Colc08 Posted March 20, 2013 Report Share Posted March 20, 2013 (edited) Myself and a few shooting associates are looking to take on a woodland shoot in Lincolnshire close to Market Rasen We have been in discussion with the Forestry Commission and have also viewed the woods in question to try to assess and write up a plan going forward. Now the woods are going to tender so much will depend on our application being accepted but for us to be able to make a successful shoot we need to fill our syndicate places. So with a bit of forward thinking we are trying to get a gauge of potential interested parties so we know roughly where we will be when it comes to filling these places. The shoot will be based around a safe, fun day where everyone can enjoy themselves and where numbers are not important. Of course we will all do our best to achieve a decent bag and hope everyone get a bit of shooting but we will make no promises. Ultimately the aim will be for friendly fun days shooting where a group of like minding people can get together for a bit of banter and hopefully some good sport. We will be releasing pheasants as well as encouraging the existing wild stock. The shoot will be on a walk one stand one basis with two teams of 8 or 10 guns. We would encourage guns with dogs but this is not essential so don’t let that put you off. We will be looking at around 10 shoot days which will be held on Saturdays. We don’t plan on asking a lot from our syndicate members as far as work goes as this will be covered by the shoot captains. We may also have organised vermin shoots prior to the birds being released and maybe at the end of the season also. All members, as expected would need to provide a copy of shotgun certificate and valid insurance ie. BASC membership. Within the next few weeks I will know a bit more but for now if you think you may be interested in joining this shoot then please send me a PM with some details about yourself along with some contact details and I shall log you down. Ideally if you have an email address that I can contact you on as then I can send out a blanket email updating any interested people as I get more info. The more I know the more I will be able to keep any interested parties up to date. By sending me a PM I will not hold you to anything but your details will be noted as a potentially interested person. I am not going to talk about numbers and figures at this stage as it would be pointless but what I will say is it’s not going to be expensive shooting as this will be aimed to cater for the working man. Please note that at present this all depends on our application being accepted. We have been in contact with the Forestry Commission and the local ranger and signs are positive. So, If you think you might be interested in a place should everything go ahead please drop me a PM. Cheers Colin Edited March 20, 2013 by Colc08 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neil3728 Posted March 20, 2013 Report Share Posted March 20, 2013 Pm sent Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LancsGunsmith Posted March 20, 2013 Report Share Posted March 20, 2013 Are you local to Rasen, Iv just noticed your age, I went to De aston in Rasen and lived there for a number of years. Still have friends and family in the area. Good luck with your shoot! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colc08 Posted March 20, 2013 Author Report Share Posted March 20, 2013 Are you local to Rasen, Iv just noticed your age, I went to De aston in Rasen and lived there for a number of years. Still have friends and family in the area. Good luck with your shoot! No didn't grow up in the area. Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goldypurple Posted March 20, 2013 Report Share Posted March 20, 2013 I may be interested, just a few questions How many guns per day? is it a walk and stand or driven? what is the rough cost per person? How many bird are being released? Poults or ex layers? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colc08 Posted March 20, 2013 Author Report Share Posted March 20, 2013 PM sent goldypurple Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevin01041961 Posted March 20, 2013 Report Share Posted March 20, 2013 Hi yes interested i have shot all my life and have a good lab Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colc08 Posted March 20, 2013 Author Report Share Posted March 20, 2013 Hi yes interested i have shot all my life and have a good lab Hi Kevin01041961, Thank you for your interest. Please PM me with a bit of info about yourself and some contact details. Ideally an email address. Regards Colin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laurona12 Posted March 21, 2013 Report Share Posted March 21, 2013 Hi yes interested i have shot all my life and have a good lab Hi Kevin - Thought you'd moved to Outer Mongolia. ? Are you OK ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bri308 Posted March 22, 2013 Report Share Posted March 22, 2013 Hi mate , I'm Intrested in your syndicate , I'm near sleaford so not that far away , could help out where necessary , Hi mate , I'm Intrested in your syndicate , I'm near sleaford so not that far away , could help out where necessary , Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevin01041961 Posted March 23, 2013 Report Share Posted March 23, 2013 yes fine no just busy keeping the wife in the manor she has come to expect.....................................................bread and water Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wannabe_keeper Posted March 24, 2013 Report Share Posted March 24, 2013 Good luck with the application Colin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
delburt0 Posted March 25, 2013 Report Share Posted March 25, 2013 Is there any idea on costs also do you do half guns if I found the other half plz pm.me with details thx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colc08 Posted March 25, 2013 Author Report Share Posted March 25, 2013 Good luck with the application Colin Thanks Harry. I am quietly confident Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colc08 Posted March 25, 2013 Author Report Share Posted March 25, 2013 Is there any idea on costs also do you do half guns if I found the other half plz pm.me with details thx PM sent Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colc08 Posted March 26, 2013 Author Report Share Posted March 26, 2013 ***UPDATE**** Thank you to everyone who showed an interest but I am afraid we will not be going ahead with this project. We have been deep in discussion with the Foretry Commission over the last couple of days and there just seems to be too much ''red tape'' for our liking. They were happy with our plans and the ideas we had going into this but unfortunately we were not entirely happy with the limitations we would be under. I will be email everyone who declared thier interest with me this evening to confirm this. I am sorry to anyone who was genuinely interested in this but there is no-one more dissapointed than me. All the best Colin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
washerboy Posted March 26, 2013 Report Share Posted March 26, 2013 Bad news that. Thanks for taking time out to let us know,Pity it didnt take off. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quadimodo Posted March 27, 2013 Report Share Posted March 27, 2013 Hi Folks, I too have in the past wasted much time and effort with the forestry commission also in lincolnshire,I was in the process of looking round some 190 ha over a week only to find several guys roost shooting ,when asked if they were the out going shoot they said no, they just shot it when and where they liked! when I asked the forestry com. about this the said that if we found anyone doing this after I took the lease ,the police should be told as they could not be held responsible for unauthorised shooting! By shear chance I found the previous tenant who had the same problems,the police did not want to know,the forestry did not want to know,so he kick up all hell with forestry com. his lease was cancelled and he got his money back. You should be aware of all the restrictions they put on you ,they can include horrendous insurance policy terms, possibly no shooting of deer or woodcock ,public rights of ways, warning signage to be put in place and taken down on shoot days any horse owners in the area to be asked for their permission to shoot any woodland that is near to their land ,and if they refuse permission to shoot you will not be able to shoot! I know shooting can be hard to find some times ,but the way I got all my game shooting over the past 30 years was by placing a small advert in a county wide ,weekly press,it has always worked for me,it could surprise you what is really out there for not a lot of money ,the shoot I have now is 400 acre I have had it 6 years its a mixed farm, 4 guns ,duck,all game in season,pigeons rabbits all year. £400 per year each, and they even leave us half an acre of maize and an acre of mustard. All this from a well worded advert. Forget the forestry,not worth the hassle good luck !,Quadimodo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
filzee Posted March 28, 2013 Report Share Posted March 28, 2013 I was a member on a walk one stand one in market rasen on FC land. Wasn't a bad shoot but it always proved hard to keep the birds. Was good fun tho Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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