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Dear All For those on the GWCT newsletter list you will have received an article: Government stands firm against call to ban woodcock shooting...
2021-22 Season Shoot Dates
Shoot Report - 24th October (Saturdays)Organising the dates for the season is never straightforward. There is always a tendency to look at last year's dates and adjust accordingly. This year however it seemed even more of a priority to give us the best chance of a...
Final Dates for Tulchan Rough Days
Please email armstrongnj@tulchanshoot.co.uk to book one of the following days. Please include the name of both members that plan to shoot, the start and finish time and the requested date. Please also ensure that you report your bags so that we can update the...
Shoot Report – 5th Nov – Thursdays
Total Bag – 25
Shoot Report – 24th October (Saturdays)
Total Bag – 46
Shoot Report – 15th October (Thursdays)
Total Bag 44: 40 Pheasant3 Partridge1 Mallard It was quite chilly first thing as a full complement of 12 guns met at the Shooting Container/hut this Thursday. Amongst us were two new members, Bill and John, though John had previously been a syndicate member some 10...
Shoot Report 17th Sep – Ducks (Thursday’s)
Total Bag: 12Mallard: 9Teal: 3 Report supplied by Alistair Montgomery It was a still clear cloudless evening. Only six guns were able to attend and we accompanied by Derek, John Mckenzie and Chalky with their dogs. Because of the number of guns and benefiting from the...
Tulchan Shoot Update – May 2020
Dear All I thought I would drop you a quick line with an update of what's been going on at Tulchan. So the Poults were ordered as expected and delivery is due early July. Speaking to Frank the game crops are in. The Beeches took slightly longer to burn off than the...
Shoot Days Available
With the turbulence of the moment, two of our syndicate guns have expressed doubt about shooting this season, so we have a couple of days available to be sold. The day rate is £185 per day working on a first-come, first-served...
Season 20/21 – Response Required by Wed 8th April
Dear All As per my last email, I have contacted our prefered Gamefarmer to enquire as to the time-frame for decision making. He is very confident about producing his birds and managing his own commercial shoot and fully intends to proceed with the expectation that the...
Shoot Report – 1st February (All)
Total Bag 2220 Pheasant1 Pigeon1 HareDrivesThe ArmMoorland to Frank'sRoundalsBouldersRoadsideKeillor RoadSandy's Drive There was a turn out of 8 or 9 guns for the final day. Frank was back from holiday supported by his grandson and Ross had also come with Sandy to...
Shoot Report: 23rd January (Thursday)
Total Bag - 22 Pheasants (10 guns) DrivesKeillor RoadRoad SideArm/ Weedy FieldThe RoundelsShed Drive (no birds)The Boulders It was nice to arrive at Tulchan knowing that for once we need not fret about the threat of adverse weather. We were sorry that the Saturday...
Shoot Report – 2nd January (Thursdays)
Total Bag 4442 Pheasants2 Partridge1 Fox (Not Counted) The weather forecast had not been that encouraging. Most guns were keen to have a prompt start to the day and shoot though to avoid the worst of the predicted rain. It started reasonably breezy but dry and it was...
Shoot Report – 14th December (Saturday)
Total Bag - 67Pheasants - 63Mallard - 1Pigeon - 2Jay - 1 DrivesWeedy FieldBeechesSandy'sOliver's/ DellBirch/ Main Pond/ Frank'sRoad Side With Woodcock off the menu due to the recent red-alert status being awarded by the GWTC all guns were increasingly alert to the...
New firearms legislation live from tomorrow
The new legislation will affect registered firearms dealers and deactivated firearms. Read about the changes here. Changes relevant to deactivated firearms and shotguns, u18s and firearms dealers details.
Shoot Report – 5th December (Thursday)
Total Bag - 4642 Pheasants2 Partridge2 PigeonDrivesRoadsideKeillor RoadOliver#s/ DellBottom of ArmBoulders and Drummick The temperature was 5c with a brisk wind from SW and a mizzen or drizzle. There was quite a bit of hanging around before we got going. Frank was on...
Woodcock red-listed
Dear All Woodcock have now been listed by the GWCT as red-listed an upgrade from their amber status. This has come on the back of declining domestic populations. GWCT remain unclear as to the cause, but can't rule our shooting. We assume that the majority of the...
Shoot Report – 23rd Nov (Saturdays)
Total Bag - 6756 Pheasant2 Partridge4 Pigeon3 Woodcock2 Mallard DrivesRoadsideOliver's/ DellFrank's/ PondSandy'sBeeches (Towards Glenalmond)Roundels The day started with the acknowledgement of a weather warning due sometime late morning. Keen to make the most of the...