Russ Bickel and I were down in Argentina for the last week of the duck season. Russ brought his 32" 20g DHE and his 32" flat rib 12g DHE. I was Parkerless with a 30" 20g Magnum M21 and a 32" M21 Duck. We shot ducks in the morning and doves in the afternoon with one morning devoted to a goose hunt on a farmer's depredation permit. We were in two locations in southern BA Province about a 7 hour drive from the BA airport. We shot the doves in adjacent La Pampa Province. We were the only hunters there (Destry couldn't get away after our earlier volcanic activity aborted attempt in early July) We took 10 species of ducks, one Magellan goose, a few pigeons and about 3500 doves (in 4 afternoon shoots) The photo shows my Model 21 Duck and Russ' 12g DHE and a rosy billed pochard, a Chiloe widgeon and a cinnamon teal from the last days shoot sitting on the marble steps of the magnificent 19th century estancia we were staying in. We convinced our local hosts that for the 12 gauge guns, 1 oz of #7s was more than adequate for decoyed ducks rather than the 1 oz of #5s they prefer and we proved it a few hundred times. We used 25 gram loads of 7 1/2s in 20 gauge for the doves and shot the 20s on ducks one morning. A beautiful country and the world's premier place for duck shooting IMHO
A Belated Report from Argentina
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