Aswarby Estate

Aswarby is situated in South Lincolnshire . It is owned by the Playne family and is 6000 acres of mainly flat land with some undulating slopes. There is 350 acres of managed woodland which has been simpathetically planted for shooting being well spaced and of differing ages. The farms are mainly arable with some grassland and are farmed both in hand and by tenants.

The shoot comprises of mainly woodland which have been improved with game covers where necessary. Our main goal is to present birds of the best quality which are wilder and testing. We are mainly a pheasant shoot with a few partridges put down. Woodcock are prolific if they are in and we have been shooting record bags of late. There are several ponds on the Estate and we shoot wild duck and teal if numbers allow.

Our keeper has been with us for over 40 years and he runs the beating line. George Playne will be hosting the day.

On a typical day we would move off after coffee at about 9.15 am and do two drives followed by a drink at about 11.00 am and two more drives before lunch at about 1.00 pm. Lunch is usually a shepards pie and cheese. We serve wine and beer with lunch. In the afternoon we would do two drives before tea to end the day. We have two land rovers in which to transport guns around the shoot.