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Uruguay

This South American country is about the size of Pennsylvania and a population of just over 3.5 million. You’ll not find a more stable and safe country in the Americas than Uruguay. It also has some great wingshooting opportunities to include dove, ducks, pigeons and perdiz. Uruguay offers similar hunting options offered by big brother Argentina but generally at less cost. If you are looking for a first class hunting trip without the high cost, you need read the information below.

Trek offers two different dove operations in Uruguay and both are excellent. The first area is located some 90 miles north from the capitol city of Montevideo. Our outfitter is Eduardo Gonzales and his lodge Las Palmas, is about as deluxe as you will find for a bird hunt. Here you’ll venture out each day to the huge tracts of sorghum and sunflower fields where thousands and thousands of dove come to feed. Just like Argentina, the eared dove here fly all day every day and the hunt is as well organized as any you’ll find. Hunters not only enjoy the great shooting, but also the outdoor barbecues (Asado) right in the fields. Las Palmas is a newly refurbished estancia that will accommodate eleven hunters in single rooms. The lodge features all the great amenities you expect from a first class hunting operation and at a bargain price for a four day hunt. The season for dove is year round and Trek offers a package hunt with airfare on American Airlines.

Our second dove operation is located near the town of Colonia just a one hour drive from Montevideo. Outfitter Hector Sarasola gets rave reviews for his detailed hunting skills and it shows with the many repeat guests that return each year. The Colonia area is much like our Carmelo hunt in that there are many large tracts of grain fields holding the eared dove. This is high volume dove shooting at its best and only rivaled by Cordoba and Tucuman in Argentina. Hunters here in Uruguay can fire between Hector uses a variety of accommodations starting with the Hotel Colonia Suizo that for all practical purposes is a hunting lodge. The Suizo does a great job of hosting our hunters and all guests enjoy the fine wines and cuisine as well as the single room accommodations. The cuisine is mostly fine European fare and you’ll have a hard time pushing away from the table. The season is year round for dove hunting in Uruguay and regardless of which outfitter or venue you choose, your group will enjoy this small South American country.

If a mixed bag hunt is more to your liking, Uruguay is the perfect location as travel between hunting areas is easy and comfortable. Near the town of Mercedes is a new lodge called La Ninette, where starting in the spring, one can shoot both the eared dove and the gray spotted pigeon. This is a high volume shoot for both species and operated by Hector Sarasola. Hector's new lodge is a perfect place for small groups under 12 hunters and you'll be hard pressed to find a better wingshooting operation in South America. In addition to the dove and pigeons, the elusive and popular perdiz is in season from May-August and Sarasola's kennel of Brittany Spaniels are expertly trained for the task. Many hunters have returned year after year to have the chance of hunting with Hector and his Brittany's. La Ninette accommodates 12 guests and overlooks the Rio Negro that also offers fishing opportunities for the beautiful dorado (golden bass) especially in August. La Ninette is the finest privately owned, full hunting lodge in the heart of Uruguay's agricultural belt. Trek has arranged many all-inclusive packages to Uruguay and can customize your trip upon request.

Also for the mixed bag gunner, we offer a first class duck and perdiz combination at a classical hunting post called El Fortin de San Miguel. This small resort is located on the border with Brazil near the town of Chuy, and gets its namesake and architecture from an actual fort just minutes away that guards the border of Brazil and Uruguay. El Fortin is perched on a hillside with an incredible view of the rolling hills and marshes that are home to many thousands of ducks. The lodge will offer large spacious rooms for the traveling hunter and features a huge dining room and lounge complete with fireplaces and walls that are adorned with tapestries and mounts from a time long ago. Excellent local dishes are served from the kitchen's wood-fired stove and complimented with the El Fortin's extensive wine cellar. But it is the hunting that attracts our interest and outfitter Eduardo Gonzalez is more than up to the task with his knowledge of the local marshes and lagoons that are home to many species of ducks including, rosey-billed pochards, teal, pintails and widgeons. You will also be treated to afternoons of upland gaming for perdiz over Gonzalez's impressive kennel of Britanny Spaniels. To hunt at El Fortin Trek will arrange your trip to Montevideo and then take the three-hour drive by highway or arrange a charter flight right into Chuy. The package is usually a five-day hunt and the season is from May-September. Call for our free monthly newsletter that will provide more details.