Occasional vacancies arise in our Shooting Syndicate situated 5 miles West of Barnard Castle. Close to the A66 and the borders of Cumbria, Durham and North Yorkshire it is convenient for travel from a wide area. The shoot is laid out over undulating and challenging ground in Upper Teesdale, the shoot is south facing with steep banks down towards to River Tees and amazing views over the North Pennine Grouse Moors.

The shoot extends to about 450 acres of woodland which was planted on Heather Moorland from the 1950’s onwards. Over the years large areas have been cleared and replanted meaning there is a good mix of ages and species of Timber. Unlike many areas of woodland we have excellent ground cover with areas of heather, bilberry or bracken cover – all hold Pheasant’s and Woodcock. An extensive felling & regeneration programme has left us with about 50% of our ground “open” and this combined with deep gills, valleys and hills mean we can present very testing birds. Shots vary from high curling birds from hilltops over open ground to snap shots in mature Larch.

Syndicate members have access to excellent closed season Pigeon flighting and Rabbit shooting.  At the moment only 3 or 4 shoot members take advantage of the Pigeon flighting and when conditions are right they make some very good bags and have superb sport throughout the afternoon. The best of the flighting is late in the afternoon from late June until September. Members are welcome to come along as many times as they can manage – just a simple phone call is required to check no one else is on site

During the shooting season we have 6 flight ponds that can provide excellent Wild Duck Flighting for members, these are shot on a simple rota basis. Commencing late October or early November we start formal Driven Days and shoot every fortnight until the end of the season. On a formal day the bag is made up largely of Pheasants and Mallard but we do also have excellent falls of Woodcock. Bags vary immensely but at their best do top the 100 bird mark before falling in late season to somewhere nearer the 30 mark. That said potential guns do need to view our shoot to appreciate just how testing the ground and our birds really are – we have witnessed some terrible cartridge/kill ratios on both our Pheasants and Duck!

In between our formal Driven days we are also anticipating a couple of “stand one walk one” boundary days. These are excellent days with a varied and challenging bag.

Shoot subscriptions are £830 per year + BASC subscriptions. The shoot has 10 guns (we do consider half guns). There is a one off joining fee of £50.

On formal Driven Days members are required to provide a beater. If they cannot bring a beater then the shoot can arrange one but the member will need to pay his/her wages (£25).

***PLEASE NOTE THAT WE ARE FULLY SUBSCRIBED FOR 2008/2009 BUT WE ARE STARTING A WAITING LIST***

**WE MAY BE ABLE TO ACCOMMODATE INDIVIDUAL GUNS ON A DAILY BASIS IN THE EVENT OF THE ABSENCE OF A SYNDICATE MEMBER – THESE VACANCIES WILL BE AT SHORT NOTICE.**