rimfire4969 Posted November 6, 2013 Report Share Posted November 6, 2013 I have been to quite a few shoots that run a sweep stake. £1 or 2 in the hat on the number of birds shot or shots taken closet gets the money. I am going to try and get it going at our syndicate. I think £2 in the pot half the money to a charity at the end of the season the other half to the gun or beater who guesses closest to number of shots. What do you do at yours??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul T Posted November 6, 2013 Report Share Posted November 6, 2013 £1 for guess at head £1 for guess at shots Nearest gets the pot - £30 return for my head guess on the first pheasant day Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shoot and be safe Posted November 6, 2013 Report Share Posted November 6, 2013 At the start of the day, before the brefing, we put £1 in for a guess on the number of shots. Closest wins the lot Guns and beaters all have ago Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
castletyne Posted November 6, 2013 Report Share Posted November 6, 2013 Bag number at end of day or if you have any white pheasants either a prize or fine for shooting it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rimfire4969 Posted November 7, 2013 Author Report Share Posted November 7, 2013 Bag number at end of day or if you have any white pheasants either a prize or fine for shooting it We do have a few white pheasants fine is a bottle of port, 2 bottles if you don't fire a shot at it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
filzee Posted November 7, 2013 Report Share Posted November 7, 2013 I do it at our shoot. £2 a go, number of shots fired during the day. Closest gets half the pot and the other half goes into the shoot to buy more birds next year. Amazing how much it can bring in. Last year for the last two shoot days the farmer decided with the white pheasants the rules were - £25 fine if you shoot the white pheasant and a £50 fine if you shoot at it and miss. Either way you are in for a fine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowmonster Posted November 7, 2013 Report Share Posted November 7, 2013 I do it at our shoot. £2 a go, number of shots fired during the day. Closest gets half the pot and the other half goes into the shoot to buy more birds next year. Amazing how much it can bring in. Last year for the last two shoot days the farmer decided with the white pheasants the rules were - £25 fine if you shoot the white pheasant and a £50 fine if you shoot at it and miss. Either way you are in for a fine. Sounds about right typical farmer win win situation, probably decided he hadn't made enough money over the season Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
filzee Posted November 8, 2013 Report Share Posted November 8, 2013 Well the farmer had no financial gain out of it. He doesn't make any money from the pheasant shoot just likes imposing stupid rules. Strange really since he's not actually a very good shot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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