If you’re interested in our hugely popular game shooting experience, but hesitating about signing up for the full two day course then join us for a fantastic one day course of Clay Shooting and Game Butchery. Here we will pack in a bit of everything for you to try! Suitable for all skill levels, whether you’ve been shooting before or not.
Skills
- Shoot safety
- Clay pigeon shooting
- Driven game shooting
- Game butchery
- Game cookery
We’ll start the day at Shellard’s Shoot in beautiful nearby Wellow, where Shellards’ experienced instructors will go over the key points of shooting safety, then get you started shooting clays. We’ll finish up the morning with a mini simulated game drive to give you an idea of what it’s like to go shooting in the field. We’ll also cover the subjects of driven game shooting, etiquette, tipping and the countryside code
After a delicious lunch we’ll spend the afternoon getting to grips with cooking game. Bod will lead a demo on butchering pheasant, and then you’ll have a go at doing it yourself. Finally, Bod will prepare a quick and delicious pheasant dish for you to try, before you head home with an info pack of our favourite game recipes to have a go at in your own kitchen.
Bod Griffiths
Bod Griffiths runs Vale House Kitchen with his wife Annie, and after six years of working with a whole range of fantastic tutors is excited to start leading his own courses. He grew up helping his Grandmother in the kitchen, and it’s from her that he got his love for traditional skills like baking bread and making preserves, as well as a profound appreciation for cooking in tune with the seasons. As an adult, he lived and worked in London,…
Frank Shellard
Country conservation and shooting are in Franks blood. Having taken up game shooting from an early age, Frank is now a qualified CPSA instructor and has been very privileged to have shot over many prestigious estates throughout the UK. He employs a full time game keeper who rears the majority of the birds released on the Manor Farm Estate. Frank shares Vale House Kitchen’s field to fork philosophy with all of the game shot making their way from kitchen to…
