Clay shooting in Somerset

Clay shooting in Somerset

Clay shooting is the art of recreating a day of live quarry shooting, with the key difference being that you shoot a variety of clay targets instead of live game. One of the benefits of clay shooting is that it can be practiced throughout the year, whereas traditional shooting is seasonal.

About clay shooting in somerset

Many believe that the best clay days offer close to the same exhilaration of game shooting with the unknown sporting element and anticipation being the difference. As with game shoots, simulated shoots vary somewhat with the most expensive ones employing manual trappers which offers greater variance to automated traps but it comes at a price.

Clay shooting availability in Somerset

Bath Shooting Company

Somerset, United Kingdom

**Group or individual bookings taken or alternatively a group booking can contact us to arrange a date of choice with a full team. Bath Shooting Company prides its self in providing a personalised shooting experience, personalised clay layout, simulated game shooting, tuition. ** The venue is home to high pheasant shoot consisting of a steep valley consisting of lush pasture and woodland. This valley provides high quality targets sure to test even the most experienced of guns. A combination of testing targets and stunning scenery makes for an unforgettable experience. All in all this is a very attractive setting and any countryside loving person is bound to appreciate what is on offer. Our days are relaxed with a friendly atmosphere and are held at our venue situated between Bath and Bristol. As an alternative to the usual forms of corporate entertainment our simulated game shooting days are a great way to entertain for any occasion. During the day the guests are split into two teams so that while one team shoots the other team act as loaders which allows the guns to keep up with the high number of clays being presented. Once the guns in team one finish their drive they swap with the loading team who then take their turn to shoot. The clay pigeons that are used to mimic the game birds are thrown by our technologically advanced <a>Promatic Huntsman XP Game trailers</a>, which offer “a natural flowing spread of birds over a huge area”. You can be assured that during our simulated game shooting days you will have the opportunity to shoot at thousands of testing clay targets for a fraction of the price of an actual game shoot. **Group or individual bookings taken or alternatively a group booking can contact us to arrange a date of choice** **We can provide full days or half days** The Bath Shooting Company prides itself on our mobile clay shoot service but also has a shooting site just outside Bath in the village of Kelston in South Gloucestershire.  Conveniently located 5-10 minutes from Bath, 20 minutes from Bristol, and only 20 minutes from junction 18 of the M4, access from local and national destinations is simple.

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Braces Shooting School

Somerset, United Kingdom

**Braces Mobile Clay and Simulated Game Shoot** Braces Shooting School is based just fifteen minutes from the centre of Bristol and is fully equipped with top of the range traps that can be adjusted to suit the needs of any shooter. John Pool is head coach and can take groups or individuals for private lessons. Braces have a clay shooting club that operates a 50 bird sporting shoot with refeshments on a bi weekly basis, all welcome contact the shop for details. Be it a birthday party, stag/hen party or corporate entertainment, clay pigeon shooting is a great way to have some fun with friends or colleagues. Braces can offer a complete package with clay pigeon shooting afternoons and full days available. All packages include * Full safety briefing * safety equipment * instructors * ammunition * Bacon sandwiches more comprehensive catering such as a hog roast can be supplied, personalised packages and special requests can be arranged please contact us for more information and pricesBraces can arrange simulated game shooting both on our ground and on a mobile basis, with top of the range Promatic traps fully realistic 20 40 or 100 bird drives are a possibility. Catering , tuition and guns and ammunition can be provided contact us for more details and prices. Driven boar shooting is an exciting adventure undertaken by a growing number of UK based shooters. Braces feel that it is of the utmost importance to complete a good level of training to ensure both the hunter and their equipment is up to the task. We have installed the latest Promatic running boar target at our facility (near Bristol Airport). It is available on an hourly basis for both individual training/practice and group bookings. Our Blaser rifles with Swarovski and Aim Point optics are available for use if required. Our target can be shot from varying ranges and angles from 20 yards out to 100 yards. Check out our website for more infomation:

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Coombs Simulated Game Day

Somerset, United Kingdom

Spend the day with the Coombs Clay Shooting team on this very special event. We start the day with coffee and bacon rolls indoors at our world class Marksman ST-2 Shooting Simulator in Westbury where you will have the benefit of getting your eye in and looking deeper into your shooting technique with its powerful ballistics engine and shot analytics. Try pheasants, partridge and even duck! Test out the realistic clay range too. Moving on from the Simulator join us for a lite lunch in the field before the real action starts. The afternoon features simulated game driven targets in small teams off the peg. A causal, very friendly and informative atmosphere with access to coaches for those little niggles and questions. Heck, you can even compare steel shot and lead on the simulator and in the field.

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Somerset Driven Shooting

Somerset, United Kingdom

Top quality simulated game days between Taunton and Exmoor. We also offer corporate days, stag and hen days and individual/group tuition. On the sim days we can cater for full teams, small groups and individuals on all dates. We offer discounts on large groups please get in touch for more details. The entire day is set out to fully replicate the experience of our driven game days, with our drives often being the same as the ones we shoot during the season. We have a variety of drives to cater for different people from low fast grouse and quick partridges to extremely high driven Pheasants. Teams will shoot at a minimum of 6,000 challenging targets to replicate game birds over the day, all at a fraction of the cost of a driven pheasant / partridge day. We use a combination of powerful Promatic Huntsman automatic Game Trailers and Flurry Launchers firing clays in a random pattern of speed, height and directions much like a driven day. You will have an actioned packed day with guns having the chance to shoot at thousands of clays.

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South West Sporting Ltd

Somerset, United Kingdom

Our stunning locations in Devon, Exmoor and Somerset, offer a superb shooting experience. Our full team days include up to 6,000 clays, over 4 drives based on 18 guns along with a hearty breakfast, drinks and nibbles between drives. Followed by a lovely two-course after shoot meal at a local pub. Expect to fire between 350-500 cartridges throughout the course of one our simulated days.

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