Pulham Shoot

Hospitality is carried in our own shoot room, formerly a stable on the farm in years gone by. Retaining much of its former character, it has a much welcome woodburner for the colder days. It is the heart & soul of Pulham Shoot and where the banter starts. We start the day with a full English cooked breakfast and a chance to meet your fellow guns. This is followed by a briefing. We stop mid-morning for drinks and a snack, and then again for lunch (bring your own sandwiches, we will provide drinks). The day finishes again back in the Shoot room for drinks and end of day debriefing (and may be the odd fine!!!)

We are able through experience to show a good mixture of birds which means the Shoot suits all abilities.

Although the ground is fairly flat, we do manage to present some very good birds. Using the wind, coupled with many years of knowledge & experience of getting the most from our topography, we achieve some good shooting.

We have wild flower meadows, wild bird game strips and large overgrown hedges which support wild broods of pheasant & partridges as well as those we release. We actively release Grey Partridge to supplement the wild stock. Guns find these extremely difficult to shoot compared to the Redleg partridges. Due to our conservation efforts we are now starting to see a resurgence in the number of hares at Pulham, typical of the Blackmore Vale area.

Graham, the shoot captain, has run Pulham Shoot from his farm for over 35 years. The team of Beaters have all been with the Shoot for a number of years, they know their roles and work very well as a team, with plenty of banter along the way. (They join the guns over lunch and at the end of the day). The Shoot is managed by a committee comprising a number of the shoot members. It is very much a fun and friendly shoot where a group of like-minded people enjoy a great day’s shooting in lovely Dorset countryside with a lot of banter and laughs along the way – Come and join us, we will make you welcome.

For anyone requiring a hotel near the Shoot, the Plumber Manor Country House Hotel is highly recommended.

Plumber Manor a rather special Country House hotel is a few miles from the shoot and a great location to stay if you are travelling to join us. Alternatively there are a number of decent local country pubs including: The Fox Inn, Ansty The Crown, Marnhull