Ferretlurcher1970 Posted June 21, 2021 Report Share Posted June 21, 2021 Was thinking of trying to shoot on the solway. Any advice of where to go or not to? Any guides places to stay etc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave at kelton Posted June 21, 2021 Report Share Posted June 21, 2021 7 hours ago, Ferretlurcher1970 said: Was thinking of trying to shoot on the solway. Any advice of where to go or not to? Any guides places to stay etc Solway is a big place. You can get day tickets from Scottish Solway Wildfowlers although not issuing just yet. Similarly day tickets from nature Scotland for the Caerlaverock National Natire Reserve and available from 1 July. Other parts are free access but you need to know where. Depending where you go plenty of local pubs do B&B. Can travel further to Wigtown Bay and get in touch with the local club. Brush up on your bird ID as thousands of barnacle geese present a challenge in the half light. Good luck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ferretlurcher1970 Posted June 21, 2021 Author Report Share Posted June 21, 2021 Any personal recommendations? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shakin stevens Posted June 21, 2021 Report Share Posted June 21, 2021 Wigton bay , loads of accommodation to go at , and a permit off the local council easy to obtain. Access all mapped out on the permit and one part totally free shooting following the scottish rules of course . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave at kelton Posted June 22, 2021 Report Share Posted June 22, 2021 15 hours ago, Ferretlurcher1970 said: Any personal recommendations? Accommodation for the SSWA and Caerlaverock areas are the Kinmount Hotel at Carritherstown, The Farmers at Clarencefield, or The Nith Hotel at Glencaple. The latter is very busy as my pal guides on the inland goose shooting. Speaking to him last week they are pretty much booked up. Nobody is guiding on SSWA or Caerlaverock. At the latter the monitors, including me, will point you in the right direction but we don’t guide. It will help if you have previous experience on the Merse in Scotland. We enforce the rules at Caerlaverock strictly to ensure we can continue to use it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ferretlurcher1970 Posted June 22, 2021 Author Report Share Posted June 22, 2021 Out of interest what type of money are we talking in the inland guided shooting? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harrycatcat1 Posted June 22, 2021 Report Share Posted June 22, 2021 9 hours ago, Dave at kelton said: Nobody is guiding on SSWA or Caerlaverock. Is this for the whole season? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peterr Posted June 22, 2021 Report Share Posted June 22, 2021 if you are thinking off shooting the solway buy yourself a powerfull set of binoculars its known for its high shooting also a machine gun Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave at kelton Posted June 22, 2021 Report Share Posted June 22, 2021 33 minutes ago, harrycatcat1 said: Is this for the whole season? As far as I know there are no guides operating on either. There is one guiding ticket for SSWA but he has more or less retired. There are no official guides at Caerlaverock that I am aware of. Not saying someone won’t take a pal out from time to time. Caerlaverock visitor tickets available from 01 July. SSWA have not started issuing their membership tickets yet this year. 3 minutes ago, Peterr said: if you are thinking off shooting the solway buy yourself a powerfull set of binoculars its known for its high shooting also a machine gun Depends where you shoot. It is not a problem where the shooting areas are controlled. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ferretlurcher1970 Posted June 22, 2021 Author Report Share Posted June 22, 2021 Was think of a couple of days . me shooting, wife passing the coffee Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave at kelton Posted June 23, 2021 Report Share Posted June 23, 2021 10 hours ago, Ferretlurcher1970 said: Was think of a couple of days . me shooting, wife passing the coffee Caerlaverock is as good as anywhere when the geese are in. No charge for a ticket and well run so no high shooting. Tends to shoot better very early season, October or after Christmas. Avoid either side of the full moon as it really screws up the flights. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ferretlurcher1970 Posted June 23, 2021 Author Report Share Posted June 23, 2021 Will start making inquiries Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
derekbomag Posted October 29, 2021 Report Share Posted October 29, 2021 Lady Hall farm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ferretlurcher1970 Posted October 31, 2021 Author Report Share Posted October 31, 2021 Tried web , blank. Any more info Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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