Pat's down there pulling the second shift and I feel certain he'll have a good report when he returns. Here are some photographical highlights for the first half of July:
The first couple hunts took place adjacent to the Parana River in northern Argentina. Enjoyable though it was, it certainly won't make the cut or a number of reasons. Highlights included seeing new country, hunting along the Parana River where golden dorado literally jumped in the boat's wake and meeting a 28-gauge toting gentleman from Maryland's eastern shore with whom I became fast friends.
Silver teal were plentiful and second only to Brazilian ducks in abundance. The distance at which 20 grams of lead 5s through a 28-bore will kill a duck was surprising, but I used a big-bore 20 instead.
Two-pound T-Bones slow cooked to perfection, easily the best cut of beef I had down there this year.
Rosybill appetizers proved simple is great - real butter and cracked peppercorns
Spent a night in Cordoba at a dove operation, it was packaged with the Santa Fe duck hunt. I shot about a case during the afternoon under a steady stream of 50-yarders and had a great time picking my shots and keeping score. Met a couple from Dallas. The husband was 80 and the wife was not quite that. He had enjoyed several 1000-bird days and she had scored 800 one afternoon. They were quite the hunters and a true pleasure to be around, I can only hope I'll still be going at it that hard in as many years. Rather than a cap that is popular at some estancias, a novel momento was presented at dinner...
