Estancia Ninnette

Premium Combo Hunt

Season

May to September

Species

Partridge, Dove, Pigeon, Duck

General Information

We decided to move our duck area towards a unique and unexploited area where the rice is the main crop; the other areas in the country are overhunted. The particular operation we have has an incredible area of more than 16,000 acres, of the best rice crop and marshes of the Rio Uruguay. Ducks are in big numbers, mainly in the early season. Ducks are in big numbers, mainly in the early season. The Rio Uruguay native forest is roost for thousands of pigeons, which makes it a very good combina-tion with ducks. Perdiz is other specie located in the grazing land provided by the resting rice fields. Doves are also in the area and will be part of the game birds. The hunt in this area is mainly for the best Duck and Pigeon available. We hunt ducks in the marshes and flooding lagoons used for the rice fields. We use decoys, motorized and regular according with the ducks� reaction and weather conditions. We hunt two guns per blind and blinds are at least 200 meters apart, sometimes more. Each blind will have a guide and a retriever. The shooting limit is three boxes of 25 shells per hunter each morning. In a regular morning, you will be done by 9 am. We hunt all species listed as game birds, which includes the Pouchard, Teals, Widgeons, and Pintails. When 50% of the group is done with their shells, all the group have to quit hunting no matter if the shells have not been finished. Pigeons are in good numbers in the area. We will hunt them over decoys in Stuble of rice fields or in sorghum fields. Sometimes will shoot them passing. We give five boxes of 25 shells for pigeons per hunt, generally will have two hunts peer trip. Partridge is hunted with the best style and our finest Brittanys. It will be a nice hunt with 30 flushes per dog. Doves are abundant in the area and at least two good shoots can be done. Expect at least 10 boxes per hunter. This trip is the highest class of the market, combines air charter from Montevideo and Lodging at a Hot Spring bungalow complex or the ranch house located at 15 minutes of the hunting marshes.

Arrival day

Arriving at the Ezeiza International Airport early in the morning, you will be met by our crew who will assist in clearing customs. For those who bring guns, a form to import firearms will be provided by our office well in advance of the trip. Once again, you will be assisted by our people with the paperwork, which only takes a few minutes on your arrival. Duty free shops are located at the airport if you would like to purchase your preferred alcoholic beverage before heading out to the lodge. We will then leave by private plane from either Ezeiza or an alternate airport at San Fernando (30 minutes away) for the one-hour flight to Salto. Our arrival at Salto will be close to noon. On arrival in Salto we will proceed to the lodge, have lunch and a rest before going hunting for a short time.

Second day

Hunt ducks early in the morning; generally leave the lodge at 5 am and travel for, at most, 45 minutes to the marshes. Most drives to duck places are a combination of Van and a four-wheel truck. Remember that winter is cold and muddy in Uruguay, and timing can easily go higher than average. Afternoon hunts will be Perdiz in close by prairies. Depending on the fields hunted in the morning, is the hunt of the afternoon in order of not spending much time traveling from one place to another. We may return to lodge after duck hunting or have an asado in the fields. We can also accommodate this afternoon hunts to the best likes of the group.

Third day

Hunt ducks early in the morning; generally leave the lodge at 5 am and travel for, at most, 45 minutes to the marshes. Most drives to duck places are a combination of Van and a four-wheel truck. Remember that winter is cold and muddy in Uruguay, and timing can easily go higher than average. Afternoon hunts will be Perdiz in close by prairies, and Pigeon & Doves flyways and roosts are 20 minutes to an hour drive away. Depending on the fields hunted in the morning, is the hunt of the afternoon in order of not spending much time traveling from one place to another. We may return to lodge after duck hunting or have an asado in the fields. We can also accommodate this afternoon hunts to the best likes of the group.

Fourth day

Hunt ducks early in the morning; generally leave the lodge at 5 am and travel for, at most, 45 minutes to the marshes. Most drives to duck places are a combination of Van and a four-wheel truck. Remember that winter is cold and muddy in Uruguay, and timing can easily go higher than average. After duck hunt, we return to the lodge, pack and take the charter flight to Estancia Ninette, settle down and hunt doves in nearby fields the rest of the afternoon.

Fifth day

The day starts with an early breakfast (around 7:00 am), with eggs, bacon, juice and fresh baked bread. After eating, we head to the fields, usually just a few minutes from the lodge. We will be hunting in harvested fields, sunflower stubbles, flyways to the roost and some winter roosts. We shoot all day, and the team will cook our famous �asado�, major barbecue, for the entire group. Our bird-boys will be assisting you on anything you might need, such as cold drinks, shells, bird counting, etc. On a normal day, you can expect a minimum of 1,000 shells, and have time to return early to enjoy the pool have a nice shower and drinks before dinner. You will have a gunroom and a wrench to take care of the guns, or if you do not want to, the bird boys are very happy to clean them for you.

Sixth day

After breakfast, we will hunt perdiz (partridge) in the mornings, that is the best time for this game, and return to the lodge for a wonderful lunch. In the afternoons, we will hunt doves, roost, or flyway. Our bird-boys will be assisting you on anything you might need, such as cold drinks, shells, bird counting, etc. On a normal day, you can expect a minimum of 50 shells over flushing perdiz, and probably 500 on dove roost or flyway, and have time to return early to have a nice shower and drinks before dinner.

Last day

This is the last hunting day and we only hunt doves in the morning, return to lodge and get ready to charter back to the Airport.

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