re: Any of you baws ever been on an Argentine dove hunt?

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dude i couldnt believe how many there were. there were literally times where there were so many birds overhead that I froze up because I couldnt focus. it was insane imagine that but x2, and that's Argentina

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A guy I know has done this hunt in Argentina. This matches his description.

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Probably not typo. A lot of operations will give you 2-3 bird boys. One to two are for reloading your gun(s). All you do is point and shoot all damn day.

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I want you to really think about firing a shotgun every 7.5 seconds for 8 consecutive hours, because those are the numbers he's talking. That's not stopping to take a piss or drink a beer or anything. It would be a difficult task if you were actively trying to shoot that many rounds

Never been dove hunting there but lived there for a short time after my divorce. What an interesting country. Really nice people. I crossed the country by train twice just to really see it and get to know people. I was basically adopted by a family on a train across Patagonia, they fed me very fresh homemade food and shared their whisky the whole trip. I think the fried chicken they fed me was probably walking around their property a few days before.

If you do go down, beware that there is a lot of poverty and one should be wary of surroundings. But I never felt threatened. The hospitality is quite good.

Avoid the tourist trap restaurants, especially those under 9 Julio (the big main road) and head for Don Julio for a really good steak dinner.

Try the morcilla - blood sausage. It's amazing.

You can do the trip for well under 10k depending on how you do it. Chances are you can shoot as much as you want if you desire but you don’t have too. Shells are typically around $15/box and that’s by far the biggest expense. In country other wise things are cheap- especially the wine!

The one thing I wish they did was provide the illusion someone was eating all these doves.

You can do the trip for well under $10k. I seem to recall paying $900 for biz class on Aerolineas out of MIA, up to 1300 on one trip. Coach could be a lot less.

Also, do not bother with expensive hotels down there, you can find one for $60-70/night that is reasonable and clean. Recoleta Luxury Boutique Hotel was fine for me, El Presidente was a bit threadbare but will be just fine as well. If you want to drop low-mid three digits you can but it's a waste.

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In doing a little research on the topic today I found countless articles declaring doves practically a nuisance down there due to the amount of grains, etc grown in southern S. America.

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I suspect they are and there is probably little to no natural predation and very little hunting pressure outside of folks coming from other countries...shooting a $.20 shotgun shell for 2 OZ of protein is something the average person ain't gonna do often when $.20 actually means something to them....


I have never seen or heard it about dove but pigeons are most definitely a nuisance and carry all manner of ill shite from farm to farm...Dove are the same animal for all practical purposes they surely do the same thing in areas where they are thick enough to be a nuisance. I know my front porch in New Mexico would be littered with droppings and egg casings and dead baby dove from late February through late October because the damned things breed like flies in New Mexico...but they have a LOT of predation from coyotes and bobcats and house cats and ring tailed cats and road runners and snakes and all sorts of shite that eat them when they are young and when they are grown...but there are still plenty to shoot!

Never been but almost went a few years ago

We always went to Mexico but then the bird population started to dwindle so we started doing combo dove/duck hunts but even that was sometimes lackluster. The lodges were nothing fancy but did the trick.

A few of the guys started talking about Argentina and I priced up the flights and lodging and we were about to pull the trigger but a few guys backed out so we never went. The lodges looked awesome and spectacular hunting. No one really talks about it much anymore.

I’d still love to go. I miss the Mexico hunts. Lots of vague memories.... lol.