Outfitters Cano and Cane Saint Antonin did a survey of the stags during the most recent rut and say that they saw animals they would judge to be SCI gold medal or better. Silver-medal animals were even more numerous. Because of the inaccessibility of the area, it has never been commercially hunted before. The outfitters fully expect that some real monsters will be taken by the first hunters....
This hunt is conducted in the southern Andes near the major resort city of Bariloche. Hunters fly into Bariloche, where they are met and driven for about an hour back into the Andes. At that point they get out and mount up on horseback and ride four to five hours into camp. From camp they will go out on horseback or on foot every morning, depending on where the stags are concentrated. It may at times be necessary to hunt so far away from the main camp that a spike camp will be required.
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