dodeer Posted May 5, 2016 Report Share Posted May 5, 2016 Has anyone been before? I'm heading to Pico Zuro in May 17 with a guest for 3 days Dove shooting then a few days holiday. Best thing is I won it from a competition so just flights and $14 box for cartridges ( 2000 cartridges a day so better start saving) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Banger123 Posted May 5, 2016 Report Share Posted May 5, 2016 Not been shooting there yet but lived there for 3 years just after the Falklands. Admittedly was a only teenager but had a great time, a beautifull country and the people are generally very friendly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ElvisThePelvis Posted May 5, 2016 Report Share Posted May 5, 2016 I would love to do this weekend one day, notsure I would be able to fire 2000 cartridges per day for 3 days though! May need a recoil pad.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oowee Posted May 5, 2016 Report Share Posted May 5, 2016 What a prize!!! I am off to Africa in a couple of weeks for pigeon, ducks and geese. Its for a week and I thought it would be easier as there is no jet lag to grapple with. Just as well as shooting is 10 hours a day. Cartridges are £330 a thou. Will be using a semi auto so as easier on the arms and loads are very light. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dodeer Posted May 5, 2016 Author Report Share Posted May 5, 2016 Bit of a busmans holiday but will be nice Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shoot and be safe Posted May 5, 2016 Report Share Posted May 5, 2016 I was chatting to a couple of the lads in the pub about this only last week. One of them has a contact for a trip to Argentina shooting doves and he said each gun will shoot 1000, yes one thousand, birds a day and 4 days shooting was on offer. The trip included flights and luxury accommodation but gun hire, cartridges and tips were extra. He also said you would be shooting with 20b semi autos and have two loaders with you. Enjoy your trip and let us all know how you get on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rimfire4969 Posted May 5, 2016 Report Share Posted May 5, 2016 (edited) I have always fancied a go at the doves in Argentina, one day I will go. Let us know how you get on. Edited May 5, 2016 by rimfire4969 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scotslad Posted May 5, 2016 Report Share Posted May 5, 2016 Know a few folk who have done it a couple of times. Depending how fat ur wallet is will depend on the 'volume' of doves. The advice they've said is stick to 20b semi's and still look at getting some recoil protection, they were only firing 4 shots to make it a quicker reload (but that does bring some obvious safety issues) will depend on ur site but 1 of the lads i know was bored shooting the high numbers off low birds so they took him to a slightly different area where he was getting far less shooting but all quality birds, like shooting high driven pheasants for hours at a time. He said that was far better The boss that was out was shooting an obscene ammount of birds but they were often quite low Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mungler Posted May 6, 2016 Report Share Posted May 6, 2016 Sam, I got the trip to Córdoba for 2 guns in the WTT auction - Miffy is coming and we're planning to head out first week of Feb 2017. I'd be interested to see how you get on. Obviously all the stuff on 'tinternet looks amazing. Flights look griefy (direct ones). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
figgy Posted May 7, 2016 Report Share Posted May 7, 2016 Lads I know have been a couple of times but it's very pricy. They shot for three days and said they didn't plan to go crazy but when you've shot your carts by late morning they just carried on steady picking their shots but it still cost over 7k for the guns carts and loaders on top of flights and accommodation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ElvisThePelvis Posted May 8, 2016 Report Share Posted May 8, 2016 You have to feel sorry for the pickers up!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old farrier Posted May 8, 2016 Report Share Posted May 8, 2016 You have to feel sorry for the pickers up!!Why !!It's there job And there grateful for it All done by hand they love it And the birds they get to eat and the money wages tips ect No fieldtrialers out there All the best Of Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cosd Posted May 8, 2016 Report Share Posted May 8, 2016 (edited) I've watched videos of this dove shooting and I don't get it! Taking shots at a flocks of 1000's of birds......everyone to their own I suppose! I'll almost certainly open up a can of worms, but I'd even go as far as saying this goes against what i think are good shooting ethics. This shooting isn't for me. Edited May 8, 2016 by Cosd Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scotslad Posted May 8, 2016 Report Share Posted May 8, 2016 (edited) Thats a fair enough point, but could a similar point not be made about shooting pigeons or rabbits or even pheasants/partridges, i've also seen late season grouse come throu the butts in packs of hundreds on bigger estates the packs are even bigger. Even only viewing a clip could u not say the same about shooting geese (esp on deeks) as skiens can be hundreds coming in at a time. But i do realise thats not really the case and the clips can be decieving, althou from wot i've heard about dove shooting there probably not The doves are eating locals crops numbers seem to be rising and all doves shot are ate by locals and any excess giving away to a lot of the older local folk. Also the money this brings in to local areas which are pretty poor if not on the poverty line is massive. I would imagine not many other reasons for wealthy westerners to travel into a lot of these remote rural locations As long as it is sustainable and bird numbers are not suffering then really can't see a problem with it, locals crops being protected and providing feed for locals plus jobs, Not really my cup of tea either but each to there own Edited May 8, 2016 by scotslad Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
figgy Posted May 9, 2016 Report Share Posted May 9, 2016 Some good videos of dove shooting in Argentina on you tube. Phillip Thorrold is in one from a few years ago shooting a ou then swaps to a semi and while in middle of loading the carts with his left hand take a one handed shot with his right hits the dove and carries on loading. Some of the Anerican videos are all about numbers, but as its crop protection for farmers more the better for the locals. Shooting huge numbers isn't my thing, my shoulder couldn't hold up even with a semi auto shooting a couple thousand carts a day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mungler Posted May 9, 2016 Report Share Posted May 9, 2016 They have a never ending supply of the doves, the locals get plenty of dosh from it, the dead doves are turned into pies... Everyone's a winner. What's not to like. As above, my shoulder and face just won't take more than 500 carts a day. I'm going because it's on the list and it's going to be a monumental crack. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ditchman Posted May 9, 2016 Report Share Posted May 9, 2016 watch your back and dont mention the war........ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pontbeck Posted May 9, 2016 Report Share Posted May 9, 2016 Two friends went a few years ago, shot 20 bore semi autos and had a great time but not for me. We are not talking a good days pigeon shooting of say 100 birds but thousands of thrush sized doves and times must have changed as non were picked, my friend said the area shot was covered in Hawks feeding from the doves by the end of the day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
la bala Posted May 9, 2016 Report Share Posted May 9, 2016 watch your back and dont mention the war........ Or Top Gear Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
winnie&bezza Posted May 9, 2016 Report Share Posted May 9, 2016 I'd like to think my shooting would improve after all shooting. As much as I love it I'd probably get a bit bored after a while. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Milo Posted May 9, 2016 Report Share Posted May 9, 2016 We took Los Chanares in July 2013. Happy to share my experiences of the trip if you PM me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rabbit_stu Posted May 9, 2016 Report Share Posted May 9, 2016 Certainly on my to do list! Enjoy and please share how you got on when you're back! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cosd Posted May 10, 2016 Report Share Posted May 10, 2016 Imagine how many birds are pricked with every shell fired, then times that by a couple of thousand per gun!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
winnie&bezza Posted May 10, 2016 Report Share Posted May 10, 2016 (edited) . Edited May 10, 2016 by winnie&bezza Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Milo Posted May 10, 2016 Report Share Posted May 10, 2016 Imagine how many birds are pricked with every shell fired, then times that by a couple of thousand per gun!! That hardly happened at all. Why make a dramatic statement, with two exclamation marks for emphasis, when it is just your imagination rather than your experience? Not helpful to the original poster or other members reading this post who might consider going. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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