re: Argentina Dove Hunt

I just got back from there. We went to Santa Rosa Lodge outside of Gualeguay. It was a blast. We had a morning and evening hunt. We only shot two cases per hunt, but could have shot as much as we wanted. Two cases was plenty for me. We had four days of hunting so we weren't trying to kill ourselves. If it was one or two day hunt I would have stayed all day and just kept shooting, and there were plenty of birds to do that.

We didn't preorder shells. They would just count our boxes per hunt and gave us a total at the end of the trip. I think it ended up being $20.00/box. Bring cash for tips. The exchange rate right now is heavily in our favor. We didn't tip every hunt, just one tip for all the guides and kitchen staff at the end.

We rented their 20 gauge guns. They were some nice Berettas and didn't seem too worn out. They would give us two guns each per hunt in case one would jam up. We did have a few issues with them not picking up a round.

People say bring gloves and hearing protection. I never wore the gloves as it's hard to load fast with them. I did burn my hand a few times on the barrel, but it was still better than the gloves.

The food at the lodge was incredible. Wine and beer are also really good there. The local beer is Quilmes which is pretty damn good.

Literally nobody spoke English. Brush up on your Spanish or keep a translator app handy. The only person we met from when we landed to when we left who spoke English was the owner of the lodge who stopped by in the evenings.