Hi we do a paid day for 9 guns at £1600 for a bag of 80 no ground game.
The guns get a bacon sarnie and soup at lunch then tea and cake etc at the end they supply any booze.
3 drives in morning 2 after lunch dependant on bag
Make sure the shots are counted as we had one drive 176 shots for 9 birds
Make sure that you have plenty of pickers up as every bird counts
Have a buffer amount of birds plus or minus 5%.
Make sure that the guns know extra will be charged if they shoot over the bag
Give the gun captain an option of the last drive if the bag has been reached before this drive as it is annoying to have a bill for extra birds sprung on you at the end of the day
Tell the chap who offered you £800 to go and have a lie down in a darkened room as he is suffering from extreme wallet tightness
Work your costs out
Grower £310 per tonne
Wheat £200 per tonne
ACs in feed £7
Fubenvet £70
Poult £3.10
Tonic for birds,pen repairs,fuel for ATV,insurance BASC I hope,new feeders water system repairs and cleaning,Grit, beaters(possible £20 per day pickersup possible £30)etc,etc,etc
The atmosphere for a bought day is fifferent for doing it with a syndicate as the guns EXPECT SHOOTING of a certain quality.
Do not undervalue your efforts
Kit