La Zona High-Volume Mixed-Bag Bird Shooting

The dove shooting in Argentina's southern Entre Rios Province is truly super-high volume, rivaling anywhere in South America. Hunters will routinely go through 40-80 boxes per day and enjoy a variety of shooting blinds- on the perimeter of standing corn or sorghum fields, in the midst of cut sunflowers, in dense roosting cover and along flight lines. (The photos featured here were taken while dove hunting in sunflowers.)

Pigeons in huntable quantities are only found in a few places in South America, but northern Entre Rios is home to literally millions of spot-winged and picazuro pigeons. Early in the season, pigeons concentrate on ripening fields of sorghum and sunflowers, providing fast and challenging shooting that can rival a good dove hunt. As grain is harvested, pigeons can be fooled by spreads of decoys and hunted from blinds, with much of the aesthetics of duck hunting.

Rounding out a fantastic mix of gamebirds and hunting options is gunning for Argentine perdiz (spotted tinamou) over stylish Brittanies and careful English pointers (season permitting). The norm for a pair of hunters is 25 to 40 flushes and the liberal limits make for a rewarding outing.