European Style Pheasant Shooting

Show-Me Birds Hunting Resort offers the highest level of pheasant hunting!

We went to Spain to learn the art of European shoots. Our European pheasant shoots are in a class of their own using the time honored traditions of the Kings of Europe. Now you can enjoy European style shooting, with out paying the outrageous hunt fees currently charged in England and Spain. Our new shooting course is both challenging and exciting, boasting 10 shooting stations surrounding a 25 foot tall release tower. You can't see the tower, it is behind tree cover! The course, located in a tall timber creek bottom, has sorghum fields starting at the timber edges. Each station is named based on the difficulty of the shooting. Stations like "Oh Hell" are challenging, whereas, stations like "Frying Pan" give the shooter the advantage. Shooters rotate 10 times during the shoot, giving each hunter a shot at "Oh Hell"!

Pheasants are released from the tower, climbing high above the trees and sailing over the stations at 40-45 miles an hour. Shooters usually shoot 4 to 5 shells at each high flying pheasant.

The staff of Show-Me Birds Hunting Resort were the shooters at our first shoot. These "professional hunters" spent 756 shells and only harvested 74 birds out of 175 released! They still talk about that day, and can't wait for the next shoot.

HUNT PACKAGE COST PER SHOOTER:

• 15 bird/person shoot is only $393.00, for a total of 300 birds released
• 20 bird/person shoot is only $434.00, for a total of 400 birds released
• 25 bird/person shoot is only $533.00, for a total of 500 birds released
  ($20 dog handler tip required from all shooters)
  

*Prices subject to change at any time.

The only other fee is sales tax and a $17.00 controlled shooting area license should you need one.

Call Kim Shira at 620-674-8863 to book your shoot.

Shoots make great corporate meetings.

Your European Hunt Package includes:

ORIENTATION MEETING -introduction each  shooter / introduce dog handlers and retrievers/ course map shown and first station drawing / shooter safety talk.
KINGS FEAST - A deluxe lunch i.e. Hog Roast, Barbecued ribs and brisket
HUNT WAGON RIDE - Our new hunt wagon will take all shooters to the course. The wagon has a gun rack and is pulled by a tractor.
TRAINED RETRIEVERS - Located around the course will be dog handlers who will make every effort to retrieve all your down birds. These gun dogs are amazing to watch!
REFRESHMENT BREAK - half way through the shoot we meet at picnic tables located on the course for refreshments.
RINGNECK PHEASANTS - We offer a per shooter  package of 15, 20 or 25 birds. Since there can be up to 20 shooters, the total release will be 150 to 500 birds. The total harvest divided by the number of shooters.
BIRD PROCESSING - Birds are breasted and packaged  for your convenience.
FIRST BOOKING CLEAN UP HUNT- on some shoots a good number of birds fly away unhit. Sometimes the farm can be loaded with these bonus birds. The shooters of the European shoot will have first  chance to purchase the next mornings field hunt on that farm. All European shoots are held on Saturday and Sunday afternoon. So the cleanup field hunt would be the next morning, all field hunts are "no bag limit"! All hunts are first come first serve,  field hunts are limited to 4 shooters.

Some shooters have shot as many as 9 boxes of shells per shoot. Most shooters should bring 4 boxes of shells. Of course, this will depend on which  package you purchase. ONLY number 7 1/2 or 6 shot allowed. Shooters will wear shooting glasses, rotating 10 times during the shoot, giving all hunters a shot at the "hot" stations of the day.

We keep a waiting list for each shoot. Once the lists teaches 10 shooters we will set a shoot for the following Sunday. Each shooter on the list will be called and informed of the upcoming shoot. A $50.00 nonrefundable deposit is required to hold your name on the shooters list and will be deducted from your hunt cost.