Driven Shoot

A driven shoot for pheasant or partridge typically has a team of 8 to 10 guns.

The day begins with drawing of pegs and a shooting brief to outline the basic shoot rules and safety for the day. The guns will then line out at their peg for the first drive. A team of beaters push birds out of woodlands, off high hillsides, and through game fields towards the guns with pickers-up methodically working their retrievers and spaniels behind. Each drive you will rotate two pegs forward so each gun has the opportunity to be positioned on the prime peg.

We serve elevenses on every driven shoot to allow guns to refresh and socialize. Some shoots will stop for lunch and then continue to shoot in the afternoon while others will shoot straight through till 1-2pm and have a more substantial serving of elevenses. Each shoot day offers new scenery and new drives, but all offer the exceptional experience of challenging high shots, history, tradition, and beauty of the British driven shoot.