A Spectacular Patagonia Argentina Adventure

Field Journal

Friends,

In late May friends and I to Argentina. Our first stop was Buenos Aires for some fantastic meals, an overnight, and then on to my favorite Argentina region – Patagonia. The mission was to hunt red stag, Russian boar, and puma. Mission accomplished. The group took nice stags, huge boars, and on day one a great pack of hounds found scent of a very old puma and trailed it onto a rock ledge on a high cliff. Big cat taken!

Patagonia is a region of massive wide open spaces with snow-capped mountain peaks, high mesas, endless grassy plains, and blue-ribbon trout streams Red stags, Russian boars, and pumas live here in great numbers. The country provides excellent hunting and the scenery is spectacular.

Our trip was hosted by a superb outfitter with a very fine lodge on the bank of the Collon Cura River. Food, lodging, guides, and services were first-rate. I highly recommend this trip.

My trip ended with a night at the Llao Llao Hotel in Bariloche. This hotel (www.llaollao.com) is situated in the foothills of the Andes on hill overlooking Lake Moreno and Lake Nahuel Huapi. The Llao Llao is one of leading hotels of the world. The view from the hotel is absolutely incredible! I strongly recommend some time spent in Bariloche.

Call or email for more information. A Patagonia adventure is a must!!

Gordie

Gordie’s Book

“There are some things I knew about Gordie White before I read his book…and one important thing I did not know. I knew that he was not only an experienced hunter, but a passionate, with a genuine love for wild places and wild creatures. I knew that he’d been brought up as a hunter, and that this is, essentially, his life as well as his hobby, both his avocation and vocation. It’s my chronological misfortune to consider him young, but he’s filled his years with a tremendous amount of experience, from Canada to Africa and back again, with multiple stops in between. I knew these things because we’ve shared African campfires together…and I knew one thing more: Gordie White is one of the good guys, honest, self-deprecating, not given to the shameless self-promotion that, in this era of mass communication without accountability, turns inexperienced ‘wanna-be’s’ into self-proclaimed gurus. But there was one important thing that I did not know about Gordie White: The man can write! Although I’m sure there are more, there are two things that make a book like this worthy of reading. First, the writer must have a genuine story to tell. Second, he must be able to tell it. Gordie White passes both tests, and has given us a great story, worth telling and worth reading.”

Craig Boddington

Trip Report