British Style Driven Wing Shooting

We offer driven wing shooting in carefully selected areas in the central Europe. The areas have different terrain structure with different level of challenging drives. All the areas offer an exceptional experience in beautiful natural surroundings. Our main focus is the wing shooting in the Czech Republic, that offers exciting experience thanks to its topography with steep terrains and excellent organization by experienced staff.

History of these grounds usually goes back to 19th century when local noble families conceived areas for pheasant shooting in British style. Interesting fact is that the wing shooting kept going even during the communist regime, although considered as decadent sport of aristocracy, it was very popular among the regime's elite. The profile of the terrains is varied, with ravine drives producing tall, testing birds over woodland, and cover-crop drives where the birds are driven from some distance. Local breeding stations breed healthy chicks with good adaptability to the harsh conditions of life in the wild. Pheasants are usually released at the age of 10 weeks. It means that during shooting days you will find well mature birds with nice plumage and long tail feathers that allow them to fly very well and high.


History

According to the legend, the Colchis pheasant (Phasianus Colchicus) was found by so/called Argonauts in Colchis during their research of the Golden Fleece. From Colchis they brought live pheasants to Greece. It is just a legend but it is true that the Greeks and later the Romans contributed to the spread of pheasants across the whole Europe. The Roman poet Giovenale wrote that pheasants were the birds of Scythia, the ancient Central Eurasia region. The Romans used pheasants with their beautiful colours for ornamental purposes in the parks of patrician villas. Only from XI century the pheasants were introduced in European hunting game preserves owned by kings and noble families. The history of pheasant breeding in the Bohemian lands goes back to the 11th century and the first official pheasantry was founded near Králuv Dvůr by the Bohemian king and German Kaiser Charles IV in the 14th century. The breeding and hunting of the pheasant have become so popular here that during the times a specific species called in French Fasan de Boheme or in German der Bohmische Jagdfasan become very popular for its strong and healthily form. The modern driven shooting is connected with the Hasburg imperial house reigning in the Bohemia till the World War One. In the 1845 there were almost 200 pheasant breeding across the country.

The history of pheasant shoot in Slovakia and Hungary is very similar to the one in Bohemian lands. In Slovakia it is the most well-known area in the country with a long tradition and is connected to the local noble family of Hungarian origin. The family owned the lands from the beginning of 17th century. They built the beautiful hunting chateau original in the baroque style, later on, it was rebuilt in the current neoclassical. The chateau is right next to one of the excellent pheasantries.

After the World War II all the estate was confiscated by the state and from then it is run by the current enterprise. It has kept through the years the excellence in hunting and driven shooting, and welcomed a lot of passionate guns among also the royals, such as the Swedish King Gustav.