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Partridge Shooting at El Despeñadero, Toledo

Two thousand hectares in Toledo province, and the smallest ground we work with in Spain — chosen for that, not in spite of it. El Despeñadero is primarily a driven red-legged partridge estate, and its character comes from the fall of the land rather than from anything built.

Driven red-legged partridge shooting at El Despeñadero, Toledo, SpainThree partridge on the stony verge of a gravel track at El Despenadero, beneath holm oaksRed ploughed fields and holm oak pasture at El Despenadero, a white farmhouse on the ridge beyondGuns and loaders making their way along a scrub hillside at El DespenaderoBeaters with flags gathered on a track in a broad valley of scrub and stubble at El DespenaderoThe tiled roof of the finca at El Despenadero and a row of cypresses, seen through pine branchesA bedroom at El Despenadero with a dark four-poster bed, grasscloth walls and woven lantern lamps
Map showing El Despeñadero at Consuegra, Toledo, its arrival airport and major Spanish cities for reference
El DespeñaderoAt a glance
RegionConsuegra, Toledo
Approximate areac.2,000 ha / 4,940 acres
Sport in addition to partridgePrimarily driven red-legged partridge
Usual arrival airportMadrid-Barajas
Sixty minutes by road, per the estate.
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A smaller finca run for one quarry can be managed intensively. Every drive is known, every wind direction has a plan, and the keepers can read the ground far more precisely than is possible across twenty thousand hectares.

The name means “the precipice”, and the ground earns it: the estate takes its character from a sharp break of slope, which is exactly the feature that produces high, fast birds without needing artificial staging.

This suits a smaller party well — one team, one estate, no sense of sharing the ground with anybody else.

The Value of our Shooting Package — El Despeñadero

What a fully inclusive package covers here — full board on the estate in the staffed hacienda, all wines, spirits and soft drinks, return transfers from Madrid-Barajas, and ammunition, Spanish gun and hunting licences — with the point that overage is counted per gun, so each gun pays only for the birds it has shot.

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Spanish Driven Partridge Shooting Season

SpainDate FromDate To
Partridge1st October31st March

How a Spanish Driven Day Runs

Driven Partridge shoots in Spain differ slightly from the UK in the manner that the day is conducted. A typical day consists of 4 or 5 drives and as the days are still quite long the day can operate in a relaxed but professional manner. Tapas will be taken after 2 drives (and after drive 4 on a 5 drive day) Lunch will be at the days end so there is no rush at all. The birds are fast and furious and test even the best guns. The weather is normally good so all can be Al-Fresco. You are always supplied with a loader or “stuffer” who carries all you gear and generally looks after you, this all combines to give you an overall most enjoyable experience.

Key Information

Rates

Prices on application

Quarry focus

Primarily driven red-legged partridge.

Can a Shotgun be provided

Yes

Accommodation

First class lodge or hotel.

Ammunition

Ammunition supplied.

Suggested Calibre

28, 20, 16, 12.

Permits Required

All required permits arranged at time of booking.

Arrival airport

Madrid-Barajas. Sixty minutes by road, per the estate.

Flights & Bringing own Firearms

Please consult with Hendry, Ramsay & Waters at time of booking for up to date airline carriers that allow firearms to be transported.

 

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