Shoot Day Information

On all our days we will start with a full breakfast at 8.30 a.m. in our Shoot Lodge on the Mountgarret Estate. A late afternoon lunch at around 3.00 p.m. will also be served in our Shoot Lodge. There are drinks breaks throughout the day with Canapes or freshly cooked game in the field for elevenses at midday. All meals and refreshments are included in the shoot fee, any non shooting guests are requested to contribute £60. 

The majority of our days are sold by the gun per day to individual guns or small parties making up the team.  

We field 9 guns each day with target bags of 150 to 500 birds. If we cannot fill the full line we would pro-Rata the bag accordingly to the number of guns attending. This would mean each individual gun on the day would still achieve there allocated number of birds for the original bag

The dates can be chosen from the list of available dates. However we can be flexible if the date you require is not on the list. Any day on the list where no guns have been taken can become a Full Team Day with bags from 150 to 500 birds. The actual bag chosen can be to suit the host.

We always aim to achieve approximately 10% over our target bag each day. Last season we achieved an overall excess of 7% over the combined target bags.

Our days are made up of pheasant and French partridge.

We shoot Partridge only in September and Mixed Partridge and Pheasant from October to 1st February.

In principle no overages will be charged, however overages may, we stress may, be charged If agreed by all on a shoot day. We much prefer to agree the target bag before the day in order to avoid any misunderstanding. 

We can provide estate loaders for a minimum tip of £120, this is paid direct to the loader in cash on the day.

We are fortunate in having available the services of a number of experienced shooting instructors. No matter how experienced a shot may be, having an instructor for the day soon rectifies all the bad habits - shooting ones - which we seem to perfect without too much of a problem! Having an instructor is a necessity for a novice game shot and even for an experienced shot an instructor can make quite a difference to your performance. The cost of an instructor/loader for the day is £150 which should be paid direct by the gun. 

Shotguns are available to hire from Dalesport at £100 + VAT per day. 20g and 12g over and under's only.

The law states that anyone may use a shotgun without a UK Shotgun Certificate or Visitors Permit provided it is in the presence of the owner who has the shotgun serial number registered on his Shotgun Certificate plus you must have the required personal insurance cover in place. 

You must have in your possession on all shoot days a valid UK Shotgun Certificate or UK Visitors Permit, with serial numbers of your shotguns entered on the Certificate or Permit. If you are bringing and using your own guns.

Dalesport can arrange this for you but please allow a minimum of 8 weeks for our local Police to process.  Our fee is £120 + VAT.  

There is adequate parking to leave your car all day and everyone is welcome to bring their own four wheeled drive vehicle, there is no restriction to the number on the day, however we prefer no-one to be on their own, unless this is necessary for private phone calls etc. If you travel to the Shoot by car, there is normally space available in the other guns vehicles for you to travel with them. However please bear in mind that not everyone wishes to give a wet muddy dog a lift in their vehicle. 

It is the responsibility of each gun to arrange PERSONAL/PUBLIC LIABILITY INSURANCE.   

The British Association for Shooting and Conservation (BASC) 

Tel: 01244 573000 enquiries@basc.org.uk

Or 

Countryside Alliance (CA) 

Tel: 0207 840 9300 info@countryside-alliance.org

Membership of either organisation extends cover to overseas visitors when shooting in the UK only.

This can be arranged through Dalesport and we charge an admin fee of £50 + VAT

Following your booking an invoice and agreement will be sent by email, which will set out the terms for your day(s) booked with us. Upon paying the invoice your booking will be binding and you will be deemed to have accepted the terms of our agreement.