch and a siesta before setting off for the afternoon flight around 3pm, which lasts until darkness descends around 7pm. Each gun is accompanied by a secretario, who will keep an accurate tally of the bag and collect what birds he can when the flight is over. The journey between lodge and marshland is rarely more than 45 minutes and often much less, according to where the duck are feeding and resting at the time.
For an insight into the fantastic experience you can enjoy whilst duck shooting at Jacana Lodge, please click on the picture below to watch a short film clip:
Bag and cartridge limits apply to all our duck shooting itineraries – please select our lodges tab for details. At Los Crestones we also offer the opportunity to participate in some low volume partridge shooting over pointers during the middle of the day, and riding can be enjoyed at both lodges. There are no extra charges for these services. Please contact Wild and Exotic for our “best price” offer and availability at your preferred lodge. The price will include full board and accommodation, including alcoholic beverages, together with duck shooting, the services of professional guides and shooting transfers. The price does not include the cost of transferring by vehicle from Buenos Aires to the lodge, gun hire, cartridges or gratuities, although we do have a selection of waders for the complimentary use of our guests.
Please contact us for further details, cost and availability.
