Clay Pigeon Shooting

A VARIED SESSION AGAINST A HIGHLAND BACKDROP.

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Clay Pigeon Shooting at Glen Dessary

Clay shooting on the Estate, with the glen falling away in front of you and nothing behind the targets but open hillside. We run it two ways: a hosted session for anyone who simply wants to shoot, and a proper guided lesson for those who have never held a shotgun and would like to be taught properly from the beginning. Both are hosted throughout, and both tend to end with somebody surprising themselves.

Clay Shooting

£125 per person for a hosted session, £500 for a party of four

Guided Lesson

£500 for up to four newcomers, tuition from the ground up

Hosted

Instruction and safety briefing included

Setting

On the Estate, with the glen behind you

A Session for Any Standard

Our host sets a variety of targets and adjusts them to the party as the session goes on: birds coming over the treeline, going-away shots down the glen, and a few genuinely testing crossers once everyone has found their feet. If you shoot regularly the targets can be made properly difficult. If you have not picked up a gun since school, they will be set kindly until you are breaking them. It is a popular half-day for mixed groups, particularly where not everyone in the party stalks, and it works as well in the hour before dinner as it does across a full morning.

A gun mounting a shotgun for clays above the glen at Glen Dessary Estate
Clay pigeon shooting instruction at Glen Dessary Estate

Lessons for Newcomers

For complete beginners we run it as a lesson rather than a session, for up to four people at a time. The emphasis is on doing it correctly from the outset: how the gun should fit and mount, stance and balance, where your eyes belong, and why the barrels have to keep moving after you pull the trigger. Most people break their first clay inside the first half hour and leave with something they can genuinely build on. It is a sound introduction for anyone thinking about stalking later in the week, and an even better one for guests who had always assumed shooting was not for them.

Good to Know

No Experience Needed

Guests regularly arrive having never fired a shot and leave hitting clays. Everything is explained from first principles, and nobody is rushed.

Larger Parties

Groups bigger than a single session are usually split across two, often while the rest of the party is out on the hill or the water. Tell us your numbers and we will work it out.

What to Wear

You are outside on the hill, so boots and layers rather than town shoes. Highland weather changes quickly and a session is a good deal more enjoyable dry.

Part of Your Stay

Clays can be added to any Lodge booking, and pair naturally with a whisky tasting the same evening.

Clay Shooting Prices

Clay Pigeon Shootingper person £125
Guided Lesson for Newcomersup to 4 guests £500

Larger parties can usually be accommodated across more than one session. Please ask. Subject to availability. Prices include VAT.

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