scotslad Posted February 27, 2015 Report Share Posted February 27, 2015 Alright folks I'm just in the process of organising a clay shoot for my wee game syndicate as well as our neighbouring syndicates that all have ground on the same estate. Most of the guns are all like me and just purely game shots. Thought a 4 gun team flush type thing looks quite good fun (never actually shot in 1 but seen them at game fairs) and probably more suited for us. Wot's the best format? I sort of thought 4 man teams and 4 flush/drives of 50 birds plus an idivdual 5 high bird challenge for a laugh/bragging rights to finish the day off. Looking about 30 quid a gun I spoke to the local boy who runs simulated clays and says i'm not too far away with the format but he will do wot ever we want basiclly I see on similar threads some folk say a 75 or 100 bird flush is just that bit more exciting, obviously make it slightly dearer but i don't think 2x50 and 2x75 would break the bank for an extra 50 birds between 4 guns. Most of us won't have shot a flush like tis before As an aside all the boys i've spoke to about it think it sounds brilliant and are well up for it, and nothing really like tis in this area , so i think i could get far more shoots involved (know a lot of other shoot captains/keepers or syndicate guns/members etc ) If i was to ask more syndicates/shoots etc and enlarge it for a charity fundraising type shoot. How does the charity make money? Do u just add £10 a gun onto ur entry? Or is there other ways to make more money for charity? Also is there a lot of organising on the day for a bigger charity shoot, (like i said never been involved in clay shooting before) or if ur organised can u do a lot online now? Wot sort of number of teams can u handle without queing between flushes becoming too long? They have a good setup for running simulated days and 3 or 4 trailed famcy clay trap things so i imagine could run 2 or 3 flushes at the same time if i had the teams Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaun4860 Posted February 27, 2015 Report Share Posted February 27, 2015 Have a word with "Hit Clays" as he runs shoots and flushes :Shaun" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Mick.j Posted February 27, 2015 Report Share Posted February 27, 2015 You may find it better to have a 40-50 bird sporting with the option of a two/three/four man flush as an extra. Try not to stick to 'just a four man flush' as teams may be harder to come by, than you think. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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scotslad Posted February 27, 2015 Author Report Share Posted February 27, 2015 Cheers folks so far. Ur probably right mick. But i know i would never consider entering a sporting shoot and most if not all my syndicate would either. But everyone seems to be looking forward to this, think because more of a laugh socail thing, and no idividual pressure, will be no prizes althou might come up with some bobby prizes/wooden spoon for a wind up (no doubt win it myself now ). At the moment organising just a wee inter syndicate thing and looking like we should have 8-10 teams between us, and thats just off 1 estate, should find out tomorrow as all the shoots are having there meetings/meals. There is a load of small wee diy syndicates in this area i can think off 15 odd up this valley alone, i bet most could put a team in and thats ignoring the commercail shoots. I'm surprised how up for it the boys are that i've spoke to so far Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scully Posted February 28, 2015 Report Share Posted February 28, 2015 Sounds like a great idea. There are many DIY syndicates around here. To participate in a day such as this sounds great fun and to raise a bit of money for good causes too. how does one go about insurance for such a day? I recall a large straw bale shoot locally some years ago but the organiser said he wouldn't do it again due to the horrendous insurance costs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David BASC Posted February 28, 2015 Report Share Posted February 28, 2015 The shoot that I help do the 'keepering on have monthly clay shoots from May to September on a farm not too far away from the shoot. We are lucky that the farmer runs a small clay shoot on his land and has a Huntsman multi trap. He sets up a 3 man 50 bird flush, all the guns, beaters, friends and family can come along on shoot days, its typical to get 20 or more people turning up to each shoot, and all pay a set fee to shoot, not much, but enough to certainly cover the cost of the clays Those that turn up get themselves into teams to shoot, you can shoot more than once so we typically see different groups of three through the evening coming together. We usually make a small profit on the day, which in our case goes back into shoot funds. its great fun. In this case there is no additional insurance cost as the farmer already has a policy for a clay shoot. At the other end of the spectrum I have been involved in organizing large charity shoots to raise funds for a given charity. I have always used well established shooting grounds for this. Once we have worked out the total cost for putting on the day, the first thing is to secure sponsors to cover the costs of the day. Sponsorship over and above this, and of course all ticket sales to the event add to the pot for the charity. There are also opportunities to raise extra money at this sort of event with games like 'heads and tails' raffles and auctions. Between this there are all sorts of options, especially now with people with all the kit offering a mobile service David Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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