Walked-Up Pheasant and Partridge Shooting in France

The hunt

What to expect.

A full day of walked-up pheasant and partridge shooting in France, on a 2,200 acre estate in the Tarn, 40 minutes from Toulouse. The ground is yours alone for the day. Parties of 6 to 10 guns, five pheasants or seven partridge per gun, lunch taken at the lodge. From 425 € per gun, excluding VAT. Day organised by Univers Chasse Peche, agence licenciée Atout France n° 031950034, membre APST.

Pheasant shooting in France, a private day for your own party

Pheasant shooting in France is rarely sold the way it is here. Most days abroad are put together gun by gun, and you meet the rest of the line on the morning. This one is booked by the party: six to ten guns, one group, and 2,200 acres given over to you for the day. Nobody else is on the ground.

The format is a single day with no overnight stay, which matters more than it sounds. A party flying into Toulouse in the morning can be on the ground by half past ten and back at the airport by early evening, or fold the day into a longer trip in the south west. For a group that shoots together at home and wants something different once a season, it is a short trip with very little organising left to do.

Two thousand acres in the Tarn, walked up over dogs

The ground runs to 2,200 acres in the Tarn, roughly 1,700 acres of woodland and 500 acres of open plain, given over entirely to small game. It has been managed that way for more than twenty years, with continuous restocking work behind it, which is what makes a settled bird rather than one that has only just found its feet on the ground.

The shooting is walked up over dogs, on separate beats morning and afternoon. Your own gun dogs are welcome, and for guns arriving by air a pointer and handler can be arranged. Five pheasants or seven partridge per gun, or a mix of the two, are covered by the price. Beats worked in the morning are left alone in the afternoon, so the second outing is over fresh ground rather than over a line that has already been pushed once.

The lodge, and what a party does between drives

The shooting lodge sits on the estate and its large room seats at least fifty. Breakfast on arrival, lunch and the drinks at the close are all taken there, so nobody moves between buildings during the day. Table drinks come with lunch. Wifi and a sound system can be put in place if a party wants them, and some groups use the room for an hour of their own business before the shooting starts.

Non-shooting guests are properly catered for rather than tolerated, which is worth saying plainly. At 120 € excluding VAT each they have the lodge, the breakfast, the lunch and the end of the day, with no cap on numbers. A party of ten where six shoot works out without anybody doing arithmetic on the back of an envelope.

Getting a party from the UK onto the ground

Toulouse-Blagnac takes direct flights from a number of European cities, and the estate is 40 minutes by road from the airport. That is the whole reason a shooting day in France works as a day trip for a British or Nordic party rather than as a weekend that eats two days of travel at either end.

Two things need settling before you travel, and both are ours to sort out with you rather than yours to work out alone. Every gun needs a hunting licence valid for the current French season and hunting insurance, neither of which is included in the price. And firearms brought in from outside France follow a set procedure that depends on where the gun is resident. Raise both with us when you enquire, not the week before, and hire guns are available on the day at 50 € excluding VAT for anyone who would rather travel without their own.

A licensed agency organising your shooting day in France

Univers Chasse Peche has been organising guided hunting and shooting trips on four continents for more than thirty years. Agence licenciée Atout France n° 031950034, membre APST. Our office is in Toulouse and the estate is 40 minutes away, so the ground, the keeper and the state of the birds are known to us at first hand rather than through an intermediary.

For a party booking from abroad, that licence is not paperwork. It means the day is sold under French travel law, with a proper invoice for the party organiser and APST cover on the money paid up front. A 30 % deposit confirms the date, the balance is settled before the day or on arrival, and the shape of the day is agreed with you beforehand rather than handed to you on the morning.

The ground

Why this area.

• 2,200 acres of dedicated small game ground, 1,700 acres of woodland and 500 acres of open plain
• The whole estate is yours for the day, no other party and no other guns on the ground
• Managed for small game for over twenty years, with continuous restocking work
• Walked-up shooting over dogs, your own gun dogs welcome on the ground
• Shooting lodge with a large room on site, all catering taken there
• In the Tarn, south west France, 40 minutes by road from Toulouse and from Albi

Day by day

How the hunt unfolds.

Practical details

In the field.

Planning your trip

Paperwork and climate.

What the hunt includes

Included and not included.

Trophy fees

Additional trophy fees.

There are no trophy fees on this day, the birds allowed for your party being covered by the price. VAT at 20 % is added to every amount shown. Gun hire is subject to availability and to the firearms regulations in force. There is no cap on the number of non-shooting guests.

Open season

When to go.

In pictures

Hunt gallery.

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Your questions, our answers

Frequently asked questions.