Córdoba Argentina 2024
 

Arrived in Córdoba early early Sunday morning and will be heading back early early Thursday morning . Of our little group some of you may know John Allgood as well as Tim Kuca and Ken Georgi . And for the Parker faithfull Jim Hall is along .

The accommodations and food are top notch to say the least .

Argentina = Good beef and good red wine

Looks like a really nice setup. Plenty of doves I hope, any pigeons?

Looks real nice!!! What were you all shooting? I am hoping to go back one day. When I went I shot a 870

I consider Cordoba my second home. I love the countryside and the people there, to say nothing of the shooting. Been twice, hope to go once more.

The beef and the Malbec are wonderful. What a great place!

Have fun and be safe. I see Jimmy is wearing his Sunday-go-to-meeting brush pants and that hat is really you. Tell Mr. Allgood I said hey.

Tell Tim I said Hello. Did he shoot any doves with a flintlock trade gun ? LMAOROF

A few yesterday . We’re going to a feeder lot today that they claim has a fair amount of pigeons .

We have one fellow that’s gone crazy shooting . He killed 1000+ birds Sunday afternoon and then he killed 1500+ on Monday . His ammo bill is going to be astronomical .

:cool::whistle:

That should be a hoot if it works out. Good luck !

I’ve stayed at La Portenita and it’s superb. It was mainly doves when I was there but most lodges are now offering some pigeon shooting! Have fun and be safe.

You got Mr Hall out of the country, impressive.

Two questions. 1. Did anyone bring their own gun? 2. How many guns did Honest John bring along to sell?

Our group took our guns, but that was 15 years ago. Wouldn't take them today

I took my own guns, but that was 20 - 30 years ago too.

We shot pinchon today !

I have not shot pigeons in South America and want to. I hear that is even more fun than doves

I shot 475 12 gauge shells today and killed 414 birds . That’s an 87% average I did however get 3 or 4 I killed two with a single shot and once I fired once and knocked four down so the bird said . I let the bird boy shoot a box an Marvcell was 20 of 25 . I shot a Benelli Montefeltro today . The other days I shot Beretta 686 O/U 20’s and a 28 .

Oh yeah and he seems to be enjoying himself !

As they say "without pictures it didn't happen".:rolleyes:

As stated earlier we shot pigeons over a feeder lot . The last picture was my bird guy , I handed him a box of shells and said have at it !

These were supposed to be in the previous post . Again the last is Marcel my bird guy .

These folks will certainly fatten you up !

Thanks buddy, it's like I'm there. Looks like a lot of fun but I don't think I could pull the trigger for 1000+ birds. What you did today would be sufficient. Is that a bottle of Tequila?

First afternoon I shot six boxes of 20’s , monday i shot two boxes of 28’s and eight boxes of 20’s . Today I shot 19 boxes of 12’s .

Good spot Daryl. I believe that's used for rubbing on sore shoulders after a long day of shooting. This crew wouldn't drink that stuff :corn:

That’s actually a wine bottle with water in it .

Lunch Monday and Tuesday not at the lodge but out in the field so to speak !

Sure. OK, wink-wink:cool:

Mr. Allgood doesn't look too happy sitting at the head of the table.:eek:

Last time I went was in 2010 and we took our own guns. I want to go back badly, but it wouldn't be the same without being able to use my own gun(s). Both times I went I shot my Beretta 687 SP II Sporting 20 ga. It is a special little gun to me, now. Using a lodge's jammamatic just wouldn't be the same, somehow. Some of our guys let the bird boys clean their guns at the end of the day. I did not. I clean my own guns.

Last trip I shot for three hours each morning and three each afternoon. I averaged over 1000 doves killed a day, with a total of 4350 for four days (8 three-hour shoots). I had no recoil related issues at all. IMO, after seeing many guys shooting (there were 17 of us at the River Lodge with Luis Sier), recoil related problems are much more related to poor gun mounts than the guns themselves or the loads. A friend of mine who was shooting a 20 ga. Browning was still bleeding through his shirt at church on Sunday, after we had arrived back in the states on Thursday.

That would be for owl hunting. Owls hoot, pigeons coo.

I’d rather have had something other than the Beretta 686’s but the Benelli Montefeltro felt okay and I’m no great fan of semi auto’s .

My bird guy Marcel and myself !

Mr. Hall and his man Sergio !

Dang Jim looks a little over heated. Where's that wine bottle with the "water" in it :whistle:

You know this John is John :rotf::rotf::rotf:

We shot today for about two hours it was quite warm and humid ,

I’ve gone down in our summer which is their winter and even then got hot towards the end of the day