The Patagonian Roar

Red Stag

Red stag is the flagship of Parque Diana. The March–April roar is what most of our returning hunters come for — and the reason those weeks sell out first. We market both free-range, fair-chase hunts and high-fence hunts, so you can choose the experience that matches your goals.

This country is classic red stag country: broken timber, high meadows and river bottoms where mature stags hold their hinds through the rut. We hunt them the way they should be hunted — on foot, into the wind, closing the last hundred metres when the roar tells you the stag is committed.

Every stag is judged in the field by your guide before the shot. We take mature animals only, and we keep pressure light so the herd genetics stay strong season after season. Most of our hunters come for a gold-medal or SCI-book stag and hold out for it — that is the hunt we are built around. A smaller number choose a representative Patagonian stag. We offer both free-range, fair-chase hunts in our private Andean ranges and high-fence hunts for those who want a more controlled environment and the strongest trophy potential.

Free-range, fair-chase and high-fence hunts available
Roar hunts (Mar–Apr) sell out — plan 12+ months ahead
Guide-judged trophy quality; gold-medal upgrades available
1×1 guiding standard, English-speaking guides

Mark Peterson with a Patagonian red stag — preview from The Journey Within S9:E3

As seen on Waypoint TV

The Journey Within S9:E3 — filmed at Parque Diana

Mark Peterson hunts Patagonia with us in this episode of The Journey Within. Watch the hunt unfold on the same ground you will be walking.

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John King with a massive free-range Patagonian red stag — YouTube preview

AS SEEN ON OUTER LIMITS PURSUIT

John King hunts a massive free-range stag in Parque Diana

Outer Limits Pursuit and South American Adventure Safaris film John King’s hunt in the mountains of Patagonia — zero ground shrinkage on this one.

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AS SEEN ON OUTER LIMITS PURSUIT

Evaluating Red Stags: Free Range and High Fence

John King breaks down a simple method to evaluate New Zealand and Argentina stags from 290 to 600 inches — filmed at Parque Diana.

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A place in the record books

1995

President Carlos Menem & the CIC South American Record

In 1995, two-time President of Argentina Carlos Menem hunted red stag at Parque Diana. The stag he took that season was entered into the CIC record book and recognized then as the South American Record for Cervus elaphus — a reminder that this ground has produced trophies recognized well beyond Patagonia.

President Carlos Menem beside the fireplace at Parque Diana, beneath the mounted skull of the record red stag taken in 1995 — President Menem at Parque Diana with the stag that became the CIC South American Record, 1995.

Red Stag gallery

Hunter with an enormous multi-tined Patagonian red stag high in the Andes

Three hunters behind an exceptional gold-medal Patagonian red stag on a high mountain meadow

Hunter with a dark-antlered stag against snow-dusted mountains

Hunter with rifle beside a towering multi-tined red stag above the lake

Smiling hunter behind the tall dark antlers of a Patagonian red stag above the lake

Heavy multi-tined red stag down in the beech timber overlooking a Patagonian lake

Hunter with rifle behind a heavy-bodied red stag in Patagonian pine timber

Hunter behind an exceptional wide multi-tined red stag under a blue Patagonian sky

Family of hunters behind an enormous multi-tined gold-medal red stag in the Patagonian mountains

Hunter behind a massive wide-framed red stag below a Patagonian peak

Hunter with a heavy dark-antlered red stag on a green Patagonian meadow

Enormous multi-tined red stag at rest in the grass below a rocky Patagonian peak

Hunter behind an exceptionally wide gold-medal Patagonian red stag

Family of hunters behind a massive Patagonian red stag

Hunter with a heavy-beamed red stag at sunset in the Andes

Hunter holding the antlers of a mature Patagonian red stag

Hunter and dark-antlered red stag on a high mountain ridge

Young hunter with a red stag beneath a double rainbow in Patagonia

Lady hunter with a wide, heavy red stag on the valley flats

Wide-framed red stag taken in the lenga forest at Parque Diana

Hunter kneeling with a heavy multi-point red stag in golden grass

Hunter displaying a European-mounted red stag skull and antlers

Hunter with a pale, heavy-tined red stag in the lenga forest

Lady hunter kneeling beside a mature red stag in the pines

Three hunters behind a massive red stag below the Andean peaks

Hunter behind a tall-tined red stag in an Andean valley

Two hunters with a heavy red stag beside a Patagonian lake

Hunter with a mature red stag taken in the pine forest

Hunter with a wide red stag on the open Patagonian steppe

Two hunters with a heavy red stag at first light

Close-up of a massive dark-antlered Patagonian red stag with its hunter

Exceptional dark-antlered red stag resting on a Patagonian river bank

Hunter behind a huge multi-tined red stag in the lenga forest

Two hunters with a wide red stag under clear Patagonian skies

Two hunters behind a massive red stag with towering antlers at sunset in Patagonia

Hunter with a long-beamed red stag on a forested Andean slope

Hunter behind a broad, heavy-tined red stag on the open hillside

Hunter with a crowned red stag high above the Andes

Hunter with a towering, heavily tined red stag on a mountain ridge

Hunter behind an enormous gold-medal red stag with massive multi-tined antlers in the Patagonian mountains

Hunter behind a massive palmated red stag in the mountain forest

Two hunters with an exceptional heavy-beamed red stag below the Andean peaks

Hunter and guide with a giant multi-tined red stag on a wooded ridge

Hunter standing behind a massive red stag beside a Patagonian river

Gold-medal red stag with a hunter in the lenga forest

Hunter and guide with a gold-medal red stag below rocky Andean spires

Young hunter with a heavy-antlered red stag in the forest

Hunter with a wide-antlered red stag against a mountain backdrop

Hunter with a dark-antlered red stag on open grassland above the lake

Two hunters with a heavy red stag under a clear blue Andean sky

Hunter beside an enormous palmated red stag in the timber

Hunter with rifle behind a tall-tined red stag on the mountainside

Two hunters with a wide red stag on a sunny Andean meadow

Two hunters with a heavy-beamed red stag in the lenga forest

Hunter with a massive red stag on a Patagonian riverbank

Hunter with a tall-tined red stag in the forest clearing

Two hunters with a giant red stag at dusk below the mountains

Hunter with an exceptional wide red stag in the golden grass

Three hunters with a heavy red stag under Patagonian skies

Two hunters with a gold-medal red stag at sunrise in the mountains

Two hunters with a heavy-antlered red stag at first light

Couple behind a massive wide-racked red stag in a mountain meadow at dusk

Hunter with a heavy gold-medal red stag in tussock grass at sunset

Hunter with a palmated red stag in the lenga forest

Two hunters with a wide-antlered red stag under the trees

Two hunters with a heavy red stag against the Andes

Hunter standing over an exceptional palmated red stag

Two hunters behind a massive red stag with extraordinary antlers in Patagonian grasslands

Two hunters behind a massive red stag with wide, palmated antlers in open Patagonian country

Hunter and guide with a tall-tined red stag in the woods

Three hunters behind a wide-antlered red stag in evening light

Bowhunter with an enormous palmated red stag

Hunter with rifle beside a heavy red stag on open Patagonian ground

Hunter with a broad-beamed red stag in the forest

Two hunters with a towering multi-tined red stag

Two hunters with a wide dark-antlered red stag in the brush

Two hunters with a dark heavy red stag in tussock grass

Hunter with a dark massive red stag under storm clouds

Hunter with a huge red stag beside a Patagonian river

Hunter with rifle behind a heavy red stag in the lenga scrub

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