PATAGONIA! Just the name inspires visions of mountains, wonderful trout streams, Andean condors floating above rocky crags, and big red stags roaring out their challenges. It is a rugged but beautiful area with generally open but steeply rolling terrain. Game is quite visible normally, and stalking into range can be a challenge. There are also additional game species, including huge wild boars. Availability can be difficult as many of these ranches can be fully booked up to two years in advance.
We offer two options with this outfitter in Patagonia. The first option is a large, partially fenced estate spanning 9,000 mountainous acres. There is a perimeter fence on three sides of the property, however the stags are wild and no outside stags have been introduced. Trophy quality is excellent as the blood lines in these stags have remained pure, with heavy mass and good tine length. Most stags taken here by hunters will have antlers with 6×6 to 9×9 and larger racks, and success rates have been 100% in recent years. Although horses are present, hunting on this property is primarily conducted by foot with vehicle access.
Patagonia Option 1 Packages:
Red Stag Package: $7,500
Includes four (4) nights and five (5) days, with one (1) trophy red deer of unlimited size.
Red Stag plus high volume doves: $8,500
Includes four (4) nights and five (5) days, with one (1) trophy red stag of unlimited size, plus two (2) days of high volume doves near Buenos Aires
Red Stag in Patagonia plus blackbuck near Buenos Aires: $9,500
Includes four (4) nights and five (5) days, with one (1) trophy red deer of unlimited size, plus two days of hunting near Buenos Aires and one blackbuck trophy of unlimited size.
Prices do not include: non-hunting companions @ $450 per day; licenses for big game @ $300 or big game and wing shooting combination license @ $450; trophy tags @ $120 each; rifle rental @ $250 plus ammunition; shotgun rental @ $150 plus shells; ground transportation between areas @ $350; transfer of trophies to shipping/expediting agent in Buenos Aires @ $50 per trophy; international shipping and expediting charges; any meals, hotels or touring before or after hunt; any additional trophies not already included in hunt packages.
The second option is a huge estancia (ranch) has 60,000 acres of wild country. About half of it is free range, and half is a high fence. Regardless of where you hunt, that much ground makes the hunt a serious challenge. This second option is sold out until 2027.
Hunting is done normally on foot, using vehicles into the hunt area. From there, climb or walk to a high ridge or mountain top and glass, then stalk your chosen animal. In mid-March to early May the stags are roaring loudly and often, and glassing and watching the hi-jinks is great sport indeed. Horses may be used sometimes also.
Unlike the ranch with option 1 above, this estancia has been a front runner as far as working in genetic improvements. They have been improving genetics since 1995. They introduced outstanding bloodlines from Europe and New Zealand. The standard procedure was to breed a certain number of deer, keep the ones that reached their high standards of a likelihood of reaching or exceeding 400 SCI; and then releasing into the free range area those others that didn’t reach their quality expectations. Those released into the free range were still great Stags. Most of them stay in the area for a while during the roar, then migrate to the high mountains nearby. They have been continually doing this every year. As a consequence, they have greatly improved the trophy quality average in the area and our clients are now shooting very large free range stags. And to further that trend, they have also released imported superior hinds. The stag quality now improves year after and the new hind stock is also released in the free range area and they mainly stay on the ranch. That is the reason why those big stags come back to this ranch every year during the roaring season. The result is good numbers of 320 to 350 class free range stags. For those hunters looking to hunt really big free range stag, in the mountains, and with world class accommodations, this is the place. They have taken free range stags up to 380 SCI and high fence to over 600 SCI. If you want a true monster, then hunt the Estate side and stags can reach epic sizes—and it will truly feel and be a real hunt where you will earn your trophy and feel proud of it.
TRANSPORT: Hunters fly domestic into Bariloche after first flying international into Buenos Aires city. One lodge is 60,000 private acres and is about 60 miles north of San Carlos de Bariloche. There is a second lodge (Calcatre) is 25,000 acres and is best accessed from San Martin de los Andes, which is about 55 miles from the airport.
NON-HUNTERS: Both of these areas also offer superb touring and sightseeing for non-hunters.
BIRD HUNTING: If you like to shoot birds, we can also combine this trip with some serious hot-barrel wing shooting near BA in the way in or out. And we can also add great blackbuck, axis and boar hunting – just ask us.
PRICING Option 2: (all prices subject to change without notice until deposit received)
2025 SOLD OUT
2026 SOLD OUT
Red Stag Package (plus trophy fees):
Daily rate for hunters: (Check in 4.00 PM, check out 10.00 AM)
Five hunting days/ Six nights 1×1 $ 4250 (double room based)
Five hunting days/ Six nights 2×1 $ 2150
Non hunters daily rate $ 450
