GENERAL INFORMATION
Province of Salta, Anta county. Here big populations of doves feed and sleep moving through the feeding fields every day, offering the hunters thousands of shots in a typical day, amazing landscapes and sun all year round.

The area, a natural roost close to the Andes Mountains, started few years ago with farming in the fertile valleys for sunflower, corn, wheat and sorghum. This provides the perfect environment for the bird’s populations, which reproduces by millions in few years . According to the National Department of Agriculture, the area we hunt is home to over 100 million birds, making Salta the best dove destination in Argentina.

Our parties stay in at Estancia Chacu; hunting places are from 5 to 45 minutes away. Weather is dry and warm winters provide an excellent shooting from March to October. Everyday hunters will shot almost 8 hours to incredible and constant flocks of birds.

Everyday hunters will shot almost 8 hours to incredible and constant flocks of birds. Only 2-hour drive from Salta city, this wild area produces soybeans, corn, peanuts and wheat. The climate is warm and dry during 10 month a year, except summer that the rain season take place. The grain production is such as corn, sorghum and sunflower means paradise for doves and pigeon. Hunters are placed individual with a bird boy, in their flylines to the roost were doves come to rest on their departure to feed and on their arrival from the water.

Quoting from an issue of Dove Hunter Magazine:
"To many who follow wingshooting trends, predictions are that Salta Province will soon overtake Cordoba Province as the dove shooting capital of the world. With only one outfitter holding the permit for the entire state, and with three times as many birds as Cordoba, Salta is the true pinnacle of dove shooting. Did I mention that there are estimated to be 100 million doves in the province?"

"Three hours later, over 1000 birds down and 60 boxes of shells later, I was exhausted."

"The numbers of doves in the Salta area greatly exceed anything I have ever witnessed elsewhere. The numbers defy any attempt to describe them. Rising like smoke and flying in virtual unbroken clouds to and from feeding areas, the scene can only be described as a plague of Biblical proportions."

SEASONS
Year round

ACCOMMODATIONS
His opulent new 20,000 sq. ft lodge, Estancia Chacu, offers 10 bedrooms, lovely dining and cocktail areas, shaded patios, gardens, fountains and all of the charm of a European country manor, but with modern comfort and convenience. The lodge sits in a lovely hillside location on a 12,000 acre private ranch. Dining is uniformly terrific, featuring famed Argentine beef, local specialties, game dishes and delightful red wines. A professional massage therapist is available every evening to relax and reinvigorate exhausted limbs and sore shoulders.

PACKAGE
In Chacu Lodge the activity starts early in the morning. Breakfast is served at 6.00 am consisting of coffee, toasts, jams, bacon and eggs, fruits, etc. Morning activity, goes on until 11.00 am, when you go back to the ranch to have lunch: a starter, a main course and dessert, served with wine, beer, fizzy drinks or mineral water.
Then, you can rest or even take a short nap. After this, you go out dove shooting again until dark. Before dinner you may try a wide variety of cheese, ham, olives and drinks; dinner consists of three courses (starter, a main course and dessert).

PRICING
U$S 2460.- Package / Per person
6 hunts / 4 nights
Minimum 4 hunters

Included: 4-night accommodation in an exclusive ranch with all meals and beverages (wine & beer); 3 hunting days with qualify guides. Ground transfer in-out from Salta city. Not included: Hunting license, gun rental, shells, gratuities, clothes, personal insurance and gratuities.

HOW TO GET THERE
Salta city is located at 1000 miles from Buenos Aires. It is accessible by daily domestic flights to Salta airport, where members of the staff will be waiting to drive you to the fishing area. Domestic flights can be arranged.

EQUIPMENT & GEAR
For this time of the year, in Argentina is fall / winter / spring. Weather is dry and warm winters provide an excellent shooting from March to October.
Clothes: Light shirt and trousers for tropical weather, hunting jacket, shooting gloves or leather gloves, cap (all the mention items, requires camo), lightweight boots for dove shooting, a polar sweatshirt or warm jacket (the temperature decreases at night).
Other equipment: polarized sunglasses, insect repellent, sunblock SPF 40 or higher, shirts and vest, set of underwear, good comfortable socks, an extra pair of sandals or sneakers. Miscellaneous: photo camera, video camera, batteries, prescribed medicines, personal effects.