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With a New Shell Shortage in Argentina, Timing Your Trip is More Important Than Ever

Monday, July 31, 2023
Written by John Wiles
Categories: Travel
Tags: argentinadoveshooting, argentinashotgunshells, johnwiles

I had a very interesting conversation with someone I trust to tell me the truth about Argentina. What he told me has also been verified by another outfitter in another area of Argentina. Although outfitters have changed locations to find the doves that are not nearly as concentrated in the Cordoba area as they once were, moving has not solved all of the problems that exist with dove shooting there. I will explain why I emphasize “dove shooting” in a moment. 

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American Wingshooting on the Upswing

Tuesday, April 12, 2022
Written by John Wiles
Categories: Destinations
Tags: bestwingshootingcom, huntingtrips, johnwiles, wingshooting

Having been in the booking business for quite a while now, my key to a successful career was always great hunts in foreign countries, not just Canada (and a brief stint in Mexico) either, but really wonderful wingshooting places like Argentina, Bolivia, Hungary, Slovakia, Romania, England, France, and Scotland, plus South Africa.  Covid put the kibosh on that for the past two years as most anybody knows, and the current state of the world, which is following the Ukraine/Russia conflict on an hourly basis, is not good, so travel has been down to say the least.

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The Wingshooting Schools of England: Part 4, Holland & Holland Shooting Grounds

Tuesday, August 18, 2020
Written by Irwin Greenstein
Categories: Destinations

When it comes to describing a state of bliss, the oft-used saying “I’ve died and gone to heaven” rises to the occasion when you pull into the parking lot of the Holland & Holland Shooting Grounds where, across the way, six Land Rovers with their chauffeurs mingling about, herald your arrival to England’s most luxurious shooting school.

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The Wingshooting Schools of England: Part 3, The E.J. Churchill Shooting Ground

Tuesday, June 30, 2020
Written by Irwin Greenstein
Categories: Destinations
Tags: blaser f3 intuition, churchill hercules, ej churchill shooting ground, george digweed, percy stanbury, robert churchill, the churchill method, the stanbury method

It takes a special kind of genius to fit a guy with a ladies’ shotgun, teach him a new clays-shooting technique and then get him out on the course to start smashing targets all within the span of 90 minutes.

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