Wildfowling in North East

North Yorkshire, United Kingdom

Ellington Estate delivers an authentic and exhilarating day’s driven shooting in the heart of the North Yorkshire Dales. Principally a private shoot rather than a commercial operation, the atmosphere is relaxed, convivial and unmistakably genuine. It is a day shared among friends, family and like minded Guns who value proper sport. Shooting across approximately 4,000 acres, the estate offers 24 carefully designed drives, including three signature drives renowned for producing memorable birds. Pheasant and partridge are presented in equal measure, flying strong and honestly over rolling ground. Birds spread naturally along the line, ensuring fair and engaging sport for Guns of all abilities. Adding further variety, Ellington regularly offers classic wildfowling and rough shooting, with duck, teal, goose and snipe often featuring. Ten species on the game card in a single day is not unusual, creating a richly traditional and highly rewarding shooting experience.

North Yorkshire, United Kingdom

The shooting at North Stainley estate stretches from North Stainley near Ripon to Grewelthorpe near Masham, with topography ranging from flat mixed arable lands and pastures to rolling hills, steep quarry faces and high game crop topped valleys. The shoot has seen major investment over the last decade, creating a spectacular private shoot where there has been only one aim, to provide memorable shooting in the most attractive surroundings with superlative hospitality. The estate is constantly investing in large scale improvements, such as woodland planting, game crop expansion, access track construction and further land acquisition. The North Stainley end of the estate concentrates on providing smaller mixed walked up days and wild fowling, while the driven days occur mostly at the Mickley end of the estate, one of the most picturesque and quintessential parts of North Yorkshire. Although driven Pheasants are the primary game bird, the shoots also release French and English Partridge as well as Mallard which help boost our evening flight ponds. Most of the drives have been designed to allow very little travelling distance between them, and many you are able to walk from one to the other. We are also members of the Trusted Game scheme.

North Yorkshire, United Kingdom

The Middleton Tyas Shoot based in Richmond, North Yorkshire is a family low ground shoot developed over the last 40 years. The shooting takes place across arable and grass farmland with birds shown from plantations designed for shooting with the help of the GWCT. We are thrilled to be able to open up the family shoot to one visiting team per year and there is an opportunity for you to join us on one of our days. A typical day would consist of 6 drives with a wildfowl drive to start with producing many truly wild birds - wild mallard and teal. The remaining 5 drives will be predominantly pheasnts. Although we do have some wild greys on the farm, we will only shoot these if we have a successful breeding season.

North Yorkshire, United Kingdom

We are a friendly shoot, which means we do our best for our clients and to suit your requirements. We have a great team of beaters and pickers up to ensure you have a great day.  Brantingham shoot, Brough north cave.  The shoot lies to the west of the A63 exit at the south cave junction then head towords Brough the shoot  is about 2 miles passed the round about on the right.  The estate land heads towards the river Humber We offer duck, pheasant and partridge shooting over 300 acres with 4 ponds and 10 pheasants and partridge drives. Pheasant and partridge are shot over cover crops and a small shelter belts. 3 large woods, which belts high birds on some parts of the shoot, Over 500 ducks,1500 pheasants and 400 partridges have been released. We are a family run shoot and can cater for full teams or individual guns to join our friendly syndicate.  Our syndicate is built upon farmer and good friends looking for a enjoyable day we shoot upto 8 days thought out the season on the best drive. We do not rush to try and fit as meany drives in as we can. We like to stop for refreshments in the morning and I nice driner brake todiscus the drives and the drives we would like to do next.  Full days are available from October onward. Any date can be arranged. So, for a fun days shooting please contact me.

Durham, United Kingdom

SYNDICATE PROFILE We lease two estates totalling 3700 acres. We have the Deepdale Shoot which is part of Lartington Estate just outside Barnard Castle (County Durham) and the Holm Hill Shoot which is located 10 minutes south of Carlisle in north Cumbria All our shooting is on a stand one/beat one basis with 9 guns standing, we do not shoot or carry a gun in the beating line. On the shoot day we are split into two teams, 9 in each team and through the day we rotate shooting and then beating. Guns make a daily contribution of £20 (minimum) which is both a “keepers tip” and wages for an additional 4-6 beaters/pickers-up with dogs to bulk up the line and to keep the day running smoothly. Our members need to be fit as you will take your turn at beating and you need to do it properly! We are looking for folks who can appreciate a day in glorious countryside with good friends and enjoy more than just pulling the trigger. We have no interest in folks who want to turn up with a calculator to work out how many birds they should be shooting in order to get “good value”, we are looking for people who contribute socially and to help ensure others have a great day Shoot days are Friday and Saturday's. We shoot on 23 days over the season so there are plenty of options for folks to be able to select days that suit them. Novice guns are welcome and novice guns will be allocated a mentor to help them to settle into and learn about Game Shooting. Safety and understanding of the ethics and traditions of Game Shooting are crucial to us so if you are a novice gun please make us aware so we can help and mentor you. Deepdale is located 5 minutes outside Barnard Castle at Lartington Village and is a convenient 20 minute drive to the A1 at Scotch Corner and 45 minutes from the M6 in the west. Deepdale is a 700 acre traditional shoot which was planted up and managed as a Sporting estate. Deepdale has a magnificent wood construction bespoke lunch hut that is the hub for many social days. Deepdale has varied terrain with drives from Game Crops, small woods, large woods, the High Lake, the Snipe Bog, Low Lake, Raygill Woods and, as the name suggests, the very deep Deepdale which is a narrow wooded valley running for over a mile from the edge of Lartington Moor down to Barnard Castle. Deepdale has 10 drives in use and we shoot 4-6 drives per day.. Deepdale gets a good fall of Woodcock and on our last day one gun had two brace on his peg at the High Lake. In 2022 we are releasing 1000 birds at Deepdale and look to attain a recovery rate over 33%. We shoot on 9 days at Deepdale Holm Hill Shoot extends to just under 3000 acres and is located in North Cumbria overlooked by the Northern Fells at Caldbeck. The shoot is South of Carlisle near Dalston and only 10 minutes from the M6. Holm Hill has a good mixture of topography with well spaced mature hardwood and softwood woodland as well as some cover crops. Many drives are off rolling hills or steep river side banks which present challenging and rewarding shooting. There are notable drives from the mature woodland at Fir Bank which show varied and testing birds over and along the River Caldew, the renowned Raughton Wood from the hilltop and over to Clay Bank, Red Ghyll falling down the valley to Gaitsgill and that’s to name just a handful. The shoot has around 28 drives meaning syndicate members will experience a variety of drives and challenges throughout the season. The shoot has a riverside Bothy where we meet and return for lunch and day end refreshments. In 2022 we will release 2250 Pheasants at Holm Hill and shooting 14 days with full members selecting 10 days from 14. We look to shoot a bag averaging 50 birds a day and a return in excess of 36%.. Depending on the drives and the time of year we shoot from 4 up to 6 drives per day. Members have the option of shooting Holm Hill, Deepdale or a combination of both so there are many options and a great deal of variety.