Pichiguila Club - Hunting

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Season: November 5th, 2004 thru March 6th,2005
Daily Limit: 20
Waterfowl Species available: 13
Club Guns available: YES
Price Range: Starting at $2800.00

Pichiguila Club is an exclusive hunting club since 1968. Ever since its inception, it has been recognized as an excellent duck - and dove-shooting club designed professionally to guarantee sportsmen an enjoyable experience in an atmosphere of complete privacy and exclusiveness.

The Duck Club sports offers some of the best wing shooting in the world, including over 14 visiting and resident wildfowl species and a migratory population of water birds close to 3 million birds.

Pichiguila Club is a corporation dedicated to the rational management of migratory wildfowl in Sinaloa. It is the oldest waterfowl -  management club in Northwest Mexico. At present, Pichiguila, as it is commonly referred, comprises three duck areas named Chiricahueto, La Cruz and Caimanero.

In addition, there are two extensive dove shooting areas near the three campsites, namely, Peninsula de Villamoros and Peninsula Culiacancito for white-winged dove shooting.

Our Chiricahueto campsite is located in the Great Culiacan Marsh, 25,000 acres of brackish water, reefs, mangroves and an incredible abundance of duck species, including Pintail, Cinnamon Teal, Blue- and Green-Winged Teal, Pichiguila (Fulvous Whistling Ducks and Black-Bellied Whistling Ducks), Canvasback, Gadwall, Widgeon as well as White-Winged Doves, Mourning Doves, Pigeons and Geese.

Pichiguila Club comprises an infrastructure of:

* 3 Camps.
* 14 Airboats made of aluminum hulls each equipped with 350CC Chevrolet
engines or Lycoming aircraft engines.
* Airboat piers.
* Breakfast and lunch area.
* Bar.
* Kitchen.
* Rest area (a siesta area with hammocks).
* 4 On site bungalows with all requisite comforts.
* Services of 10 authorized guides.
* Gun cleaning and shell dispensing section.

Hunting Season:

The Club is located in one of the most fertile agricultural valleys of Northwest Mexico, near Culiacan, The State capital. The hunting season runs from November through March.

Temperatures during the season range from 45º - 60º F in the morning to 75º - 80º F in the afternoon.

You Must Bring:

All hunters should wear appropriate camouflage clothing in the marsh and hunting fields. Hunters must bring their own guns, up to two shotguns per individual, and a gun permit and a Sinaloa Hunting License, or you can rent guns include the Club will provide.

Normal walking shoes are recommended. You may also bring camera and video equipment, as well as sunglasses and mosquito repellent.

The Mexican Wildlife Department has established the following daily hunt limits and possessions:

Licenses and Gun Permit may be obtained directly through Global Sporting Safaris. This service is offered at a fee and it guarantees complete documentation and the assurance as well that you are meeting all the legal requirements to hunt in Mexico. Once your hunt reservation is confirmed you will receive the appropriate forms and related instructions.