Fishing Consultant: Justi Campa
Flyfishing Patagonia
www.flyfishingpatagonia.com
jcampa@flyfishingpatagonia.com

Hunting Consultant: Mike Malek
Outdoor Adventure Consultants
mmalek@outdooradventurellc.com

Hunting Estancia: Quini Malal
http://quinimalal.com.ar/index-en.htm

Travel: Kathi Klimes
Wild Travel
708-425-3552


My wife and I just returned from a wonderful trip to Argentina. We started with an overnight in Buenos Aries which included a very enjoyable tango show. The next day we flew to San Carlos Bariloche to begin the first of two adventures. Over the next four days we floated the Collon Cura River with a progressive camp, fly fishing for brown and rainbow trout. This was a truly great experience with stags roaring every night, outstanding food, wonderful scenery and awesome fishing.

Then it was back to Buenos Aires and onto a first class overnight bus to La Pampa Provence for seven days of stag hunting with Quini Malal. I was a bit anxious about the bus trip, but it is now my preferred method of travel. Open bar, a hot dinner and off to sleep. When you wake up, you have breakfast and you have arrived.

I will not go into detail about the hunt as I plan to write an article about it, but I will say it was one of the best hunts of my life. The people were great, the food outstanding and the guides of unbelievable skill. Hunting free ranging roaring stags is one of the greatest, most challenging hunts on the planet.

I was very, very fortunate to take an outstanding trophy, but so did a few others including our friend Lorenzo.

And now for some photos.

Wow, that sure sounds like a great trip.

That brown trout is huge.

Great stages and awesome trout. Looks like a fantastic trip. Can't wait for the whole story.

Superb Trip!

Cool, thanks for sharing. I guess I'll never finish my bucket list, cause I just added this one to it.

Looks like a very nice trip, congrats. Send me a PM when your article get published and in what magazine.

AD

Super stag..Congratulations

and that trout fishing..Awesome

Scott, Outstanding photos and the smiles tell it all. Thanks!!!

Mike

Scott,

Great hunt and pics. I enjoyed catching up with you a bit yesterday. It sounded like you and wife experienced a wonderful adventure. Visiting with Lorenzo was truely a plus!

Matt

Great report and nice trophies Scott! You didn't run into any reprobates from Texas did you? Sorry I missed the trip!

Scott,

I look forward to the story. Thanks for sharing the pictures. I am looking forward to seeing how easy or not you are able to get your trophies back into the U.S.

Hartley

The antlers and capes are being taken to the exporter this week. We'll see how long it takes from there. Maria at Hunter's International has recommended a new company, so I have hope.

My friend, every time I look at your stag I like it more and more....and the hunt....I was lucky of hearing the details of the hunt directly from "Indio"...

What a hunt !!!! The quality of the trophy was a BIG plus !!!

If some day you return south you are welcome to visit my country as my guest.

Take care
Lorenzo

Thank you Lorenzo, that is a most gracious offer.

I would love to hear the story as told by Indio. He is a very funny guy!

Great job Scott...beautiful photos...

great pics and hunt scot

My trophies have arrived in the states. Took 5 months.

Ay ay ay...that deer takes my breath away every time I see it.....

Next year I will hunt them with my double

For what I heard Eugenio has the hunting rights of Quini Malal exclusively now. I think we will have some good years to come..

Please say hi from me to your wife and friends. I hope to share some hunting days again with you in the future.

L

quote:

I will not go into detail about the hunt as I plan to write an article about it

so - what happened to the article??

Retirement got in the way. Too busy playing. I'll try to re-focus.