Shoot Benchmarking Results 2009/2010
Wednesday, July 28th 2010
What is the going rate for a pheasant in the bag? How much should you be paying for a partridge poult? How many days per year does a typical shoot run? Read the results to find out more... Read More
Shooting: The Sports: The Facts
Saturday, July 10th 2010
Watch this very interesting video from The Shooting Sports Trust. Simply click Find/Read More to see the link and article. Read More
GunsOnPegs wins Best Website 2010!
Wednesday, May 26th 2010
Latest offers from some great shoots and developments from GunsOnPegs including plans for the CLA Game Fair. Read More
Consider These 3 Superb Shooting Opportunities
Wednesday, May 12th 2010
Dear Member, With nearly 1,000 days available for the coming season on GunsOnPegs, there are some great shooting opportunities available. Here are 3 of them: Burnworthy Manor Shoot - At £29.50 per bird, Burnworthy Manor offers some challenging Somerset shooting at a good price. Set amid 2,000... Read More
Are You Fully Stocked Yet?
Friday, April 23rd 2010
Dear Shoot Owner, We hope your preparations for the season are coming along well. We have been continually updating GunsOnPegs to make it easier to use so that hopefully, even more shooting will be sold through the site. We have been developing our relationship with Bettws Hall and they are now providing a... Read More
Testimonials About Your Shoot - NEW Feature
Monday, March 29th 2010
We are delighted to be able to bring you a couple of long awaited updates to GunsOnPegs which should really help you sell more days. Read More
Free Publicity For Your Shoot
Wednesday, March 17th 2010
GunsOnPegs has now reached over 12,600 members and 650 Shoot Owners. The activity on the website is now over twice as busy as last year and many full days and pegs are being sold. Read More
Chicks & Poults at Best Prices?
Wednesday, March 10th 2010
Looking for the best pheasant & partridge chicks or poults at the best possible prices? Read More
25% Off at Land Rover Experience Chilterns & South East
Wednesday, February 24th 2010
GunsOnPegs have teamed up with Land Rover Experience at the Chilterns and South East locations and are offering GunsOnPegs Members 25% discount on a great day off-road driving! Read More
Next Season Starts Tomorrow...!
Wednesday, February 10th 2010
For those of you that have never experienced a top simulated game shoot, we can tell you that it is incredibly close to the real thing. Read More
Join Our Stand at The CLA Game Fair
Wednesday, January 20th 2010
This year’s CLA Game Fair descends upon Ragley Hall, Warwickshire from July 23rd to 25th and we would like you to join us! The 2009 Game Fair attracted 130,000 people and is a great way to generate some new business for your shoot. Read More
Spot The Pheasant and bag yourself a shoot for Christmas!
Wednesday, December 16th 2009
Dear Member Gun, First of all, we would like to wish you all a Merry Christmas and thank you for your support throughout 2009. The feedback we have received from the shoots this year has been very positive and it is safe to say that some shoots have been kept afloat through your support by buying days through... Read More
January 1st VAT Increase
Monday, December 7th 2009
Dear Shoot Owner, As you will be aware the VAT rate increases on the 1st January 2010 from 15% to 17.5%. This increase has many implications for shoot prices in January 2010 and for next season. GunsOnPegs is working closely with Saffery Champness and you will see on the “Sell Pegs”... Read More
GunsOnPegs and Saffrey Champness Form a Partnership
Wednesday, December 2nd 2009
GunsOnPegs & Saffrey Champness have teamed up to provide Shoot Owners with advice on all matters concerning VAT. Saffrey Champness are the leading accountancy, tax and business advisers to landowners and specialise in issues associated to shooting. Douglas Gordon, of Saffrey Champness, has provided... Read More
Stock up on Wine for Your Shoot with an Offer from Berry Bros. & Rudd
Wednesday, October 7th 2009
Dear Shoot Owner, GunsOnPegs is delighted to announce its association with Berry Bros. & Rudd, Britain's oldest wine and spirit merchant, having traded from the same shop for over 300 years. If you’re stocking up on wine for your shoot, why not take advantage of the special wholesale rates available... Read More
GunsOnPegs launches a Fan Page on Facebook
Tuesday, September 29th 2009
GunsOnPegs have moved into the 21st century with a bang by launching a Fan Page on the social networking site, Facebook. The reason behind the decision first and foremost is that it will allow us to keep in contact with our members on a more regular basis which is something that we value enormously. However, a... Read More
GunsOnPegs Win “Best Web Site” 2009
Tuesday, June 16th 2009
GunsOnPegs are delighted to win the public vote for the “Best Web Site” 2009 in the Shooting industry awards sponsored by the IPC magazines Shooting Gazette, Shooting Times, Sporting Gun and Shooting UK. The awards were held at the Westley Richards gummakers premises in Birmingham on the 3rd June... Read More
Advice On How To Gain More Sales
Tuesday, May 19th 2009
Dear Shoot Owner, This email has been drafted by the GunsOnPegs team as a tool to help all shoot owners advertising on GunsOnPegs in what we expect will be a challenging year. Clearly we do not have the power to make the nation spend more, but we would like to help you to tempt them in to it! The points below have... Read More
Shooting Industry Awards - Web Site Vote!
Thursday, April 30th 2009
Please help us! We have just been notified that we have reached the last 3 for the Best Website Category in The Shooting Industry awards. The winner of this category is voted for by the public and we are up against some tough competition, so we need as much help as we can get! If you think we are deserving, please... Read More
Code of Good Shooting Practice
Wednesday, March 25th 2009
Dear Shoot Owner, Does your shoot follow the Code of Good Shooting Practice? We must never be complacent about the future of shooting. Shooting and shoot management practices will be judged by the way participants and providers behave. Our sport is under constant and detailed scrutiny and we must demonstrate that we... Read More
'Good Shoot Hotel' Guide
Wednesday, March 4th 2009
Dear Member Gun and Shoot Owner, Win a free day’s shooting for you and a friend. Worth over £1,500, plus a runner up prize. Recommend any Good Shoot Hotels or accommodation for Shoot Parties. GunsOnPegs is producing a comprehensive guide of “Good Shoot Hotels” throughout the UK. The... Read More
BASC press release
Wednesday, March 4th 2009 - Author: BASC
BASC Go Shooting and GunsOnPegs enter a partnership. Read More
Next Season's Game Cover
Thursday, February 19th 2009 - Author: James Horne
I am delighted to recommend to you Oakbank Game and Conservation Ltd who have successfully provided us with Game cover in recent seasons... Read More
Shoot Owners Update - February 2009
Thursday, February 5th 2009 - Author: James Horne
Dear Shoot Owner, Now is the time to post your days available for next season - and we are still free of charge! GunsOnPegs continues to grow at a fantastic rate. Every month we achieve another milestone and we can now boast over 5,000 members. The email traffic to shoots which is central to the service has... Read More
Shooting Sportsman Magazine January / February 2009
Tuesday, February 3rd 2009 - Author: Steven Clay Groh
There is a chap in East Anglia who is altering the landscape of shooting in Great Britain. His name is James Horne, and his brainchild is the internet based business GunsOnPegs. The germ of the idea emerged on a shooting day with a group of investors in the ubiquitous internet auction site eBay. Horne’s... Read More
GunsOnPegs Shoot Owners Update
Thursday, January 8th 2009
As the end of the season fast approaches, I hope you have benefited from the GunsOnPegs website. We are currently increasing our membership at the fastest rate ever with 250 new members in the last week. Read More
January Sales? Shooting Times 1st January 2009.
Thursday, January 1st 2009
To what extent has the economic downturn forced shoots to discount their late-season days? Shooting Times asked the industry where shooters should go to find a bargain. Sporting agencies with wealthy corporate clients explained that they have not felt the economic pinch yet, despite difficult trading conditions in... Read More
Christmas 2008
Tuesday, December 23rd 2008 - Author: James H N Horne
Dear Member Guns and Shoot Owners We would like to wish you a very happy Christmas and New Year. Have a look at our some of the late availability shooting on our “Offers” section. There are single guns available at several of the UK’s most prestigious shoots, such as Chargot, Brigands... Read More
December Update from GunsOnPegs...
Thursday, December 4th 2008 - Author: James H N Horne
Dear Member Guns and Shoot Owners, I hope your shooting season is progressing well and that we may have helped you find some new places to shoot. We now have nearly 4,000 members and have already posted more than 2,100 days shooting through our free to use site. We are starting to receive some late availability... Read More
Update - November 2008
Thursday, November 20th 2008 - Author: James H N Horne
Dear Shoot Owner, We hope your season is progressing well and we thank you all for your continued support. We now have over 3,500 Member guns who are all active purchasers of shooting and the site is receiving around 19,000 page views a week with over 20 new members every day! We have had a substantial number of... Read More
My Dream Team: Shooting Gazette October, 2008
Thursday, October 23rd 2008 - Author: James Horne of www.GunsOnPegs.com
There is nothing more exciting than standing in beautiful and unfamiliar surroundings at peg waiting for that first bird over you. I started the website not only to help sell that last available day or peg on our shoot, but also to help make shooting more accessible. The number of times I have heard friends say:... Read More
Update - September 2008
Monday, September 15th 2008 - Author: James H N Horne
Dear Shoot Owner, With the season already upon us, we are delighted to inform you we now have well over 2,000 Member Guns and over 250 registered shoot owners! Our advertising programme continues in all the shooting press for the coming season. GunsOnPegs shoot owners have now received over 550 emails from... Read More
Newsletter - July 2008
Tuesday, July 8th 2008 - Author: James H N Horne
Dear Member Guns and Shoot Owners, We are delighted to tell you the web site goes from strength to strength with the announcement that Holland & Holland have become a lead sponsor! The web site now has over 150 shoot owners registered with an enormous range of dates and types of shooting available for the... Read More
A successful season for GunsOnPegs Shoot Owners
Sunday, March 2nd 2008 - Author: James H N Horne
Dear Shoot Owners, We are delighted to inform you we now have nearly 1100 member guns GunsOnPegs shoot owners have received nearly 200 emails from member guns and it is estimated that nearly £250,000 worth of shooting was sold last season. You will have noticed that we had indicated that... Read More
New 'Expiring Events' Alert System
Wednesday, December 12th 2007 - Author: James H N Horne
We have recently added an automated mechanism for reminding Shoot Owners by email of diary dates whose entries will expire ( and therefore 'vanish' ) before the actual event date. Until the end of January 2008 you can top these up at no cost so if you still have pegs available on these days it might help to fill... Read More
