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<blockquote data-quote="Highashgrange" data-source="post: 7826722" data-attributes="member: 157851"><p>We have a syndicate shoot here for about 30 years. I personally don’t shoot nor interested but my father did up until 2 years ago. The deal is we provide the game covers (countrywide stewardship). The shoot pay us £500/ac for those areas which is about 7 acres all dotted about. Biggest plot is 0.5 acres and they are sited to suit cropping not shooting such as field corners or wet areas. We also get the stewardship money but we buy the seeds and manage them. We also get a full gun on the shoot which is now £3600/year. Father used to shoot it but we now give our days away to friends mostly. If it’s somebody we don’t know we get the cash back. They shoot 12 times so it’s basically £300/day and generally the syndicate shoot 150-200 birds.</p><p></p><p>The shoot itself buys the birds, feed and does all the pen maintenance. They have to have full insurance and then we have a separate policy ourselves against them under advice from a solicitor. They use their own shoot wagon and quad bike.</p><p></p><p>I believe they then all pay a set price per head for food at a local pub although I’ve never been and the guns cover the beaters food as well.</p><p></p><p>Biggest issue for me is that out of all the guns and beaters (30 odd people) none are farming stock so have little understanding of the countryside so they drive where they shouldn’t at times and I occasionally find spent cartridges dotted about.</p><p></p><p>All tallied up the value to us is pushing £10,000 per year before seed costs and establishment etc is removed but I wouldn’t miss it if it folded.</p><p></p><p>Also as there’s 12 guns x £3600 per year of money handed out we stay well clear of being involved because there’s VAT and TAX to think about.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Highashgrange, post: 7826722, member: 157851"] We have a syndicate shoot here for about 30 years. I personally don’t shoot nor interested but my father did up until 2 years ago. The deal is we provide the game covers (countrywide stewardship). The shoot pay us £500/ac for those areas which is about 7 acres all dotted about. Biggest plot is 0.5 acres and they are sited to suit cropping not shooting such as field corners or wet areas. We also get the stewardship money but we buy the seeds and manage them. We also get a full gun on the shoot which is now £3600/year. Father used to shoot it but we now give our days away to friends mostly. If it’s somebody we don’t know we get the cash back. They shoot 12 times so it’s basically £300/day and generally the syndicate shoot 150-200 birds. The shoot itself buys the birds, feed and does all the pen maintenance. They have to have full insurance and then we have a separate policy ourselves against them under advice from a solicitor. They use their own shoot wagon and quad bike. I believe they then all pay a set price per head for food at a local pub although I’ve never been and the guns cover the beaters food as well. Biggest issue for me is that out of all the guns and beaters (30 odd people) none are farming stock so have little understanding of the countryside so they drive where they shouldn’t at times and I occasionally find spent cartridges dotted about. All tallied up the value to us is pushing £10,000 per year before seed costs and establishment etc is removed but I wouldn’t miss it if it folded. Also as there’s 12 guns x £3600 per year of money handed out we stay well clear of being involved because there’s VAT and TAX to think about. [/QUOTE]
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