ORGANIZATION
The
party is met at the airport in Madrid the day before the shoot by our
experienced staff who walk them through their firearms and luggage formalities
at Customs. They are driven the one hundred and twenty five miles to the
Cortijo in private cars. We also
have a private landing strip one thousand five hundred and eighty nine yards
long located just eighteen miles from where they will be staying for the use of
our clients.
Once
the shooting party has arrived and been settled,
they will be welcomed with a gourmet dinner consisting of traditional
Spanish dishes and international cuisine.
After breakfast the next day,
the shooting party will leave in four-wheel drive vehicles at around nine
in the morning. A typical day of
partridge shooting is as follows:
The
party is taken to the shooting grounds which lay anywhere from a half a mile up
to fifteen miles away and set up in their shooting posts.
There are usually three drives before lunch and two afterwards.
Each drive takes place in a different area.
The line of shooters vary between five and fourteen and are positioned at
the fall of a ravine at a space of fifty five yards from each other.
Every shooter is accompanied to his post by a loader and a secretary
where they will await the arrival of the beaters. Forty to fifty people are
involved in driving the partridges toward the line, which provides thirty to
sixty minutes of fantastic shooting.
Depending upon the shooting of the group anywhere from four hundred
to fifteen hundred partridges can be brought down in a single day. After
this fast and challenging shooting, the loader and secretary run out to gather
up the birds with the help of retrievers.
A traditional Spanish snack breaks up the shooting in the morning and about
midday a gourmet meal, complete with appetizers, wine and dessert, is served
outside in the open country or in a large tent depending upon the wind.
At the end of the day’s shoot, the hunters return to the Cortijo or
Hacienda, where the staff cleans their guns and hunting gear.
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