Dove Shooting in Argentina, 2024

Shooting doves in Argentina

Dove Hunting Season
Eared Doves give shooters the last big-bag hunting adventure. There is estimated to be more than twenty-three million doves feeding on arable lands around Cordoba in northern Argentina recent estimates place the figure nearer to 32 million doves. It is common for a single hunter single to shoot one thousand birds plus in a day.

With the scale of wing-shooting in the 1800s the numbers of Passenger Pigeons being shot by North American hunters, brought about the rapid extinction of the Passenger Pigeon – the Eared dove on the other hand seems to be much more resilient than the Passenger Pigeons, Eared Dove flocks in Argentina and Bolivia sometimes “cause a partial eclipse of the sun”. It comes to mind to say that dove populations on sporting estates in Argentina are thriving, with Eared doves breeding four times a season with vast areas of arable lands as a food source, this causes some discontent amongst the farming community and asks the question what are the benefits to farmers, however most commercial farms are happy to support the dove shooting as this brings in alternative income to the community.

Dove hunting in Argentina 2024

Dove shooting prices and costs in Argentina off-peak season 2023

Duration

5 Days - 6 nights

price

£3150

Quarry

Eared dove's

Country

Argentina

group size

1-8

Destination

Tucuman Province

UK Departure

heathrow

Cartridges

5000 included

Food & Drink

all inclusive

seasons

Sep-Jan

Dove shooting prices and costs for Argentina's peak season 2024

Duration

5 Days - 6 nights

price

£4420

Quarry

Eared dove's

Country

Argentina

group size

1-8

Destination

Tucuman Province

UK Departure

heathrow

Cartridges

5000 Included

Food & Drink

all inclusive

seasons

Feb-Aug

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Dove shooting Overview Argentina

The Eared Dove is abundant in plains and other open areas, including arable lands, and has adapted well to cohabit alongside human dwellings, seen on power lines and on the TV Aerials of nearby towns in Trinidad, Venezuela and in all community spaces of large towns areas such as Bogota Colombia and feeding in nearby coastal resorts in Tobago.

Eared Doves feed on seed taken from the ground but will feed on bird tables taking crusts of bread in rural gardens. They are pests in arable areas. This is a gregarious bird at feeding time, they form flocks when migrating or when going to communal roosts.
The dove’s flight is fast, high, and direct, with the regular wing beats and with the odd sharp flick of the wings which is characteristic of pigeons as a species. It also has a breeding display that starts with a steep climb and the turns into a hover dive back to its perch. It builds a small stick nest 10-15 feet up in a tree and lays two white eggs. These eggs hatch in 12–14 days and take another 9 days to fledging and are flight worthy. There is no fixed breeding season, and if food is plentiful and given good habitat to nest the birds will breed continuously through the year.

The Estancia de los Chanares, one luxury lodges which specialize in dove shooting, estimates that there at least one million doves on its estates. The season is all year round “365 day to be precise”.
Eared Doves in and around Córdoba do not migrate and enormous flocks fly constantly from there roosting woods to arable feeding fields. In the Cordoba areas in Argentina, Eared Doves are known as palomas Dorada’s because of the shining feathers that are occasionally present in their plumage.
More northerly, in Bolivia, around de Gran Chaco area, near to the immense soy and sorghum plantations surrounding Santa Cruz de la Sierra, the dove shooting is a little more seasonal, starting in May and ending in September with large flocks arriving from Argentina to plunder the grain crops.

Locals say that Eared Doves, Guarani name today were quite rare in these areas a decade or two ago, it is not only a testimony to the resilience of the Eared Dove, but also explains how the significant impact of creating large new arable farming areas has increased the dove populations.

Average Weather Temperatures

The warm season lasts from November 14 to March 14 with an average daily hot temperature above 27°C. The hottest day of the year is January 13, with an average high of 29°C and low of 18°C.

The cold season lasts from May 21 to August 14 with an average daily hot temperature below 19°C. The coldest day of the year is July 16, with an average low of 5°C and high of 17°C.

Shooting doves in Argentina
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Argentinian Dove shooting Itinerary

  • check-in 3 hours beforehand at terminal 5, London Heathrow at 18:30-Saturday: British Airways-BA245.
  • check-in 4 hours beforehand at terminal 5, London Heathrow at 17:30 departures with a Firearm to Buenos Aires with BA245
  • BA245 departure times 21:30 UK local time
  • BA245 landing at Buenos Aires International Airport at 8:25am local time.
  • Buenos Aires airport customs gun assistance service representative ($140 paid in cash) will meet you at arrivals and escort you to your airport transfer vehicle to the Lodge, Alternatively should you be carrying a firearm you will be escorted to the local airport SAPS police station on-site at arrivals to  complete your import export permit for your firearm taking approximately one hour, you will then be escorted to your overland airport transfer vehicle or internal connecting flight.
  • A 2 hour internal flight from Buenos Aires airport to Tucuman Airport
  • Arrival at Alijilan Lodge and  check-in  at approximately 7PM.
  • Evening meal will be  served from 8.30 PM
  • Drinks served at the bar with open seating area.
  • American style breakfast is served at 6.30am  
  • Early morning pigeon & dove shooting in Tucuman starts at 8. AM 
  • Traditional infield Argentinian barbecue at lunch time around 12.30
  • Afternoon pigeon shooting in starts at  around 1.30pm and concludes at 5pm
  • Arrive back at the Lodge between 5.30- 6pm just in time for a shower and relaxation before your evening meal served at 8.30 PM
  • Drinks served at the bar with open seating area until late.
  • Departure from the lodge in the early morning hours.
  • Internal flights from Tucuman airport to Buenos Aires airport departure around 7 a.m.
  • Arrive at Buenos Aires  International departures terminal.
  • B244 departure time Buenos Aires International Airport at 1525 local time.
  • BA244 landing at London Heathrow Airport at 7.30 AM (UK) local time.

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