El Monte Lodge

Hospitality is all included in the price of the day, it consists of breakfast in the morning, an infield elevenses/lunch break and 2 course meal taken in the gun room in the evening .

The property features a luxurious and tastefully decorated English country home. Ideal for groups up to 10 guests, the lodge offers 6 private rooms, each with a King size or 2 single beds when shared. Private social area next to bedrooms area. Sitting area with fireplace, dining room, veranda all around.

At El Monte, mornings begin with fast action and endless birds. Flights come in waves — large quantities moving across the valley, with patterns that shift according to the wind and your distance from the monte (the woods). You’ll enjoy a perfect mix of high, challenging crossers and lower, fast targets that keep every stand exciting. Always varied, always abundant — and always great fun.

El Monte lodge is nestled between high hills, valleys, woods, and virgin low forest surrounding fields of peanut, wheat, sorghum, and corn, while plenty of irrigation pivots and feed lots dot the area. It's the perfect combination of components that create some of the best volume shooting known to man. Their specialty is high volume pass-shooting for doves, and the unique experience of decoyed pigeon hunts. The hunting season in El Monte runs from March to September. Pigeons are prime from April to July. The habitat is so well-suited for the birds that the doves do not even migrate.

El Monte is a proud member of CATCYC, the Argentine Hunting and Conservation Chamber. Through this partnership, part of every license fee supports local wildlife management and sustainable hunting in our region.

Our mission is to educate ministers and the local community on responsible practices that protect habitats while controlling overpopulated species. We focus on doves and pigeons, which are considered a pest in our province, helping to reduce agricultural damage and maintain balance.

Guests are invited to take part — learning about conservation initiatives and seeing how responsible hunting and thriving wildlife can exist side by side.

You will be looked after by Juan and Maria Alberdi , Juan is a veterinarian and the owner of the company along with his wife Maria. Juan has a wealth of experience in looking after teams and ensuring that their days go smoothly and to plan. Our guide, Martin, heads up the scouters and the picking up team, while Maria takes care of our booking details, and oversees our superb catering and hospitality

$875/person/night, includes transport to/from Merlo or Cordoba Airport, lodging, meals, house wines, beer, and spirits. Excludes hunting license ($85 daily), gun rental

($95 daily), shells ($23.50/box), and gratuities. Non-hunters: $450. *shell prices may change without notice

There are daily direct flights from many U.S. or European cities to Buenos Aires (Ezeiza Intl. Airport – EZE). From EZE Intl. airport hunters will need to make a connection to Merlo or lodge area airport (1:15 hr. flight)

The easiest way is to book a private charter straight to the lodge area. We will send a quote upon request. Or transfer to the Domestic airport (AEP) and connect there to Merlo (Conlara Airport: RLO). Another option is to fly to Santiago, Chile (SCL) with a connecting flight to Córdoba City (COR); we will provide a ground transfer to the lodge 2.5 hr.

At the lodge, you can rent guns from a selection of fine over-and-under and semi-automatic shotguns. These include models from Beretta and Benelli in 20, 28 or 12 gauges. Shells are provided by the lodge and can be paid for onsite.

Expect impressive numbers of dove and seasonal wild pigeon. Woods and virgin low forest surround the sunflower, peanut, sorghum and cornfields while plenty of irrigation pivots and first feedlots dot the area. It’s perfect for nesting, roosting and it produces plenty of feed. The variety of shooting opportunities is the focus: decoyed pigeons or dove and pigeon flyways in a varied habitat and landscape conditions.