Born Hunter 17,622 Posted January 2, 2019 Report Share Posted January 2, 2019 Anybody shot/hunted Ptarmigan in the UK (Scotland)? Sounds like a wild adventure. I'm interested in a jaunt for the 2019 season. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Stavross 13,711 Posted January 2, 2019 Report Share Posted January 2, 2019 I’ve never done it myself but my mate has and said it’s the ultimate walked up shooting, I think he did ptarmigan and hare on the same shoot, he did it with George goldsmith sporting, I know it wasn’t cheap but it’s a once in a lifetime thing, twice if you are loaded Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Born Hunter 17,622 Posted January 2, 2019 Author Report Share Posted January 2, 2019 36 minutes ago, Stavross said: I’ve never done it myself but my mate has and said it’s the ultimate walked up shooting, I think he did ptarmigan and hare on the same shoot, he did it with George goldsmith sporting, I know it wasn’t cheap but it’s a once in a lifetime thing, twice if you are loaded What sort of money are we talking? If it's that expensive, it's probably not what I'm looking for tbh. I don't want to pay someone to do all the work for me. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Stavross 13,711 Posted January 2, 2019 Report Share Posted January 2, 2019 I’ve just asked him and he said he thinks it was £160 each for the ptarmigan and you were in a group of 4 guns, he did 4 days up there with different shooting each day and stayed in a posh hotel where he was pampered, the whole experience was about £1400, I don’t think £160 is to bad for a day up there if you sort your own accommodation out, people pay more than that for a day on pheasant around here 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Born Hunter 17,622 Posted January 2, 2019 Author Report Share Posted January 2, 2019 15 minutes ago, Stavross said: I’ve just asked him and he said he thinks it was £160 each for the ptarmigan and you were in a group of 4 guns, he did 4 days up there with different shooting each day and stayed in a posh hotel where he was pampered, the whole experience was about £1400, I don’t think £160 is to bad for a day up there if you sort your own accommodation out, people pay more than that for a day on pheasant around here Per bird or per Gun? That's not bad either way given that you will probably only shoot a brace. Thanks for asking. A driven do local to me went 60k in overages! I don't think we Can really compare to pheasant though. The two appeal to a very different kinds of Gun. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Stavross 13,711 Posted January 2, 2019 Report Share Posted January 2, 2019 After asking a few more questions of his mate who went with him he said he doesn’t know where he’s got that price from because they did a package deal, , he said for walked up ptarmigan with the chance of an odd grouse was £550 for a full day on the scree slopes, you could keep a brace of grouse per gun but couldn’t keep any ptarmigan, the only thing the crank got right was there needed to be 4 guns, sorry I mislead you a bit there 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MIK 4,754 Posted January 2, 2019 Report Share Posted January 2, 2019 2 hours ago, Born Hunter said: What sort of money are we talking? If it's that expensive, it's probably not what I'm looking for tbh. I don't want to pay someone to do all the work for me. I will ask about for you Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Born Hunter 17,622 Posted January 2, 2019 Author Report Share Posted January 2, 2019 8 minutes ago, MIK said: I will ask about for you I'd appreciate that, mik, thanks. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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