The “Abbey Shoot” at Wykeham offers a wide variety of partridge and pheasant shooting.
Partridges are driven across the rolling countryside lying on the southern fringes
of the North York Moors and leading down to the Parkland surrounding Wykeham Abbey.
“Traditional” pheasant shooting takes place over the more traditional arable and
grassland and wooded dales, or spectacular “High Bird” pheasant shooting over three
steep wooded valleys: Bedale, Yedmandale and Sawdondale, the latter described by
one team of guns as “an island of Devon shooting in Yorkshire”!
Bags vary between 150 - 200 birds for the partridge and ‘Traditional’ pheasant shooting
and 200-300 birds for the High Birds pheasants. Prices start at £30 per bird (inclusive)
and peak at £40 per bird (inclusive) for the High Birds. The quoted prices are inclusive
of VAT and hospitality and are fixed for the day with no additional charge for overage.
All the partridge and pheasant shooting commences with a drive through the Park
arriving at the magnificence of Wykeham Abbey, the Dawnay family home. Introductions
to the keepers and host take place at the “Old Kitchen”, Wykeham Abbey with a mug
of coffee. The host will explain the procedures for the day and carry out the draw.
There is a midmorning drink and snack out in the field followed by lunch (with a
choice of menus) in the “Old Kitchen” either at lunchtime or, if preferred, at the
end of the day’s shooting.