Raisthorpe Manor - Wharram, Malton, Morth Yorkshire.

[Damoyorkie]

Simulated Game day for 16 guns.

I promise I have absolutely no vested interest when writing this review, knowing only three or four of the other guns before the day, and never having been to Raisthorpe Manor before.

Absolutely fantastic day out. Definitely blazing barrels.

Two drives in the grouse butts first of all, getting through about 150-200 cartridges each. Superb food and drink for elevenses, then on to two high drives, with really testing clays. There was so much shooting that my wood was getting almost too hot to hold !

Back for an absolutely magnificent lunch, with all of the guns getting on famously, and then a team competition of four guns each, with two very high 100 bird drives. Scores of 179, 162, 157, and 128 said a lot about the skill of the guns, as these were high and testing clays.

One of the best days I've had with a shotgun, and the whole set up is an absolute credit to David and Julia Medforth, who were just the best hosts that you could imagine.

Fair play to Simon Dunn for organising the day too.

 

[Hamster]

That sounds really fantastic , I won a simulated day a few years ago but foolishly let it run out of date .

 

[ExSCA]

Sounds like a lovely day - I've always wondered if those sim game days would be fun... sounds like you found a great place.

Be good to post up a link if you have one.

 

[Fuzrat]

sounds like this sort of thing could be a great shootclay outing..........

 

[ExSCA]

Completely agree...

 

[Jeremy Baker]

I'd be up for a sim game day.

Brilliant day out.

 

[Bob_P]

One more vote here

 

[teepee1234]

Me too.

 

[Fuzrat]

will have a scout around for somewhere reasonably priced and central from my early research theyre not that cheap, but to be fair they are flinging quite a few thousand clays about in the day and most do brekkie elevensies and dinner as part of the deal gonna have to budget for 3 or 4 slabs of shells each by all accounts Boom-time!

 

[Jeremy Baker]

Guns on Pegs is a great place to look.

 

[Fuzrat]

I know, I've nearly sold myself on a 100 bird end of season clear up driven day with no bag limit and I was supposed to be looking sim not real :yell:

 

[EdSolomons]

I got took to a day on raisthorpe for a weekend last year- amazing place an day; would recommend it to anyone. From what they put on for us I don't think it would be a cheap affair though.....

 

[Andy S]

From their website:

Prices start from £200+VAT per gun for evening shoots with a BBQ with full day simulated game shoots starting at £300+VAT.

http://www.raisthorp....com/index.html

Andy

 

[Damoyorkie]

Now then Fuzrat, don't budget for the cartridges, as they were all in with the price. I think I paid £300 or £350, and I easily must have shot 400 to 450, of what were Eley 21g 7s. They were badges up for Raisthorpe Manor, so I couldn't tell you what type of Eley shell it was.