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LA COLORADA Ranch... The excellent choice!

La Pampa is known worldwide for its Red Stag, Wild Boar, Puma (Cougar) and Water Buffalo trophies. Reserva La Colorada Ranch is placed in the best Red Stag area, only 30 minutes from Santa Rosa Airport.

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OVERVIEW Reserva "La Colorada": is located at only 25 minutes from Santa Rosa Airport and has a total extension of nearly 27.000 acres, almost all consisting of forests where many big game species live, both on free range and fenced areas. The ranch itself has a long story beginning in the 1880´ with the Desert´s Campaign, when the Army started the colonization of the Patagonia. The ranch has been declared a "Historic Place" by the Province government, as 2 of the buildings were constructed by that army, making it the first base done by the white people in Province of La Pampa.

HUNTING: General/Most of the ranch consists of wooded forests in which all the species live. Normally, they will only come out to the grain fields to feed (some during daylight and some at night).

Red stag: is typically stalked inside the woods during the rut season or in the open fields after the rut. Hunting is conducted during early mornings or late afternoon until after dark. This is a natural species from this area and the best trophies of the country come from this Province. This hunt may be free ranged or fenced.

Wild boar: is spotted only at night, by walking in the cornfields or in blinds at the waterholes.

Buffalo: herds live in the woods and they only come out at night. They have to be found inside the forest (sometimes on horseback) and then stalked to try to make (normally) a 30-50 yards shot. These animals weight sometimes over 1000Kg (2200 pounds), and although they are an introduced species, there´s no fence that can stop them!

Puma (Cougar): is a different hunt. We regularly bate them in different places of our ranch and in neighbor ranches. In this way we keep them in the surroundings of our property. Then, the normal technique is by tracking using specially trained small dogs that will follow the cougar’s track during daylight. We can also wait in a blind at the bait.

Fallow and Axis deer: are stalked during their activity hours (mornings and afternoons) when they also normally come out of the forest for feeding. This animals live in a big fenced area.

European Mouflon: Feral Goat, Blackbuck, Feral Sheep and Four horned Ram are stalked in daylight and hunters have to be prepared for long range shots as these animals are normally in open areas and have very good eyesight.

Collared and White Lipped Peccaries: are tracked with dogs. They live in groups (sometimes up to 15 animals per group) and our dogs track them in the forests. They are among the most aggressive animals we have and the hunt can turn dangerous if not properly done. Even the pumas never attack them, as they are dangerous. Although they are from the family of the pigs, they do no have the same upward shape in the tusks; instead, they have their teeth more like a carnivore, so that they can bite, causing deep injuries.

Methods for Hunting

Rifles Recommended: .30-06/.308 or larger for most species; however the .375 is preferable for buffalo. Soft-point bullets are ideal for short range shots (boar, cougar, peccaries, axis, fallow and Red stag); long range bullets (e.g., Nosler Ballistic Tips) for European Mouflons, Feral Goats, Blackbucks, Feral Sheeps and Multi-horned Rams.

Muzzleloaders: They are welcomed for all species.

Bow hunters: Ideal species are peccaries, cougar and boars.

Clothing

Winter (June-August): Warm shirt and jacket for daytime. Heavy, dark camo clothing, gloves and waterproof, insulated boots for night hunts.

Summer (December- February): Regular jacket and light boots for night; camo T-shirt and camo light pants plus a cotton hat with 4-inch brim for daylight hours.

ACCOMMODATIONS: the accommodations and international dishes at Reserva "La Colorada" are among the best available in the country. All lodging and meals during the hunt are included in the daily rates.

Rooms are very nicely decorated, with big comfortable beds and private bath.

Meals are served 4 times per day beginning with a Continental or American Breakfast, Lunch, tea and Dinner. The big meals are lunch and dinner and they are normally beef-based meals. Mid-afternoon Tea with pastries is a highlight. Special meals can be prepared upon request.

Beverages include soft drinks, top quality local wine, beer and normal amounts of whisky, gin and other drinks.

PAYMENT CONDITIONS: Deposit of 21% of total hunt cost must be done to book the trip. Deposit must be done through a bank wire.

LA PAMPA HIGH VOLUME DOVE SHOOTING

Volume dove at Reserva La Colorada, in La Pampa is unique in the world, so if you haven't experienced it yet, you should not put it off any longer. This is the place where doves fly all day over the sunflower, corn or sorghum plantations. Experienced hunters may easily expect to shoot more than 1.600/1.700 rounds a day!

SEASONS

Doves All year, but the best times are when the crops are mature, from April to September.

Partridge:May to August.

HUNTING: The day begins at 06:30 a.m. After breakfast we depart for one of the fields, to be ready at around 08:00 a.m. when the doves start flying. We shoot nearly all day long, and stopping for lunch at midday (served in the field). Generally, the doves fly from the woods into the plantations for feeding, but they can come basically from any direction. Hunters are placed every 100 yards and everybody goes with a guide/helper to help for spotting the birds, bring the shells and to pick up the doves.

There are 3 species 2 species of doves and pigeons. All are hunted in the same fields.

The doves will stop flying around 06:00 p.m., when we will drive back to La Colorada for a snack and a few drinks.

At no additional cost, hunting can be complemented with partridge (using dogs) and vizcachas (an interesting mammal resembling a big rabbit that lives in communal tunnels and are nocturnal). Also big game species like wild boars, cougars and red stag are available in this area.

GUNS Recommended: are .20 or .12GA semi-automatic shotguns. In case you do not want to bring your own gun, there are shotguns available at the ranch at a cost of u$s 45/day. Shells are sold at u$s 12,60 per box of 25.

CLOTHING:Winter (June-August): Warm shirt and light jacket.

Summer (December- February): Camo T-shirt and camo light pants plus a cotton hat with 4-inch brim for daylight hours.

ACCOMMODATIONS: The accommodations and international dishes at Reserva "La Colorada" are among the best available in the country. All lodging and meals during the hunt are included in the daily rates.

Rooms: are very nicely decorated, with big comfortable beds and private bath.

Meals: are served 4 times per day beginning with a Continental or American Breakfast, Lunch, tea and Dinner. The big meals are lunch and dinner and they are normally beef-based meals. Mid-afternoon Tea with pastries is a highlight. Special meals can be prepared upon request.

Beverages: Include soft drinks, top quality local wine, beer and normal amounts of whisky, gin and other drinks

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POINTS OF INTEREST

An international disposition exists, which prevents to travel by aerial with any kind of explosives. But this situation isn’t a problem to us, because here, we have ammunitions (made in the U.S.A) for your Winchester.338 and ... also for other calibers.

The "Brama" of the Red Deer doesn’t have an exact date of beginning and neither an exact date of finishing. The particular situation is related, immediately, with the sexual hungers of the specie. Most of them depend on the climate factors in the zone .

This year, it hasn’t still begun and is very probable that it begins between 1º / 10 of March and persists during about 25 or 30 days. It must stand out that outside the time of Brama (expression that means roar in Spanish).The deer hunting is a little more complicated for the hunter, because you must spend more time to locate the trophy of your preference, but NOT LESS EXCITING, in any sense.

FLIGHTS: please, -Try arriving at Buenos Aires the days: Mondays , Friday or Wednesdays, because the best one of our airline (which is called Argentine Airline) makes the route Buenos Aires / Santa Rosa / Buenos Aires, those days.

DON’T FORGET: (Once made the decision to travel) to send us the following data by e-mail:

1.A photography of you -in JPG Format- scanned of your passport, because in that form we will be able to recognize your face, immediately, at the arrival time and contact us with the numeration of your identity document. 2.Your exact and updated address and your telephone numbers. 3.Mark and serial number of the arms which you’ll bring. 4.Indicate if you suffer of some disease which requires of a regime of meals predetermined , of that form our chef (cooks) will know what foods to prepare and avoid problems with your health.

Make us to know the correct name of the airline which will transport you here, date and the number of the flight. With this data our personnel will control your trip from the beginning of it to the arrival at Ezeiza (name of the international airport in Buenos Aires).

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Call or Email to book your hunt: - 0054 223 9 6887305

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