Show Notes:

It was about 10 years ago when I first started looking into doing a big hunt, but it took that long

to get everything lined up just right. I knew that I wanted to go to Argentina instead of a place

like New Zealand because I wanted to hunt for red stag. It wasn’t until I connected with my

friend Nico who owns an outfit down in Argentina that I could get everything pulled together, but

I never anticipated how a worldwide pandemic would impact all of my carefully made plans.

One of the reasons I chose Argentina is because red stag have been there longer, since the

1800s and the herds are almost native at this point. I prepared for shooting at deer and not elk,

but the bone structure of red stag is more dense than elk. I talk about how this impacted my

hunt with them and what I’d do differently next time.

It took us a little while to realize that we were caught between the pandemic, possible jail time in

Argentina for breaking the quarantine, and panic because the flights kept getting canceled. We

were a couple of hundred miles from Buenos Aires, and we had spotty wi-fi in the middle of the

day. Probably the most difficult part of this trip was how hard it was to communicate with the

outside world.

Since we were quarantined by the government, we decided to use this opportunity to go after

another stag. I had that stag fever, and you know how hard that is to shake once you’ve got it.

The ranch owner offered to let me shoot anything for $1,500, so we were all trying to make the

best out of the situation. However, nothing, and I mean nothing, worked out the way I planned.

I want to recognize all of the positive parts of this experience because it’s easy to focus on the

negative ones. People I hadn’t talked to in years contacted me to help us get out. I got my stag

that I’d always wanted. And despite everything, I would go back and do it again. It was an

amazing experience.

What’s Inside:

● If you like elk hunting, you’ll love red stag hunting, which was the entire reason I chose

Argentina.

● I share some of the unique challenges with red stag hunting.

● In spite of all of the craziness with the pandemic, we were still out there hunting trying to

take our minds off of things.

● So many people reached out to me to help us try to get out of Argentina when it looked

like all of the flights were canceled.

● Every step of the way, something new and crazy got thrown in our path.

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Short Description:

With some time now between my big hunting trip to Argentina and my return to the States, I can

look back with some perspective on how everything went down. There were a hundred

unplanned, irritating things that happened, but also some amazing experiences that I will never

forget. I talk about my stag fever, the one that almost got away, and trying to get out of the

country when no airlines were flying. It was an unforgettable trip, in more ways than one.

Argentina stag hunting, hunting in a pandemic, red stag hunting, South American hunts, hunting

trip of a lifetime, hunting during quarantine, big game hunting