Shoot Day Information

Shoot Day Information

As in past seasons the majority of our days are let by the gun per day to individual guns or small parties making up the team. Some Exclusive Days are also available for full teams.

Shoot Fees

A full list of our Shoot fees is available on request. 

Start Time

We meet at 8.30 a.m. on all our days. 

Members Days

On the Mountgarret, Nidd and Cayton Shoot  we field 9 guns with target bags of 200, 250, 300 and 350 birds. 
On all our days we start with a full breakfast and take lunch at midday or late afternoon. All meals and refreshments are included in the shoot fee; any non shooting guests are requested to make a donation towards our Charity Fund.

End of Season Clear Up Days

A target bag of 175 birds for 10 guns. Full hospitality with breakfast, lunch and all refreshments are included. We shoot whatever is available, maybe over, maybe below the bag. Some or all drives may be cock pheasants only. No guarantee or refunds given. There may be some walking guns.

Novice & Practice Days

As more of our Novice guns prefer to join our main days accompanied by an instructor, we are not running any Novice & Practice Days this season. 

I do stress we welcome “Novice” guns providing they have experienced some clay pigeon shooting and are prepared to be accompanied by an experienced gun or one of our loader/instructors.

Ladies' Days

More and more of our Ladies seem to prefer to join a normal shoot day and are of course most welcome to do so. We have not planned any Exclusive Ladies Days this season.   Exclusive Ladies Days can be arranged as required. 


Roving Syndicate/ Corporate Days

Exclusive Days for Full Teams. Roving Syndicates or Corporate events. The dates can be chosen from the list of available dates. However we can be flexible if the date you require is not on the list. Any day on the list where no guns have been taken can become and Exclusive Day. The actual bag chosen can be to suit the host. 
The minimum bag for an Exclusive Day is 250 birds and can be up to 350 birds.

If you are dining in the evening Afternoon Tea can be arranged in the Shoot lodge in place of Lunch. 

Overages

No overages are charged on Members Days, however overages may, I stress may, be charged on full days taken by a Roving Syndicate or Corporate Days. However I much prefer to agree the target bag before the day not after!

Instructors & Loaders

We are fortunate in having available the services of a number of experienced driven game and clay pigeon shooting instructors. No matter how experienced a shot may be, having an instructor for the day soon rectifies all the bad habits - shooting ones - which we seem to perfect without too much of a problem! Having an instructor is a necessity for a novice game shot and even for an experienced shot an instructor can make quite a difference to your performance. The cost of an instructor/loader for the day is £140 which should be paid direct by the gun/host. 

This service is now very popular so as much prior notice as possible would be appreciated. If you do not require instruction, a loader is always useful to look after you for the day. If you bring your dog, having a loader gives you more time to work it at the end of a drive. If an instructor/loader is booked and then cancelled a minimum of 7 days’ notice of cancellation must be given. Otherwise the instructor/loader fee is due. 

All instructor/loaders booked through and supplied by the Shoot are self-employed, qualified and have the required insurance to carry out this work. In the event of a “gun” bringing a friend or loader/instructor to look after them, it is up to the “gun” to ensure their loader/instructor has the required qualification and insurance. If this is not in place and should an accident or incident occur involving their instructor/loaders the first port of call will be on the gun’s own insurance. 


Shotgun Hire

The law states that anyone may use a shotgun without a UK Shotgun Certificate or Visitors Permit provided it is in the presence of the owner who has it registered on his Shotgun Certificate plus you must have the required personal insurance cover in place. Shotguns are available for hire, provided notice is given, from one of our instructor/loaders at £50 per day. Knowledge of height and if he or she is left or right handed would help in selecting the most ideal shotgun available. 

Shotgun Certificate

You must have in your possession on all shoot days a valid UK Shotgun Certificate or UK Visitors Permit, with serial numbers of your shotguns entered on the Certificate or Permit. This is unless you are hiring a shotgun from one of our loader/instructors when it is their responsibility to have their Certificate available, with the serial number of the shotgun being used detailed on the Certificate. 

SHOTGUN – VISITORS PERMIT
We can arrange this for you but please allow a minimum of 8 weeks for our local Police to process. 

ENTRY OF SHOTGUNS INTO THE UK
It is important to check that the point of entry in the UK will permit shotguns. Manchester Airport will not permit entry for shotguns. 

Non-shooting Guests

We welcome non shooting guests to accompany the guns and enjoy the shoot day, including breakfast, lunch and refreshments throughout the day when they are requested to make a donation to our Charity Fund. Some prior notice would be appreciated for catering arrangements. 



Drinks Breaks

We take a number of drinks and pie breaks during the day.  Champagne, Sloe, Damson and Plum Gin are  served, which should be taken in moderation. Tea, coffee, soft drinks and other snacks are always available in the field during a shoot day.

Dress Code

It is important to add to the sense of occasion and dress smartly out of respect to our quarry, pullover or jacket, tie, breeks and waterproof coat. However dressing sensibly and comfortably is more important in our variable climate. I suggest boots in preference to wellingtons.

Guns Fielded

The majority of our days are sold by the gun per day to individual guns or small parties and it may not always be possible to sell every gun on each day. We will field a team provided we have six guns or more; however we reserve the option to adjust the target bag in line with the number of guns fielded.

Double Guns

No double guns.  Single guns only may be shot, with or without a loader.

Cartridges

In order for our birds to enter the food chain. Our game dealers have requested our game should be lead free. We therefore only shoot non lead shot cartridges with fibre or degradable wads only.  
We will have available for sale each day Steel and Bismuth cartridges in 12 and 20 gauge.

Vehicles

There will always be adequate parking to leave your car all day and everyone is welcome to bring their own four wheeled drive vehicle, there is no restriction to the number on the day, however I prefer no-one to be on their own, unless this is necessary for private phone calls etc. If you travel to the Shoot by car, there is normally space available in the other guns vehicles for you to travel with them. However please bear in mind that not everyone wishes to give a wet muddy dog a lift in their vehicle. 

Four Wheel Drive Courtesy Vehicle

As more and more guns are travelling some distance to shoot with us, often in a normal two wheel drive vehicle which is unsuitable for travelling around the shoot. We now have available with a driver a long wheel base Land Rover Station Wagon on each shoot day at Mountgarret. These vehicles will seat up to five people comfortably including our driver.

This vehicle is available at no cost to the guns and their guests. However prior booking is recommended to ensure space is available. Dogs may travel in our Keepers vehicles.




Insurance

INSURANCE: PERSONAL AND PUBLIC LIABILITY INSURANCE
Driven game shooting is a dangerous sport and although I try to assess and avoid risks, accidents may happen. When you are on the shooting field you need to have the confidence that the Shoot, your fellow guns and you are adequately insured in the event of accident or injury.

With the increasing cost of litigation it is now necessary to have a minimum indemnity cover of £10 Million third party public and personal liability insurance. I confirm that Ripley Sporting has this level of cover, however in the event of a claim for an accident or injury caused by a member or guest, the first port of call will be on the person’s own insurance. 

I must therefore insist that anyone shooting with us on any area under the management of Ripley Sporting should ensure that they and their guests have the required minimum cover of £10 Million third party, public and personal liability insurance in place well in advance of joining a shoot day and carry proof of this on all shoot days.

It is the responsibility of each gun to arrange PERSONAL/PUBLIC LIABILITY INSURANCE. 
This is available to Members of 
The British Association for Shooting and Conservation (BASC) Tel: 01244 573000 enquiries@basc.org.uk
Or Countryside Alliance (CA) Tel: 0207 840 9300 info@countryside-alliance.org

Membership of either organisation extends cover to overseas visitors when shooting in the UK only.

SHOOT CANCELLATION INSURANCE FROM GUNONPEGS
Traditional shoot cancellation insurance that allows you to cover one day or multiple days.
GunsOnPegs have teamed up with Lycetts to provide shoot cancellation insurance cover. 
This policy will refund the cost of a shoot day or days due to cancellation for the following scenarios:
• Adverse Weather • Organised protest groups • Adverse Travel Conditions* • Death of a close relative*
• Injury or Illness(excluding covid-19)* • Jury Service* 
* Available at an extra 1% + Insurance Premium Tax
This policy will not provide any cover for cancellation due to Infectious or Contagious Disease (including Covid-19). This also applies where a day’s shooting is cancelled due to a geographical lock down.
This policy will not provide any cover for cancellation due to shoot insolvency.
Please contact The Team. Tel: 0207 491 1363.
E-Mail: theteam@itapgroup.com     Website: www.itapgroup.com/insurance

Booking Shoot Days

By telephone:
Daytime: 01423 323321: My secretary Lynda or myself
Evening: 01765 677343: After 8.00 p.m. up to 10.30 p.m. any evening
Mobile: 07774 271781: Daytime only



Confirmation of Booking

Following your booking a confirmation will be sent (by post and/or e-mail) detailing your day(s), with the day, date, location, type of day, target bag, meeting place, breakfast and luncheon arrangements, start and finish times and shoot fee. A VAT invoice will accompany your confirmation. Please do not send any payment until you receive an invoice. Upon the issue of such confirmation your booking will be binding and you will be deemed to have accepted these terms and conditions (a copy of which is also set out on our website www.ripleycastleshoot.com and/or in our brochure).

Cancellation of Booking

If you wish to cancel a gun you have already booked, providing a minimum of 30 days’ notice is given, the gun may be cancelled and either another date chosen or a full refund given. This applies to bookings of up to two guns on any one day. Should you wish to cancel three guns or more on any one day, a refund will only be given at our absolute discretion and subject to us being able to re-sell the cancelled guns (which may be possible depending on the time of the season and provided sufficient notice is given). 

When a booking is made out of the 30 day cancellation period i.e. with less than 30 days remaining before the shoot day, should you find it is necessary to cancel the day the full shoot fee is due (and if already paid, no refund will be given) or you can send a safe replacement gun to shoot your peg. 


Payment of Shoot Fees

Shoot fees of £2,000 or more: 30% due 1st February 40% due 1st May 30% due 1st August 
Shoot fees of less than £2,000: 50% due 1st February 50% due 1st August 
For bookings made after 1st August, payment of the whole fee is due within fourteen days of our issue of your booking confirmation and your invoice.

We reserve the right to release the booking to a third party if payment is not made in full by the due date. 

VAT is included in all Shoot Fees with a VAT invoice issued prior to the due date. 

Payment can be made by cheque, payable to Ripley Sporting or direct into our bank. Bank details are printed on the invoice. 
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