The Rough Rovers

JOIN FOR THE 2025-26 SEASON'S CALENDAR.

To celebrate our 10th Anniversary we have a wide range of varied shooting available throughout the upcoming season. There are only a few of dates listed here so do get in contact for the FULL CALENDAR.

The 'Rough Rovers' was originally created to seek out accessible and sensibly priced shooting all over the country. We put out a Calendar each season including full driven days, mini-driven boundary days, walked up, rough and wild bird days in all corners of the British Isles.

Responding to our Members requests this season we have a good selection of driven days ranging from 60 to 200 hundred birds. The majority of these are on Private Estates where we are always well looked after and full hospitality is always provided. Our days are very relaxed and the focus is very much on enjoying the day in good company in beautiful countryside. We normally stand 8 or nine guns on our driven days and guests and dogs are welcome.

This season's Calendar also contains a healthy number of smaller boundary days that are usually a combination of walked up and mini-driven shooting. We usually have four to seven guns on these days and they can vary in size from 30 - 50 birds and this is reflected in the price. Again the focus is very much on the enjoyment of the day for the whole team including those beating and picking up. Novice shots and those new to walked up shooting are more than welcome and advice and instruction will be generously offered by other team members. We generally all pitch in for food on theses smaller days and this has become quite competitive over the years with some very enthusiastic chefs.

We also offer wild bird days including dedicated woodcock back to back days, snipe shooting, walked up grouse, duck flighting, pigeon shooting and can easily arrange stalking opportunities on many of the estates we visit.

For those who have dogs (novice or experienced) we encourage our guns to bring them along. Members are welcome on any shoot days to work their dogs and beat rather than shoot to simply get them used to a day in the field.  This season we are adding a couple of early season dog training days for guns who want to shoot over their own dogs with some expert instruction.

Our shoot partners vary from season to season and are carefully selected according to the feedback we get from our guns. For the new season we aim to shoot in Devon, Dorset, Somerset, Gloucestershire, Wiltshire, Staffordshire, Shropshire, Worcestershire, Powys, Pembrokeshire, Cumbria, Derbyshire, Gwynedd, Warwickshire and Cornwall.

There are two ways to become involved with The Rough Rovers. Either you can pay a modest Membership Fee or pay a supplement on each day you decide to take. The number of days you shoot is entirely up to you.  We encourage our members to shoot five or more days a year with us to get a true feeling of the Rough Rovers and our current Members.  Some guns will select one or two days they particularly like or that are geographically convenient - the choice is yours. This season's Calendar is out now and there are still plenty of guns available.

If you would like any more information about how we run The Rough Rovers or to discuss the upcoming season's calendar please get in touch through Guns on Pegs or find us on the internet. There are only a few of our driven days published on Guns on Pegs so do get in touch for the full Calendar.