Friends,

For years, we’ve arranged private, small group adventure trips to many of the world’s culturally diverse and exciting places.  As with our hunting and shooting outfitters, our travel partners from around the globe continually provide exceptional service and attention to details.  Our tailor-made programs feature the finest accommodations, dramatic landscapes, and alluring destinations.

Check out the attached PDF.  The photos are exceptional!  (FYI – I didn’t take them.)

Families and couples can explore:

Africa

• Kenya – The magnificent savannahs of the Masai Mara teeming with big game, the Serengeti Migration, the great elephant herds at the foot of Mt. Kilimanjaro, and cool highland retreats of Kenya.
• South Africa – Cape Town’s Table Mountain, the Cape Peninsula’s wine country, and Kruger National Park, and the luxury travel of the Blue Train.
• Namibia – The Skeleton Coast and Etosha National Park.
• Botswana – The Okavango Delta and Chobe National Park.
• Tanzania – Serengeti National Park and the Ngorongoro Crater.

South America

• Argentina – The cuisine, bustling markets, stunning architecture, and exciting nightlife of Buenos Aires.  Mendoza’s world-renowned wineries. The wonder of Iguazu Falls. Patagonia’s breath-taking landscape of glaciers, lakes, and mountains. The high mountain culture and white wine country of Salta.
• Peru – The rich cultural tapestry of Lima and Cusco.  The Inca Trail to Machu Picchu.
• Ecuador – The secluded and unspoiled Galapagos Islands, and its unique wildlife.

Alaska

Private Inland Passage cruise (20 passengers) offering activities to include whale watching, kayaking, glacier viewing, rainforest tours, hiking, and fishing.  This is the finest way to explore Alaska’s pristine coastline.

And much more…

Here are comments from a recent Argentina trip.

“It was one of the most enjoyable, carefree trips I have ever taken.  The places you arranged for us gave us a broad and wonderful experience.  I will look forward to my next trip to Argentina.  This one made me realize how much more there is to see.”

“The thing I most enjoyed was the diversity of the trip – everything of high quality, but each experience very different from another – and always something new to look forward to.  You planned a wonderful itinerary for us.

We work with the best professionals around the world.  If I can help with a future trip, give me a call.  Please forward this email to a friend that might be interested to plan an adventure.

Mexico
September 19, 2016
Just got back from Steve McCain’s La Finca lodge. Shocked… Great lodge with a hard-working staff…The doves started flying at 7:15am and by 8:30am, I’d shot enough. Ten boxes and about 150 white wings. Spectacular shoot. I shot a 28 gauge Beretta. Saw some bobwhites too…I’m going back.

Mexico has birds, lots of birds. I’m repeating myself when I say, “Mexico has the highest volume of wild bird shooting outside of South America.” I like hunting in Mexico.

Steve McCain, owner/outfitter of La Finca Lodge extended an invitation to me. His lodge is on the outskirts of San Fernando—a small town only 85 miles from Brownsville, Texas. I met up with Steve at the Brownsville Airport, hopped in his truck, and we headed to the border. Crossing into Mexico was a simple affair that took less than five minutes. The drive to La Finca was on an excellent highway with little traffic. His lodge and compound exceeded my expectations. His facility has 14 large bedrooms with private bath and A/C. The courtyard has a pool and hot tub. The dining and lounging areas are spacious. Steve has an impressive fleet of hunting vehicles and transport vans, plus an airboat.

Steve’s been hunting the San Fernando area for over 20 years and knows it well. His clients hunt decoying ducks in the Laguna Madre, as well as countless private ponds. Wild bobwhite quail and doves are hunted on large farm and ranch leases. I hunted doves one morning and managed to shoot ten boxes in a little over an hour, but hunters can expect to shoot 10-20 boxes per hunt. I had heard reports of fantastic shooting, but this time, I experienced it first-hand. McCain quail leases are home to more wild bobwhites than anywhere else, and, hard-core duck hunters tell me that the Laguna Madre and surrounding areas has, arguably, the best duck shooting in the world. Duck and quail limits are liberal, and there is no limit on doves. (Call me for more info on harvest numbers.)

In regard to safety, not surprisingly, the first question I’m asked about concerning hunting in Mexico is security. In the past four years, Steve has hosted 200-400 clients each season without a single safety issue. San Fernando is flourishing again because of its strong sense of security. For the local people, life is back to normal. There is a strong Federal police presence in the area and everyone is glad to see it.

For the hunter who enjoys high-volume shooting, South America is tough to beat. But today, many hunters don’t want to spend a minimum of ten hours on an airplane to get there. La Finca is close and easily accessible. With advance notice, hunters can bring their favorite shotgun or rent a gun from the lodge. Steve’s bird hunts are an excellent value. He offers combination hunts and his three-day dove shoots are $2250 per hunter. In 2017, I plan to host a couple of hunts. If you’re interested in joining me, give me a call. Check out the attached PDF highlighting La Finca’s lodge and wing shooting.

In October, our hunters reported super pheasant hunts in South Dakota. November is busy with our friends traveling to the Bahamas, Argentina, Baja Mexico, and Texas. 2016 was a great year for our folks who ventured to Africa, and sometime soon, I’ll send the photos to prove it!

For now, if I can help with a future trip, give me a call. Also, feel free to forward this report to friends who may want to book an adventure.

Good Hunting,
Gordie

Australia
August 7, 2016

This afternoon, we start flying back to Darwin and then on to Sydney. It’s been a really great trip. Tommy and Ricky took very nice bulls and shot some old culls.

This might be the wildest place I’ve ever been….

After many hours of flying over land and sea, and in progressively smaller planes, we finally touched down on an ocher-colored dirt strip cut out of a vast eucalyptus forest. Tommy Dugger, Ricky Lester, and I arrived to Simon Kyle-Little’s 2.2 million acre aboriginal hunting conservancy in Arnhem Land.  His area is a humongous chunk of wilderness in the Northern Territory, which he’s hunted and guided, with exclusivity, for 26 years. This was my first trip to this country.

For six days, we hunted buffalo in paperbark and ironwood forests, riverine jungles, and on massive salt flats and floodplains. We saw lots of buffalo, wild pigs, wallabies, and several elusive wild ox. And of course, there were dingoes. The chorus of howling dingoes woke me every night. And, there was of shocking abundance of crocodiles; they dozed on the banks of the Walker River and along the coastline’s pristine desolate beaches. Sea crocodiles (salties) can grow to 20 feet in length or longer. There’re huge!

Longtime friend, Kinsey Robinson, hunted with Simon prior to our arrival and reported a fantastic hunt.  He took a trophy buffalo, a wild ox, and some wild pigs. Kinsey told me the trip exceeded his expectations.

Simon Kyle-Little hunts with vigor and is great, jovial company. I look forward to hunting with Simon again.  This trip exceeded my expectations,too.