Honeycombe Shoot
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HONEYCOMBE SHOOT - SHERBORNE - DORSET
The Honeycombe Shoot covers nearly 4,000 acres of the beautiful Sherborne Castle Estate in Dorset. Mike and Antonia are now in their eighteenth year of running the Honeycombe Shoot as their own business having been at Honeycombe for 26 seasons. Like most people who run their own business they have worked very hard to establish Honeycombe Shoot and build up its excellent reputation that it has today, as being a classic Dorset shoot. In 2020 awarded Runners Up in the Nations Favourite Shoot Guns on Pegs Awards
Our main driven days of 200-250 bird days are predominantly driven pheasant and partridge showing fantastic birds in spectacular surroundings. Meet in the gun room at Honeycombe Wood for coffee and pastries, plenty of elevenses of smoked salmon canapes, sliced loin of Honeycombe venison, home grown sausages and homemade soup and plenty of fizz and pink! Guns are transported around in our gun trailer throughout the day and are returned to the gun room for tea where their guns are cleaned and a brace of “oven ready” birds are provided on departure.
WALKED UP/MINI DRIVEN SHOOTING SEPTEMBER & OCTOBER and NOVEMBER & DECEMBER Throughout the shooting season we host traditional walked up/mini driven Partridge days for 7-10 guns shooting 100 + bird days. Early season shooting in cover crops and woods over pointers and later on in other areas of the estate for example, along the river and also down on the westside of the estate in Whitfield woods. We also incorporate a mini drive or two during the day. These days proved very popular, shooting French and English partridges, pheasants and we even had woodcock and snipe later in the season giving good varied bags and some exciting shooting! These days are ideal for small teams of friends or individual guns who like a really relaxed days shooting. Meeting in the gun room for coffee and pastries, stopping for elevenses which we will lay on return to the gun room for tea at the end of the day and go home with a brace of birds, a great day out watching pointers lock on point!
These days are affordable and are being held from September onwards throughout the shooting season running alongside our main driven days.
Our aim is to provide a great days shooting no matter what type of day you book. If you are looking for a smaller or larger day than listed or if the dates listed are not suitable - please do ask - as we may still be able to accommodate you - it is your day and we will try and tailor the day to suit you! Please read our testimonials!
THE HONEYCOMBE STALKING CLUB 2026
The Honeycombe Stalking Club has a vacancy for 2026 and would suit someone who is just getting into stalking who is wanting to gain more experience out in the field in all aspects of stalking deer, ie rifle skills, deer identification, management, field craft and the actual stalk and gralloch.
Ultimately the Club is set up to maintain a healthy and acceptable population of deer on the Honeycombe Estate with a maximum of six members within the Club, the opportunity will be given to stalk on this beautiful 4,000 acre Honeycombe estate.
For further information please contact either Mike or Antonia
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We are 5 minutes from Sherborne Train Station which is a direct train to Waterloo in just over 2 hours.
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P. S.
Was my first time shooting at Honeycombe, and my first partridge day. Mike and Antonia were very friendly and welcoming, and the other guns had shot there many times before, so was almost like an old friends gathering. Three drives, and a very long walk up a field, then a bonus drive at the end because we'd made the bag, but there was a field full of partridges on the way back to tea! A very enjoyable day, and I definitely hope to shoot there again.
Visit: September 29th 2026
P. C.
A really well hosted day with fantastic birds and plenty of opportunities. Wonderful to shoot English and French over pointers resulting in a bag of a third English, third French and a third mallard. Plenty of birds to take home also. Mike and Antonia are super hosts and are clearly experts in their field. Definitely returning next season.
Visit: September 25th 2026
T. G.
Whilst the hospitality was very nice, the day focussed on good quality shooting. There was enough time for a relaxed field lunch and a drink before and afterwards, but we had 3 excellent drives and one very long bit of walked up. I've never seen partridge in the numbers Honeycombe had them, let alone the coveys of English Partridge and French Partridge shown in every which way possible - driven at a good height, driven like southern grouse, flicked over a hedge in the traditional way and of course the normal walked up bird. Will be coming again!
Visit: September 29th 2026
Mr. Alan Reynolds
I have had another fantastic year at Honeycombe from Driven Days to Mini Driven Days and a large driven day i took for work colleagues. Everyday has been fantastic. Right from the welcome you realise this is a well run, friendly and inclusive shoot. The Elevenses are fantastic with lovely and plentiful food and drink offered in lovely settings. The quality and volume of the birds shown has always been superb. Also a special mention to the way Mike and Antonia involve everyone in the day, the beaters, picker ups and helpers are really friendly, a great team. I highly recommend Honeycombe for a days shooting, the hardest thing to decide will be what type of day to choose as there is great variety from small mini driven days to larger formal driven days and walked up. A great Shoot in stunning scenery with fantastic hosts with Mike, Antonia and the team. I have already booked a Driven day for 2026-2027 season.,
Visit: multiple visits
Mr. Edward Guy Fowell Buxton
Antonia and Mike and all the other shoot staff kept my spirits up for the whole day in the inclement conditions. The birds flew very well in the very wet and windy weather and I very much enjoyed the company of the other guns, none of whom I had met previously.
Visit: January 24th 2026
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