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Shared Stalking Trips

GOOD COMPANY ON THE OPEN HILL

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Make new friends and enjoy the finest Scottish stalking

For guests who may not have a full party, Glen Dessary Lodge offers the opportunity to join a carefully curated sporting week alongside like-minded guests. These shared weeks are designed to bring together small parties and individuals with a common interest in traditional Highland sport, creating a convivial atmosphere while enjoying the estate and its surroundings.

We run these weeks in two seasons, stag weeks in September and hind weeks in November, and you simply choose the quarry and week that suit you. Each is a fixed six nights at the Lodge, with a private chef and a dram by the fire each evening. Come on your own or with a friend, and leave with new friendships forged across the glen.

Two red deer stags on the open hill at Glen Dessary

How It Works

Each week is a fixed six nights, Sunday to Saturday. On the September stag weeks the rhythm is a day on the rifle and two more days on the hill with a stalking party, with a half day of guided fly fishing and free time to relax or explore. The November hind weeks are more relaxed, given over to the stalking, with a choice of day excursions for the other days. We rotate the parties across the Estate's 15,000 acres so the ground is never crowded, and evenings are spent together over dinner from our private chef.

Forge lasting memories and new friends around the evening fire.

The Lodge, Shared

Guests stay across the Lodge and the nearby Bothy overlooking the River Dessary, with hot baths waiting after a day on the hill and drinks around the log-burning fire. Our private chef prepares dinner each evening using the finest local produce, including the Estate's own venison, so the day's stories can be told properly, around one table. Everyone dines together whatever their room: guests in the Bothy share all the Lodge's communal areas and join for breakfast, lunch and dinner, with wine included at dinner.

Dinner at the Glen Dessary Lodge after a day of stalking

The Stalking

On the September weeks your day on the rifle is the centrepiece. Glen Dessary offers some of the most exciting stalking in Scotland: steep high ground where it is not uncommon to take a stag at over 2,500 feet, climbing through mist that lifts to reveal the islands of Rhum, Skye and the Outer Hebrides. Each guest takes one stag during the week, weather and safe conditions permitting, accompanied throughout by an experienced, qualified stalker.

Red deer stalking on the high ground at Glen Dessary

The November weeks turn to the hinds and the management cull. They are more relaxed: each guest who stalks takes at least one beast, further outings for more hinds are arranged at extra cost, and there is no charge to join a party on the hill. The days are spent working the hill with the stalker rather than seeking a single trophy.

The Fishing

A half day on the water is part of every stag week. Whether you have fished for years or have never picked up a rod, our ghillie will have you casting on the Estate's lochs and river, sharing the craft and helping to improve your line, whatever your experience. It is an unhurried, companionable few hours and a fine way to see another side of the glen. A second half-day can be added for anyone keen to make more of it.

Fly fishing with a ghillie at Glen Dessary

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At a Glance

Stag Weeks, September

Sun 12 – Sat 18 September 2027

Sun 19 – Sat 25 September 2027

Hind Weeks, November

Sun 7 – Sat 13 November 2027

Sun 14 – Sat 20 November 2027

Every week is the same six nights, Sunday to Saturday. Choose the quarry and the week that suit you best.

Your Week, Day by Day

A Stag Week, September

  • Sunday – arrival, settle in and dinner at the Lodge
  • Stalking, one stag per shooting guest
  • Two more days on the hill with a stalking party
  • A half-day's fly fishing included, then a day off to relax or explore
  • Saturday – departure after breakfast

A Hind Week, November

  • Sunday – arrival, settle in and dinner at the Lodge
  • Stalking, at least one beast included
  • Further outings for more hinds are charged as extra
  • No charge for joining a stalking party on the hill
  • Your other days for a day out of your choice
  • Saturday – departure after breakfast

Your Place

Places are priced per guest per night, fully catered. You book a place rather than a room, and we allocate the rooms across the Lodge and the Bothy once the week is made up.

Stalking guestper guest per night, fully catered £400 per night
Guest not stalkingper guest per night, sharing a room £240 per night

Six nights, so £2,400 for a stalking guest and £1,440 for someone coming along, before sporting fees. Walking the hill with a stalking party is free of charge. All prices include VAT.

The Lodge

A traditional Highland lodge with log fires, a comfortable living room and a library, and bedrooms across two floors. This is the heart of the week, where the whole party gathers for dinner and a dram by the fire.

The Bothy

An intimate Scottish bothy with a kitchen and seating area. Bothy guests are welcome to enjoy the Lodge's communal areas as part of the week.

  • Six nights, Sunday to Saturday, fully catered with a private chef, at £400 per stalking guest per night and £240 for a guest not stalking
  • Bothy guests share the Lodge's communal areas and all meals, breakfast, lunch and dinner
  • Wine with dinner is included; add a drinks package or pay as you go
  • Join individually or with a friend, with no need to fill a full party. Rooms are allocated across the Lodge and the Bothy, which sleep 21 between them
  • Sporting fees: £900 per stag or £720 per hind outing (at least one beast); the stag week includes a half day of guided fly fishing at £125 per guest, with optional trophy preparation at £100 per stag
  • A maximum of two stalking groups go out each day
  • Prices do not include tips for the stalkers or ghillies, which are paid separately
  • Each week runs subject to minimum occupancy and may be cancelled up to six weeks before, with no liability for costs incurred
  • The Estate is closed from 1 December to 15 January, so the hind weeks are held in November and, by arrangement, from 16 January

Bringing your own party instead? See deer stalking for the stags, and hind stalking for the winter season.

Build Your Week

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Build Your Week

Who is coming?

Places are priced per guest per night for the six-night week. Rooms are allocated across the Lodge and the Bothy once the week is made up.

£400 per guest per night. On a stag week each stalking guest takes one stag.
£240 per guest per night. Walking the hill with a party is free of charge.

Your stag can be prepared as a trophy to take home with you. Please note we are not able to post trophies.

£100 per trophy.
Wine with dinner comes as standard. Add a full drinks package and we will include it in your quote, or simply pay as you go for anything more.
Your other days

A half day of guided fly fishing is included: a skilled ghillie will help improve your cast and share the craft, perfect for all skill levels. Your other days are free, to relax and recoup at the Lodge with a book from the library and the peace and the views, or to explore the wider area under your own steam.

Your other days are yours. Tick any excursions that appeal and we book and arrange them for you, subject to availability and weather.

Other things to do around the estate, tick any that appeal:

Evening entertainment

Evenings at the Lodge can take on a little extra. Tick anything that appeals: we gather interest across the party and, where enough of you would like it, we lay it on and share the cost. You are also welcome to treat the whole party to an experience, just let us know in the box below.

Your Estimate

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Please note: subject to minimum occupancy

These shared weeks run only if the week reaches its minimum occupancy. If it does not, we will tell you no later than six weeks before the start date and the week may be cancelled. Glen Dessary Estate cannot be held liable for any costs you incur as a result, such as travel or insurance, so we recommend flexible or refundable arrangements and suitable insurance.

Read our stalking terms and conditions before requesting a place.