Argentina Mixed-bag Shooting
Hunting
ducks, geese and perdiz in Argentina is enhanced by good dog work.Ducks
Argentina hunting offers many species of wild ducks, none of which are found in the Northern Hemisphere. Predominately, they are Chilean pintail, Brazilian pintail, Argentine widgeon, Brazilian, silver, white-fronted and ring-necked teal and two species of tree ducks. A very sporty and abundant duck is the rosy-billed pochard, very similar to our canvasback, which responds well to calls and come confidently into decoys. Hunting is primarily done from natural blinds and the limits are quite liberal.
Eared Doves & Pigeons
Argentina's most sought-after quarry is the eared dove, similar in size and flight to our mourning dove. Shooting is always exceptional in Salta, Buenos Aires, Entre Rios and Cordoba Provinces, where the birds do not migrate and populations prosper into literally the millions. Two species of Argentina wild pigeon can be found in Buenos Aires and Salta Provinces — the picazuro and spot-winged. Both appear to float along in flight, but their slow wingbeat is deceiving. They are fast and hard to bring down and are particularly fun to hunt in grain fields over decoys. Depending on the time of year, we either hunt the doves right in the roost as they exit and re-enter or we hunt over harvested grain.
Argentina
ducks over the marsh.Magellan Geese
Argentina's prominent waterfowl is the big Magellan goose, named after the explorer Ferdinand Magellan. The male is snowy white with black tipped wings, and the average weight is around nine pounds, similar to our Canadas. The second type is the wary ashey-headed goose, with rust breast, gray head and black and white wings. These birds nest in the far south and move into Buenos Aires Province in early May and stay throughout August. They are hunted from a variety of natural and man-made blinds, usually over winter wheatfields.
An
Argentine favorite — perdiz hunting with our stylish bird dogs.Wild Spotted Tinamou or Perdiz
By far the most common of Argentina's upland birds is the wild spotted tinamou, called perdiz by the natives and resembling a small partridge. They fly well when flushed and they are superb table fare. Hunters enjoy careful dog work from well-trained pointers, Brittanys and shorthairs, and the average point comes every four-five minutes! Like their North American cousins, Argentina perdiz are a grassland species that feeds mainly on seeds and green shoots, and consequently, they prefer an environment of short grass pastures or fallow land, with no thorns or cactus.