The finest dove hunting lodge in Argentina

Doves

Season: Year round.
There is no season or limit for dove hunting in Argentina. As doves are considered a serious threat for crops, local farmers welcome hunters. Shooting is excellent all year round. Each day affords six to seven hours of good, steady shooting. An average of 3 cases of shells per day per shooter is the daily norm, even though shooting is superb all year round, records show mid-September through early April has produced the best shooting. During spring doves concentrate in huge numbers when farmers begin harvesting the winter wheat, but there is plenty of food for the doves even during our winter months.
Bonus: Dorado and Piranha fishing.
Los Ombues is the only place in Argentina that offers both the best dove hunting in the country and great Dorado and Piranha fishing in the marshes that are close to the lodge.
Those who have shot doves in Argentina return impressed by the waves of birds that cross the sky all day long. Los Ombues shooting location is near the Parana River, where the birds roost near the water to circle the fields every day to feed across the vast nearby rich-in-crops hilly region. At midday the doves fly in both directions and in the late afternoon they return to the their roost.

The Lodge

The house was designed to cover every expectation of high-demanding bird shooters offering refined and cozy accommodation and classy amenities. The lounge and dining room offer breathtaking panoramic views of the delta marsh down below. The wide window provide an extensive view including at least half a dozen blinds scattered just off the lodge grounds. It takes no more than 20 minutes to get from the lodge to any of the available blinds. Terrific dove shooting may be enjoyed within walking distance from the house as well as perdiz upland game over pointer dogs around the grasslands surrounding the property. The lodge include nine spacious double rooms with private bathrooms. It also offers a heated mudroom for removing and drying boots, waders, and clothing, a gun cleaning room, a large dining room, a state-of-the-art kitchen, and a large living room with comfortable chairs and sofas around a fireplace. Mounted ducks and hunting scene paintings decorate the walls, creating a highly-enjoyable relaxing atmosphere. The lodge also provides a full-service business center catering to the needs of international businessman (including long-distance telephone lines, wi-fi and a laptop computer). Bring your own laptop computer and be connected in the privacy of your room.

Argentina Hunting Outfitters

During the hunt, every guest is assisted by a personal bird-boy who picks up and counts the fallen doves, calls and picks up ducks in the blinds or handles pointer dogs during the perdiz shooting. For convenience and safety, every car, boat and guide are equipped with VHF two-way radio systems for permanent communication with the lodge. At Los Ombues we have over 50 shotguns for rent, including Berettas, Benellis, Brownings and Winchesters, Side by Side, Over & Under and auto loaders, ranging from 410 to 12 gauge.

Welcome to Los Ombues, the finest bird hunting lodge in Argentina.

Combos

Our mixed bag shooting takes place in the province of Entre Rios in a vast area of private ranches located 250 miles northwest of Buenos Aires. Los Ombues is the only hunting lodge in the country where you can shoot ducks, perdiz and high volume doves in the same area without leaving the lodge. Duck shooting in the Entre Rios Province is fast gaining recognition as some of the world’s finest. This gentile farming country has vast areas of ponds and marshes, which are the wintering ground of thousands of South American waterfowl. Shooting is done in blinds over decoys. This region is absolutely magnificent for dove shooting. Waves of birds cross the sky all day long, therefore this program can also be combined with hot- barrelled dove shooting. Driving time from lodge to the shooting fields is approximately 5 to 15 minutes. Sometimes you literally walk right out of the lodge to shoot. Duck shooting or partridge shooting usually takes place in the mornings and the afternoons are typically dove shoots. The ducks are hunted from blinds over decoys and the partridge shooting (perdiz) is done as a supplement of duck shooting in the same area behind pointing dogs in grassy fields or walking-up as preferred.

Partridge

The partridge or perdiz hunting is done as a supplement to duck and dove shooting in May, June, July and August. This fast flushing bird is hunted over fine pointing dogs on rolling hills in the beautiful countryside. The perdiz is similar to the quail, though this bird is larger and is found in singles and sometimes in pairs, instead of covies. Every year before the season start a dog trainer comes from Texas to tune up our dogs.

Ducks

At Los Ombues you find a variety of ducks that are very different than those found in the Northern hemisphere, including the White chek pintail, Silver Teal, Ringed Teal, Red Shoveler, Cinnamon Teal, Southern Widgeon, Brazilian Duck, Speckled Teal, Tree ducks and the sporty Rosy Billed Pochard. Duck shooting is done in blinds over decoys with the assistance of pick-up boys who will call and pick-up the birds. The Entre Ríos Province Game Department, as well as the Game National authorities, enforce daily duck bag limits. Entre Rios Province has the highest duck limit in the country which is 20 ducks per hunter per day. As an example Buenos Aires Province has a legal bag limit of 5 ducks per person per day, Santa Fe Province has a legal bag limit of 12 ducks per person per day, Santiago del Estero has 12, Corrientes has 20 and Córdoba has a legal limit of 3 ducks per person per day. All these numbers were confirmed by the Game Department of each Province and they are no exceptions in any case. And at Los Ombues we go strictly by the book.