Home Guard Posted June 6, 2010 Report Share Posted June 6, 2010 Hi, Can anyone give me advice on whats needed for a diy shoot (200 birds)? Advice for equipment and land, cover, etc? Thankyou. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JackReady Posted June 6, 2010 Report Share Posted June 6, 2010 Depends on how many days shooting you want, what the surrounding grounds like, what return levels you want to see, and how much time you have to spare to name but 4 of the deciding factors. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Home Guard Posted June 6, 2010 Author Report Share Posted June 6, 2010 The surrounding land is just flat farmland. It will be a group of 8 of us all helping out (as cheap as we possibly can) How much woodland would we need? and also how much cover crop would we need? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scutt Posted June 14, 2010 Report Share Posted June 14, 2010 200 birds @£2.75 a bird cheapest i have priced this year or ex layers could be an option £?? 20 bags pellets @£8 a bag none medicated or£10 medicated 2 tonne corn last year cost £90 per ton this rear £? buying new gear or maintenance of release pens drinkers feeders elect fence etc. if you are starting from scratch and it's diy the maybe better to put minimum birds down and rough shoot or walk it up with one or two drives see what sort of sport the woods and cover you have got provide, going down the cover crop road can cost a lot and you have to have a very helpfull farmer on board.as the land is flat i would just feed all the woods and when beating blank inn the woods that show poor sport into the better woods but as i don't know the land and you do its realy up to you. good luck with it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
covey Posted June 15, 2010 Report Share Posted June 15, 2010 Hi, Can anyone give me advice on whats needed for a diy shoot (200 birds)? Advice for equipment and land, cover, etc? Thankyou. Hi Home Guard The advice you seek will fill a book, you didnt mention how experianced you and the guns are and how much time you can put in prior to shooting season, the best advice i can offer is find someone who already runs a shoot or a local gamekeeper to come over and have a look or you go to their shoot for a walk-about. I have been running my own shoot and part-time keeping on another for 15years and still learning. Good luck Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mungler Posted June 15, 2010 Report Share Posted June 15, 2010 As above, you will need far more knowledge and advice than most would be prepared to type up on here for you - best bet get onto ebay and find some books. As for the gear, if you need everything from scratch look at farm auctions - there will be some dross in there but you might be able to get a syndicate's old gear for not much money. From a practical perspective get someone on board in your syndicate who has done it before or who is a farmer - you will need heavy machinery and knowhow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markm Posted June 15, 2010 Report Share Posted June 15, 2010 http://forums.pigeonwatch.co.uk/forums/ind...c=110147&hi here is a previous post on what your after. Hope it helps. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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