Denton Wood Shoot

We are a relaxed, friendly and traditional shoot offering a really attractive series of woodland drives in beautiful rural Northamptonshire.  

We shoot mostly pheasants, with a few partridges, and have a simply brilliant duck drive (no one enjoys just shooting ducks off a farm pond!). We present really good quality birds and there are plenty of them.

We stand 9 guns and bags vary between 150-200; if there are more birds we shoot them. In December, we see a really good number of woodcock and have some fantastic snap shooting in lovely mature woodland. A great seasonal shoot.

Good hospitality is a really important part of the day for us, and we all travel around in a comfortable gun bus towed by a tractor. There is plenty of laughter and everyone is made to feel very welcome. Great quality food and drink are provided, including tea and coffee, bacon rolls in the morning, and a lovely hearty lunch, which is prepared back at the yard by the gamekeeper’s wife.

The core syndicate shoot on most days, which is supplemented by a few regular guns who take 2-3 days. We are also looking for a couple of new syndicate members as we expand the number of days we shoot in the coming years. We have recently launched a Facebook page, Denton Wood Shoot, which will show photos and a bit of the banter plus our shoot dates.