Join Team GetDucks.com for 3-day hosted Pacific Black Brant Hunting FEBRUARY 7-10, 2013. High tides and no moon will make for excellent hunting during these dates. We'll be hunting baja black brant for 3 mornings, chasing California quail or a few ducks for 2 afternoons. Bird taxidermist Pat Pitt will handle trophy preparation. Maximum 10 hunters, double-occupancy with private room upgrades available. Contact Us or call Ramsey at 601-214-9737 or toll free 1-866-438-3897 for more information.

Baja Pacific Black Brant Hunting In Baja 2806 Pacific Black Brant hunting is a wonderful experience that's perfect for avid waterfowl collectors or hunters looking to expand their wingshooting horizons. Pacific Black Brant migrate from the Gulf of Alaska and western Russia to Baja Mexico's San Quintin Bay each year to feed on their principle food, eel grass, which is abundant in Baja's rich wetlands. Pacific Black Brant accomplish an interested feat of flying non-stop 40 to 48 hours to their Baja wintering grounds.

San Quintin Bay is about 13 miles long and 4 miles wide. Eel grass is abundant and winter weather is mild. About 40% of the reported world population of Black Brant, which is estimated at about 125,000, winter each year in this beautiful bay. The US Fish & Wildlife Service bands at least 20% of these birds. As an added bonus it is common for hunters to collect leg bands, and on rare occasions a Russian-banded brant is taken.

Pacific Black Brant hunting seasons typically runs early-November through the last Sunday in February. Hunting is limited only to to Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays until noon to ensure quality hunting for the entire season. Black Brant work best on a falling tide so productive hunting times vary in the mornings. The sights and sounds of whales, porpoises and a diversity of wintering shorebirds are common. Complete success in collecting the current 10-bird brant limits is assured.

pacific brant 6.jpg Each morning, your personal guide will provide boat transfers to your eel blind along the shore, usually arriving at daybreak. Blinds are constructed of eel grass, camo netting, palmetto fronds or volcanic rock to blend in perfectly. A nice brant spread is set and the boat is retired to a safe distance. The staff maintains a kennel of apt retreivers and your retreiver is welcomed, so bring one if you wish. Ducks are uncommon and should be considered a rare treat while hunting Pacific Black Brant in San Quintin Bay.

After limits are acheived, hunters return to camp for lunch and likely siesta. Hunters are lodges at the charming Old Mill Hotel, and all meals are served at the Old Mill restaurant and cantina. In addition to afternoon quail hunting, afternoon options include sight-seeing tours of the bay, light-tackle fishing, 4x4 drives or nothing at all, just simply relaxing.

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Timing

Black brant season runs early-November through the last Sunday of February, with peak brant concentrations usually occurring in late-January through February.

Rates

$2,450 3-day Pacific Black Brant Hunting packages to include 3 morning brant hunts and 2 afternoon quail hunts.

$3,150 5½-day "Baja Blast" Brant Hunting Combo to include 2 days of pacific black brant and valley quail hunting, 1 full day valley quail hunting, 2 days of high-volume pheasants plus valley and Gambel's quail hunting, and a final half-day of dove and pheasant hunting! Limited to select December and January dates only. Email or call for more information.

Included

All-inclusive packages for hunting Pacific Black Brant include:

Round-trip airport transfers
3 meals daily
Soft drinks, coffee, bottled water
Outfitter-provided guns 12 or 20ga (recommended for convenience)
Personal gun permits if guests bring their own
Hunting licenses and permits
Daily hunting-related transfers
Game cleaning and trophy preparations
Guides and bird boys

Not Included

Packages for hunting Pacific Black Brant in Baja Mexico do not include:

Airfare
Voluntary gratuities for guides, bird boys and lodge staff
Ammo - $16 / box
Alcoholic beverages
Items of personal nature
Travel Protection Plan (Trip Insurance) VIEW HERE

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Pacific Black Brant

black brant 13.jpg Pacific Brant (Branta bernicla nigricans), or Black Brant, are an abundant small goose of the ocean shores that breed in the high Arctic tundra and winter along the Pacific Coast. Over 70% of the world population of Pacific Black Brant winter in Baja, Mexico, with the much smaller remainder overwintering in interior portions.

There are an estimated 115,000-150,000 black brant in the world and about 14,000 are taken each year by hunters. The highest numbers of Pacific Black Brant are shot in Baja, Mexico. Interesting fact: The oldest age record for any duck, goose or swan in North America is held by a Pacific Brant at 28.5 years!

The Pacific Brant is slightly larger than a Mallard. Males are somewhat bigger than females; otherwise, the sexes are not distinguishable. It is one of the darkest waterfowl with a black head, neck and upper breast and a white necklace on the sides of the neck. The back and upper wing coverts are edged with lighter grays on a darker grayish brown feathers. The Pacific Brant has a very dark breast and belly with little or no contrast separating them. The flanks are much whiter than the Atlantic Brant. The black bill is short and stubby. They are an attractive addition to game rooms and are popular among collectors.

Getting There - Pacific Black Brant Hunts

Fly to San Diego International Airport (SAN). You will be met by our English-speaking representatives and ground transfered to hotel, about 4 hours south.

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Certification of Registration for Personal Effects Taken Abroad (Form 4457)

Importation of Fish and Wildlife Form 3-177

What to Bring (Packing List) - Hunting Pacific Black Brant in Baja Mexico

General Provisions:

Passport
Chest waders (ducks) chaps (quail)
Small "field bag"
Pocket knife
Sunscreen
Shooting glasses
Aloe Vera gel for sunburn
Shooting gloves
Camera equipment
Light-weight shooting vest or shell belt
Small flashlight
Hearing protection
Ice chest for game
Insect repellant
Small Bills for Tips

Duck Hunting/ Quail Hunting Apparel:

Clothing -Expect temperatures will average in the 60's. However, frequent cold fronts can drop temperatures close to freezing. Outfit for mild temperatures with one set of clothes for cold weather (30 degrees +) in the event of a cold front passes. Orange cap recommended for Quail hunting.
Bathing Suit - Bring one.
Footwear - Light-weight boots are ideal for quail hunting. They should lace and have rigid soles. Chest waders are suggested for duck hunters.
12- and 20-gauge Semi-automatics are available FREE for guests choosing to eliminate paperwork. Personal shotguns permits are also included at no charge.

Weather - Brant Hunting in Mexico

The climate in Baja California is temperate and rather dry, receiving an average of 9 inches (235 mm) of rain annually. Expect lows in the mid-40s warming to highs in the mid-60s.

VERY IMPORTANT NOTE - Mexico Brant Hunting

Hunters that try to import ammunition without the proper permits discover the ugly consequences. This is a serious criminal offense in Mexico, so don't dream of trying it. Quality ammunition will be available per the Black Brant Hunting package.

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