So the first day of hunting was the 21st of February. We went to La Para roost. A town towards the east of our province, along Route 17. The hunting experience that day was beyond words. The volume of birds was impressive. The field where we were was a bit unusual given that there are no trees around the lunch camp we set up. So our friends Bus and Clay hunted straight after lunch into early evening when we decided to make our way back to La Loma Lodge.

La Loma is a famous Argentine Estancia that has been renovated in 2014 and it is now one of the most requested destinations for Dove Hunting in Northern Cordoba, an excellent private lodge providing superior service.

Perfectly situated between the two most prized dove roosts in Cordoba, the La Loma experience offers superb shooting year-round. It is a 60 minute drive from the airport; close to Totoral City on national road number 9. 

The second day of hunting started at 8 am. We made our way to the same area where we were the day before, but a different field. The field was just two km off the main road. We enjoyed a relaxed hunting that day. The hunting had been really intense the day before so today lunch was earlier and siesta longer. At about 15.00 the afternoon hunting session started. It’s important to note that a relaxed hunting session in Argentina might mean shooting a 1000 doves. In this opportunity, it was Clay who got this mark. He shot down even more than a thousand birs! He got his spot among the 1000 birds club and got his present: a nice Tshirt saying he shot down this amount, which friends will covet back at home.

The chosen field for the third day was a bit closer than the place where we were before. Clay, our guest, is 86 years old. He’s passionate about hunting but the long ride to the field together with the tiredness of the flight made him choose a closer hunting spot. La Para, where we had spent our first two hunting days, was an hour and ten minute drive. So we went to an area called Las Sierras, a hilly part towards the west of the lodge. There, we hunted just for half a day and then returned to the lodge.

In a typical hunting trip, our guests most often have lunch in the field. This is a very special moment both for us and the guests. We set up a tent, or sometimes we lay the table by the shade of a masive Algarrobo, a typical tree. Our chef prepares a delicious asado, the typical argentinian meal. He cooks different meat cuts and meat types like pork, chicken, dove and beef by the fire on the ground. For us, Argentines, asado is like a ritual, it's not just cooking. It's a pleasure for our chef to cook asado for our guests. The meat usually goes together with our delicious sauce, chimichurri. 

Pointer Outfitters has a wide variety of guns to offer. The most used guns are the 20 gauge semi automatics and over/under. The most popular brands are Beretta and Benelli. Guns are cleaned once a day, normally at lunch time. Our guests are able to request a double gun shooting, and his field assistant will re load for him in the British style. 

For the last day we drove our guests Bus and Clay to the airport. We left at about 7.30 am because their flight was scheduled to leave at 10.30 am. 

You should be the next one!

Federico Silva

Hunting Guide

Pointer Outfitters