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As you may know, Argentina experienced a bad drought last year. Although we still had great duck hunting in the drought-resistant Paraná Delta, it took us twice as long to get to the blinds and the shallow lagoons scattered across our ranches were reduced to a small few, which shrunk almost daily.  This year, however, we’ll see a totally different scenario. Over the last 3 months, an abundance of rain fell in the Corrientes Province, filling both the Paraná & Corriente Rivers to levels we haven’t seen for 8 years.  Every lagoon on our properties is full.

The May of 09 picture on the top right shows the Corriente River bed and the main channel in the far background. The Dec 09 picture on the bottom right was taken only 200 yards further up river. If this hunter where standing in the same spot today, his feet would be wet. 

The wet spring should significantly increase survival rates among young ducks and we forecast a boost in duck numbers for this 2010 season and for the next few years. Perdiz hunting should also improve dramatically. With lush grassland, there will be no need for them to wonder off property in search of greener pastures. Additionally, crop farmers have already seen a swell in dove populations and although they may curse dove with every crude and clever profanity, we are rubbing our shotguns and grinning.

Looks like we can all enjoy a bumper crop this season.