Hunting this Lagoon offers an experience unique to the highlands of central Mexico.  Two thirds of the lagoon, situated at 8300 ft. above sea level, is covered with thick, tall bullrushes, interspersed with boat trails and small natural openings.  Since the water is uniformly 2-3 feet deep throughout, travel is accomplished by long, narrow, bi-pointed skiffs poled by hand.  Hunters are lined up about 40-50 meters apart along the trails all facing in the same direction.  "Beaters" sent out in separate boats, one for each hunter, begin a noisy "drive" about 5-600 meters in front of the hunters and advance thru the reeds towards the hunters.  The flushed birds fly out over the hunters, providing exciting and varied shooting.  When the beaters arrive at the line of the hunters, your guide will borrow the narrow beaters boat and pole through the reeds to retrieve your downed birds which he has carefully memorized the location of by system of bent reeds pointed toward them.  As noted Florida bird Taxidermist and waterfowl hunter Tony Gilyard stated "This was the most interesting and unique duck hunt I have experienced.  The ability of the guides to mark and retrieve birds under these conditions defies belief.  Truly a wonderful experience."

We also have a combo trip that is 2 days of quail and 2 days of duck for $3,200 - The ducks and quail are in different lodges that are 3 hours apart so we hunt 2 days and then move lodges.  We hunt quail 3 hours in the morning and 2.5 hours in the afternoon.  Usually we find 20-35 coveys a day.   All walking over pointing dogs.    We use mainly all pointers.  The duck hunting is in blinds with decoys and is 90 % blue wing teal.  There is a lot of teal.   In both places the lodges are ocean front.  Quail hunting is 3 hours from Cancun     Duck hunting is 45 minutes from Merida.