Simulated Day – August 2016

Hi Guys, Just a reminder that the balance for the simulated day needs to be paid on or before the 29th June, my details are below for cheque, bank transfer or cash if you prefer, balance £130 per person. Cartridges need to be fibre wad and Hopetoun House can supply...

Work Day Activities – General

Well haven’t some of you been busy bees. A flurry of emails with updates this week. See below: Fergus:  Just to let you know that Gordon Hanslip and myself cut some paths in the boulder plantation about two weeks ago as our work day. Neil McDougal: Neil,...

Syndicate Shoot Dinner 21st May

From Bob: Just to confirm shoot dinner for Sat 21 May at Chapelhill Inn 7 for 7.30 menu DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY DIETARY NEEDS PL? — hearty soup or baked Camenbert — Perthshire roast lamb or veg option salad — rhubarb crumble or ice cream — cheese...

Work Day Activity – Feeders

Progress continues with the workdays. The main report that I have had is in relation to the feeders, water troughs, etc. Rob and I collected these in a few weeks ago, depositing them at the Shoot Hut. This was made somewhat easier because Derek had gone out and...

Work Day Activity – Green Shed

Sandy and Bobby took on the clearing of the green shed and sorting of the various feeders, etc. that had been “placed” in there. We now have the following for Derek and team to deploy before the season: 12 large blue(new from Brian.) 8 large grey(ex...

Work days have started – painting the shoot hut

Congratulations to the 4:  Bobby, Ken, Alistair and one of our newest members Bob. report written by Alistair. Bobby , Ken Allan and Alistair attacked the shooting bothy on Thursday. Using a mixture of ladders and shaky scaffolding we were able to reach all of the...

Shoot Dinner @ Chapel Hill Inn – 21st May

Bob Bruce is organising this event: I just remind everybody we had a consensus for a Shoot Dinner at Chapelhill Inn on Sat 21 May – I’ve made a reservation and would much appreciate feedback at to support; at the moment I think we have about 5 + guests;...

Shooting last season

Please see below and email that Walter sent with the comforting information that we were not alone in our challenging season last year: I just want to pass on a comment from a friend of mine who is a keen shot and every year shoots at a lot of different places of...

AGM – 24th February

The AGM will be held at Tulchan Lodge on the 24th February. I hope that as many of you can attend as possible. The AGM Agenda and reports can be found here.

Shoot Report – January 7th (Thursday Syndicate)

Bag: 11 Pheasants 3 Woodcock 2 Pigeons 1 Hare The car registered minus six degrees celius as I drove up the snow covered road from Methven to Tulchan. However by the time I reached the hay bales it was a more amenable minus three. There was a good three to four inches...