Bush Spring - Clay Pigeon Shooting Club

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Welcome to Bush Spring Shooting Club's web site. We are a licensed clay pigeon shooting club with a ground set in the heart of the English Countryside at Chickney Hall Farm, Essex, about 35 miles North East of Central London. We have a skeet range with a pleasant view over a valley but most shooters come for our 50 bird sporting over 5 stands with a different layout at every shoot. There are two copses, and a number of our stands are located in the trees. We present a wide variety of targets, including rabbits at various angles and lots of battues, but we take care to keep every bird within range. We also have a DTL range though at many shoots we use this part of the ground for a 25 bird compact sporting layout.

We shoot every Saturday from 10 am until 1 pm, so you need to start your last round of sporting just after 12 noon or your last round of Compact, DTL or skeet by 12:30. You are most welcome to arrive before 10 am either to help setting up or to start the day with a cup of tea and a bacon roll but Sporting is members only until 11 am. If you are new to the sport please let us know and we’ll make sure that you get a safe introduction to clay shooting. Similarly if you are on your own and would like to join a squad for sporting, compact, DTL or skeet then just ask when buying your card.

In summer months the skeet range (only) is open from 12 noon till 2 pm on grass cutting days.
The grass is being cut on Thursdays this year, weather permitting, and you can phone the Secretary
before 10 am on a Thursday morning to find out if the ground will be open that day.

Access to the ground is from the Elsenham - Thaxted Road (B1051) just to the North East of Stansted Airport, and there is a sign where the farm road leaves the main road. Click here for a detailed map. You cannot see the shooting ground from the road, though you sometimes get an excellent view of it from the right hand side of an aircraft on final approach into the airport.

Click here if you would like to see the BBC current weather report and 5 day forecast for our area, but be aware that on Saturdays we shoot under (almost) all conditions. Members are expected to hand in their cards from their first round of sporting at each shoot they attend, and these scores are included in the club averages. The individual scores that make up the average are typically for the past six or seven months.

There is no wad restriction on the ground but the maximum load is 28 grams and the maximum shot size is 6. You are unlikely to need anything larger than 7½ or 8 and we expect all shooters, including those with semi-autos, to put all their empty cartridge cases into the bins provided. We often squad sporting, giving shooters the time and stand number at which they must start their round.

We welcome feedback and suggestions relating to this site or the club in general. Comments should be sent to webmaster@bushspring.com but for more details about our club please come to a shoot and see for yourself. Alternatively contact Dave Barnes on (+44) 01279 777675 or at secretary@bushspring.com