Duck shooting in South Africa

South Africa

Arguably the finest driven shoot available in South Africa. Join us for an exhilarating driven shoot amidst the splendour of the African savannah. Thousands of wild Guineafowl—along with a occational showing of Francolin and Spurfowl—will be expertly driven, in military precision, over a line of eight guns stationed at well-considered pegs. A team of fifty beaters, drawn from two grateful local communities, will flush these entirely wild game birds over the awaiting line. Each gun is assigned a personal bird boy to assist at the peg and to retrieve downed birds. The programme typically includes six drives per day, providing ample opportunity for sport. A bag of 250 birds per day is aimed for, and often exceeded. A field lunch is served around midday, with refreshments and light fare provided during the shoot. Accommodation is in classic African safari style—individual thatched chalets, each with en-suite facilities. All meals are included. Guns are welcome to extend their stay with additional shooting days or alternative quarry, by prior arrangement.

South Africa

Guns will be collected at the Cape Town International Airport. We will transfer to the shooting area, 1 1/2 hours East. The next 3 days you will test your skills on Cape Spurfowl and Guineafowl, hunted over schooled German Short-hair Pointers. Two days will be spent recuperating, touring the Southern Cape, savouring some of the best seafood the area has to offer, ending up in Graaff-Reinet. The next 2 days guns will be pursuing Greywing Francolin over schooled English Pointers. Guns will spent the next day exploring the wildlife of the great Addo Elephant National Park, before transferring to the Port Elizabeth Airport in order to get your connecting flight to the UK or Europe.

South Africa

Located about 2.5 hours from Durban airport. Area and General: We are offering Wing Shooting in the Cedarville area (this is in the East Griqualand area, here KZN and the Eastern Cape meet at the and along the Drakensberg Mountains. You would stay in a well-appointed guest house on one of the properties that they hunt. He has been using this area for plains game and now wing shooting for the last 7 years and all the clients that have been there really enjoyed themselves. Species are dove , pigeon, guinea fowl, geese, duck and possibly grey/redwing francolin. The Cedarville area is well known for really excellent duck and geese shooting due to the cropping lands and the number of dams and ox-bow lakes formed by the Umzinvubu River as it meanders across the Cedarville Flats. The crop lands are host to very high numbers of Pigeon and Doves as well as Guineafowl. The Francolin are hunted in the mountains that surround the flats and this is all rough shooting over dogs. Prices depending on group size but from £200 per gun per day all inclusive. The following game species are available should you want to combine some stalking - Common Reedbuck; Mountain Reedbuck, Oribi (limited numbers), Grey Duiker, Blessbuck (both normal and white).

South Africa

_South Africa is gifted with wild gamebird populations of which there are more than fifty species. More than twenty of these species are available as fair game and are shot regularly. These species include the Guineafowl, various Partridge species, Francolin species, eight species of doves and pigeons, Sandgrouse, Quail, various Duck species and Egyptian and Spurwinged geese__._ **Karoo Wingshooting **will make your **African wingshooting safari** your best ever shooting experience yet. Guides are particular to ensure that shooting takes place on the best concessions available and ensure a quality and worthwhile experience. We will make your African wingshooting safari your best ever and most rewarding hunt you will ever experience. Basic & luxury safaris are catered for. **Greywing partridge:** this is a walk-up shoot overdogs. English Poiners are used to locate, point and retrieve the birds. The shoot takes place in the highlands of the Sneeuberg mountain range north of the historic town of Graaff-Reinet in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa. The shoot can be challenging but it is extremely rewarding to the purist shooter. You can expect to walk in excess of 10 kilometres per day over uneven terrain, but you will experience classic shooting over pointing dogs, endless vistas and a dramatic topography. Guns can expect to flush between 60 and 100 birds per day and a bag of between 15 and 30 birds depending on the number of guns and birds flushed. Small groups are preferred. Three guns being the ultimate size group for mobility and opportunity. Accommodation varies from basic mountain cottages to 4 star guest houses in the town of Graaff-Reinet. Good food, comfortable accommodations and hot water on tap is not negotiable. **Karoo Wingshooting** has Greywing partridge concessions in excess of 25,000 hectares. These birds are shot at altitudes between 1500 and 2000 meters above sea level in mountain grasslands. An average level of fitness is an advantage. A typical day will commence with a light breakfast at 7am after which we will depart for the day's shooting at 8am. Transportation to the shooting area will be by means of a 4WD vehicle. Shooting commence on arrival in the field until 12pm. A field lunch will be served and there will be enough time to rest weary legs. The shoot will resume after lunch if guns so wish. The day's shoot will conclude with a photo session of the day's spoils and a good Pinotage to fight off the cold. Dinner will be served at 7.30 pm and the day's excitement will be relived around a comfortable fireplace until bedtime. Greywing Partridge season is from the 1st May until the 31st July. This is our winter time! Good, sturdy, well worn, waterproof ankle boots are essential. The mornings and late afternoons will be cold, therefore dressing in layers, a beany and gloves are recommended. A typical greywing shoot takes place over 2 days. International guests can combine a Greywing Partridge shoot with one or two of our other shooting and touristic options. Greywing Partridge shooters are accommodated in the historic town of Graaff-Reinet, 2.5 hours north of Port Elizabeth, and we use an upmarket guest house -Villa Reinet- for our lodgings. After breakfast, guns will travel +- 45 minutes to the day's shooting area. As the shoot takes place in a "remote" area where only 2-star accommodation in available. **Waterfowl Shooting: W**aterfowl is shot over decoys from natural and man-made blinds. Morning shoots are generally on cultivated pastures or recently reaped maize and wheat fields. Afternoon shoots take place around dams. Bag limits are generous and a gun can expect to shoot between 10 and 20 waterfowl per day. Group sizes of between 3 and 6 guns can be accommodated. Accommodation is in a 3 star guest house in close proximity of the shooting area. Good food, comfortable accommodations and hot water on tap is guaranteed. **Karoo Wingshooting** has wildfowl concessions in excess of 15,000 hectares. A typical day will commence with a 4am wake up call. After a quick cup of coffee and toast we will depart for the morning's shooting session. After placing the decoys around the pre-positioned blinds, shooting will commence before daybreak at around 6am until roughly 10am. Snacks and beverages will be available during the shoot. Back to your lodgings, you will be entertained to a hearty brunch, and siesta time to catch up on some early morning lost sleep. 3pm will have us departing for our afternoon shoot till dusk. The day's shoot will conclude at around with a photo session of the day's spoils. Dinner will be served at 7.30 pm and the day's excitement will be relived around a comfortable fireplace until bedtime. Transportation to the shooting area will be by means of a 4WD vehicle. Wildfowl season is from the 1st March until the 31st September.  This range from late-summer to mid-winter, so please enquire about recommended clothing for your shoot when booking! RealTree, Max4 and Sniper camo is highly recommended. A typical wildfowl shoot takes place over a minimum of 2 days shooting. Depending on the time of the year you will encounter the following species: Egyptian & Spurwing Geese, Yellow-billed duck, Red billed teal, Southern Pochard, White faced duck & South African Shelduck.  International guests can combine a wildfowl shoot with one or two of our other shooting and touristic options. **Volume Pigeon Shooting: **Bloemfontein is the "pigeon capital" of South Africa. You will be entertained with volume pigeon and dove shooting, testing the abilities of most respected guns. Millions of pigeons and doves commute, twice daily, between the city to the ripening sunflower fields of the surrounding farms. It is here where guns ambush from blinds, these humbling game birds on their flight paths. Early Pigeon shooting is often hot barrel action, and guns can fire in excess of a thousand rounds of ammunition in a day! Pigeons may be shot throughout the year, but the best time is from late February to August. From February to April you can combine volume pigeon shooting with exciting flyfishing for indigenous yellowfish, barbel, mudfish and carp. Have a look at our **Ultimate Cast & Blast** package! Days can be spiced up with some opportunistic pursuing of Guineafowl, Francolin and Orange River Partridge during the open season (May to July). **Billing arrangements are as follows:** 30% by Wire Transfer as a Deposit to secure dates, the balance due one month before arrival. All lodgings, meals, snacks, soft drinks and table wine are included. Alcoholic beverages in moderation are included. Clients will be collected at the Port Elizabeth or Bloemfontein airport. International flights are to Cape Town or Johannesburg with a connecting flight to Port Elizabeth or Bloemfontein. Guests are met by a company representative at the PE or Bloemfontein Airports.

South Africa

Your wing shooting safari will be based in Zululand South Africa normally for 4-6 days encountering 4 species of Ducks, 2 species of Geese, 3 species of Doves, Rock Pigeons, driven Guinea fowl and Francolin. Our high volume decoyed Duck shooting is done in dry blinds over water. Experience flight after flight of Yellow-billed Ducks and Red-Billed Teal coming in to roosting ponds in the early afternoon. 10-20 ducks per gun per flight - although many more shots will be fired !  Goose shooting is from pit blinds on harvested corn fields using over a 100 decoys. The Spurwing Goose is one of the biggest in the world weighing close to 20 pounds. The hard beating sound from the wings of these huge geese is deafening when 100 plus put their  paddles down  to land amongst the decoys. Up to 10 per gun per shoot. The truly hot-barreled dove shooting is done near reaped corn fields on a tree line or in a hide. The African Turtle Dove has been written up as being “...the most challenging Game bird in the world...”. It will test the most accomplished wing shooter and leave many humbled by their multiple angled flight and rapid change of speed and direction. 100-250 shells per gun per flight. Rock Pigeon’s are decoyed into the open corn field. It is not unusual to have 20 to 30 pigeons fluttering over your decoys as you take a left and a right on these beautiful terracotta and white- speckled birds. 100-250 shells per gun per flight Guinea fowl and Francolin are driven over hunters with over 20 chanting Zulu’s,similar way to the bull horn formation tactic invented and used in battle by the infamous Shaka Zulu himself. Experience a victory dance by the Zulu beaters after your successful hunt. 10-30 birds in a morning. You will be based in luxury lodgies and shoot with guides who have over 30 years experience of bird shooting in Africa without doubt some of the best wing shootingin the country . Plains game , fresh and sea fishing ,sharks from the beach big game fishing and photographic safaris can easily be added to your bird shooting safari . Please contact me for further information or any questions you may have .  Sean