Ocellated Turkey Hunts
Rio Sonora Outfitters has teamed up with Arturo Vazquez Malo on his 90,000 acre lease for Ocellated Turkeys. Arturo operates a very professional hunting camp out of the city of Campeche, Mexico. During the past three years hunters have experienced 100% hunt success with Arturo.
RSO is confident this is the type of Ocellated Hunt that U.S. hunters are looking for. These hunts are reasonably priced and have prompt service including great camps, great cooks and food, in addition to a large lease with alot of birds !
Below you can review many photos of successful hunters, camp settings, and other species of game available to hunt during the four days in the field. Details of the travel and hunting arrangements are also explained as well as all available hunt dates and prices.
Ken Werling (L) is a personal friend of RSO. While on his hunt, Ken was very impressed with all aspect of the Ocellated Hunt and was able to take a Great Curassow in addition to his Ocellated Turkey.
Above are a couple groups of hunters that did very well. Hunting conditions are good and hunts may finish early leaving plenty of time to hunt other species of go sight seeing at the local Mayan ruins.
Hunt Prices and Species Availability:
All hunts are four days in length and include everything other than your travel arrangements to the city of Campeche, Mexico. Other species listed below are available for during the Ocellated Turkey hunt, as there is ample time to hunt these game animals during the turkey hunt. All trophy care and preparation for export/import is provided, including license and all documents required to legally export/import the trophies, shotguns and ammunition, guides and transportation. Hunters may register their own firearms, however it may create delays at the airport and inspection point within Mexico and adds an additional firearms registration cost.
Four Day Ocellated or Brockett Deer hunt : $3,000.00 / Second Bird - $1000.00 / Brockett Deer $1000.00
Other Species : Great Curassow - $750.00 / Crested Guan - $750.00 / Javelina - $500.00
2009 Season Dates Available:
April 6th - 11h - 2 Available / April 16th - 21st - 4 Available
April 21st - 26th - 4 Available / April 26th - May 1st - 6 Available
Destination / Travel Arrangements:
Flight arrangements need to be made to fly into into Mexico City and catch the one flight/day that is available directly to Campeche, Mexico. This flight arrives in Campeche at 1700 hours where you will be greeted by Arturo Malo. Hunters will travel to the hunting camp approximately 2.5 hours and will arrive prior to the evening dinner. On the return, hunters will leave hunting camp on the morning of the fifth day after breakfast and travel back to Campeche. Hunters will arrive back to the airport prior to 1200 noon and will be able to make the flight back to Mexico City that afternoon. Arturo Malo will advise all hunters of specific travel arrangements contacts upon booking a hunt. He will also accommodate hunting group in need of customized flight arrangements if requested. The dates above indicate start dates for the hunts, flight arrangements will need to be booked to accommodate these dates. Transportation to and from hunting camp is provided in a recent model Suburban equipped with A/C.
Hunting / Camp Accommodations
All hunters will have their own guide for a 1 on 1 hunt and each hunt will begin on the 2nd day of the trip and end after 4 days of hunting. One day hunt extensions can be made to hunt additional species if requested.
Hunters will be treated to a light breakfast at 0430 hours which consists of juice, coffee, cereal, fruit, or toast and will travel to hunting areas and return around 1000 hours for a full, late breakfast. Hunters will return to the field at 1500 hours and will hunt until dark and return to camp. Hunters will be transported in 4x4 Suburbans. Quality shotguns are provided along with 3" shotshells with #4 shot.
The hunting camp is established on the lease and consists of four tents with two beds each and room to accommodate eight hunters total. The bathroom is regular style with gravity water provided from a well located on the lease. A diesel generator provides power to the camp for fans, lights and a freezer for food and capes.
The camp cooks own and operated a restaurant in Campeche and are adverse in serving their customers properly. Meals are Mexican style but not too spicy and include; steak, fresh fish or seafood, and turkey. All the soft drinks, bottled water is provided, and hunters have the option of purchasing their own alcohol in Campeche prior to leaving for camp.
The temperature in the area during turkey season averages in the 70 degrees at night and may reach 95 degrees or more during the daytime. In April and May it is usually dry, however an occasional rain shower brings relief to the warm conditions, thus rain gear is not recommended. typical hunting gear includes; light hiking boots, long-sleeve camo shirts, light camo pants or shorts, bug repellent, head lamp and small flashlight, headnet, sunscreen, and camera.
Prior to leaving on the hunt, hunters need to contact a local USDA Approved Taxidermist to accept and process the trophies once imported. Either I or Arturo Malo can recommend a Taxidermist if you have trouble locating one in your area. Just have the contact information with you and available when re-entering the USA. All trophies must either be sent or taken to the USDA Approved taxidermist immediately to fulfill inspection policies. After the trophy inspection and processing is complete, any taxidermist of choice can mount your trophy.
Booking a Hunt / Deposits:
To book a hunt send $1500.00 to the following address: Rio Sonora Outfitters, Attention: Brad Fulk, P.O. Box 1030, Hereford, AZ 85615. Once a deposit is received, your hunt dates will be reserved. All deposits are non-refundable, however, if an emergency arises, hunts may be reserved for the following year, or a replacement hunter can fill-in on the scheduled hunt.
To the left is a photo of a Brockett Deer, center is a Crested Guan, and the black bird on the right is a Great Curassow.
Local Mayan Ruins Historic site in along the route to hunting camp.
Camp accommodations; sleeping tent and dinning hall.
Rio Sonora Outfitters, LLC. - P. O. Box 1030 Hereford, Arizona 85615 - (520)-803-9210
