doublegunshop.com - home Forums General Discussion DoubleGun BBS @ doublegunshop.com Let's say I was wanted to shoot grouse in Scotland

How would someone with no connections whatsoever arrange that? Thanks in advance.

Try this...Geo

http://www.gunsonpegs.com/shooting/buy/grouse_shooting.php

You can of course also shoot grouse in England where some of the best grouse moors can be found. Driven grouse can be expensive but some walked up grouse is less so and in my opinion much more interesting. Just put 'Grouse Shooting for Sale' in the search engine and you should find lots to choose from. The Gunmakers Churchill also arrange days; http://www.ejchurchill.com/sporting-agency/grouse-shooting/ A bit of a look round may come up with a chance where someone has cancelled. Lagopus.....

From that web site there are different price levels of hunts to suit every budget. Then there is the matter of travel, shipping guns or finding one to use over there. If I were gong I'd try several different types of hunts. You never know which will be the one you like best and a walk up hunt is a fraction of a driven hunt.

Try this -

http://www.williampowellsporting.co.uk/

If it's driven you're interested in, you might want to try driven pheasant/partridge before you try grouse. Much less expensive.

What does 'Full Team' and 'Single Guns' mean on the William Powell web-site?

On the 29th of September at Bransdale under 'Single Guns' its only 1,700 hundred pounds plus vat.


Wait a minute, how can 'value added tax' be included in a service?

Full team means that you and your friends take the entire shoot. Single gun is you going with whoever else is signed up for the shoot.

In Europe VAT is added to almost EVERYTHING - you have to tax almost EVERYTHING to pay for socialism.

Grouse shooting is a wonderful and testing sport in beautiful surroundings. Driven shooting is expensive - and walked up (especially with dogs) is fantastic fun (I have done a few days every year for many years) - but please be aware that the walking can be quite demanding!

I don't wish to be impolite, but I have known people who have found that the day was a bit too demanding on the physical side which rather spoiled it for them. I would not now be able to keep up with a team of young fit walking guns, but we are an older team now and arrange with the keeper that we will do a more relaxed day at a pace that suits our older legs!

Do make sure that if you choose the walking route, you are with people of similar walking ability.

I arranged one day last year, August 13th, 125 brace. The shoot was in Yorkshire and was arranged by Rob Peel and Lioncrest Sporting and Primoris Sporting, Matthew Finch.

Rob, formerly of Holland & Holland shooting school, was my loader and driver and arranged everything for me. He was great and things couldn't have been better.

Before shooting, I booked an afternoon at H&H's shooting grounds as I had never shot in England with double guns. This was a treat and I think its a good idea to have this instruction before heading to the grouse butt. Nathan Dudley was my instructor there and he is a very nice man and an excellent instructor.

Holland & Holland and Andrew Ambrose in London for stored my guns while I was in London and then later transported my guns their shooting grounds for me, they made gun logistics easy.

I would highly recommend the experience and the individuals who helped me and encourage you to go forward with your planning. Please PM me with any questions, if necessary.