Sporting Gun UK – May 2019

32 SPORTING GUN M AY 2019 http://www.shootinguk.co.uk

IN THE FIELD

Shooting abroad

TonyBracciwasenchantedbytheSouthAmerican

countryaftera coachingengagementtherelastyear

andvowed to return. He did and here’s how he did it

Fly for me,

Argentina

I

n 2015 I wasinvitedtoArgentina
tocoacha boy.Theaimwastokeep
himsafe,lethimshootasmuchas
hewantedandmakesure he didn’t
developanybadhabits.
Inreturnfora morningofcoachinghim
shootingdoves,I hadanall-expensespaid
trip and the hide to myself in the afternoon.

Vitalexpenses:

Theflight

TheeasiestisLondon(Heathrow)toBuenos

Aires(Pistarini).Thisisa 14-hourflight

andcosts£1,200to£1,500.Thesetripsare

usuallybooked-upabouta yearinadvance

andweweretravelling“cattle”class.The

flightisa fixedpriceirrespectiveofthe

durationofyourtrip,sowechosetogofor

sevendays’shooting, nine days in total.

Thecartridges

Theyareexpensive:$14perboxof 25 (or

£446per1,000),soabout0.46ppershot.

Sothemoreyoushootthemoreexpensive

it willbe,andthebetteryoushoot,thebetter

valueyouget.Thebirdsareplentifulandwe

chosetoshootthreequarryspecies:doves,

noquotasandhighvolumebutlotsofshells;

ducks, 40 birdsperflight,mediumshell

count;andperdix,a quail-likegamebird,

10 pershooter per day, low shell count.

Transfers

Thesecanbeaninternalflightora longtaxi

ride. The trouble with a connecting fl ight is

Everythingwenttoplanandtheboyshot

well.Italsosowed a seed that grew: I wanted

toreturn.

Forthosewhomaypossessedofsimilar

thoughts,therearesomequestionstoask:

canyoushootinArgentinaona budget?

And,howdoyoujudgevalueformoney?

Cost per day? Cost per head? Total cost?

Geeseandducks

were on offer