SHOOT BENCHMARKING SURVEY 2011/12 This survey will provide shoot owners and managers with a wide range of indicators with which to compare and manage their shoots. Any information you provide will be treated in strict confidence. You and your shoot will not be identifiable in the survey results. Please fill in what you can even if you can't complete all sections. Please respond by 15 April Your name: Your email (in case we have data queries) : Shoot name: County the shoot is in: Would you prefer your report by post or email? By post By email If by post, please write your postal address: Type of ground (select best description) : Hill Moor Lowland Woodland Area of shoot (acres) : Bare land ac Game crops ac Woodland ac Total ac FOR ALL SHOOTS Number of days shot in the season: What was the average bag size per day? Number of birds put down: Private (family & friends only) Private (family & friends only) Pheasants None all wild Syndicated days Syndicated days Let days Let days Duck Number of birds shot (including wild) : Pheasants Total other various Duck Returns / % of birds recovered: % return 2011/12 % % return 2010/11 % % return 2009/10 % (NB Return is number of birds shot divided by the number of birds put down. Please only include released species in the number of birds shot figure) Do you give your guests... (tick relevant boxes) Birds in the feather Dressed birds None What proportion of game is sold? (%) % What proportion of game is given away? (%) % Average price game is sold for (per bird in feather) Pheasants Duck If any land is rented in, how much do you Bare land /ac Game crops /ac Woodland /ac Average if can't /ac pay per acre? ( /acre) ie., sporting rights (exc establishment costs) split Do you adhere to the Code of Good Shooting Practice? Yes No Do you feed your birds after the shooting season? Yes No Are you a member of a feed buying group? Yes No Are you in a local shoot owners group? Yes No If yes, until when? (which month)
FOR ALL SHOOTS THAT SELL ONE LET DAY OR MORE (even if run on a partially commercial basis) Total number of days let: Of the total days let, how many were let to overseas guns? How many days remained unsold at the end of the season? % of let days sold within 3 months of % before the start of the % during the season % end of previous season season What are the sources of your clients? (%) Repeat business % Internet / website % Journal advertising % Sporting agents % Other sources % If other, please specify Price charged per bird (excluding VAT) : Pheasants Duck Do you charge VAT? Yes No below threshold No as a club No other What is your policy on overages? No charge Other 5% lee way allowed then charge If other, please specify 10% lee way allowed then charge Charge per bird shot with no lee way ABOUT YOUR STAFF Number of people employed on the shoot: Full time Part time Pickers up (ave total per day) Beaters (ave total per day) Please complete for each employee (full or part time only) Please make a copy this sheet if you have more than four shoot employees Employee 1 Employee 2 Employee 3 Employee 4 Job title (head keeper, under keeper, other) Full or part time (write FT or PT) Salary ( annual) Bonus payments ( annual) Provided with pension? (write Yes or No) Provided with house? (Yes or No) If yes, does shoot pay utility bills? (Yes or No) Provided with vehicle for business use? (Yes or No) Provided with vehicle for private use? (Yes or No) Provided with dog allowance? (Yes or No) Provided with clothing allowance? (Yes or No) Provided with mobile phone? ( Yes or No) Allowed a 'keeper's day'? (Yes or No) Provided with other benefits? (Yes or No) If other, please specify Rate paid per day for Pickers up Beaters
ABOUT YOUR SHOOT BUDGET Price paid per poult / duckling: Pheasants Duck Price paid per day old chick / duckling: Pheasants Duck Price paid per egg: Pheasants Duck What % of your birds are day olds, poults or do you % day olds % % poults % % hatch own % hatch? (all species) Are the chicks or eggs from a Game Farmers' Association source? Yes No Don't know Are your birds are of UK or overseas origin? UK Overseas UK and overseas Don't know % loss of birds (Pheasant): Rearing period % Release period % % loss of birds (): Rearing period % Release period % Income ( ; total per season) Income from let days Income from game sales Income from syndicate guns Income from hospitality / accommodation Any other income to the shoot (please specify below) Total income ( ; total of five boxes) Variable costs ( ; total per season) Fixed costs ( ; total per season) Feed Staff salaries (including NI and pensions) Fuel (for vehicles and brooders) Management costs of operating the shoot Birds (poults, day olds, eggs) Housing maintenance of housing Vet and medical Housing income foregone as staff housing not let out Seeds / fert / sprays for game crops Housing utility bills paid for staff, inc Council Tax Professional advice Housing rent paid to 3rd parties for staff housing Shoot equipment (pegs, radios etc) Rent paid to 3rd parties for land or sporting rights Ammunition Dog allowances Materials for pens Clothing allowances Beaters and pickers up pay Mobile phones Hospitality costs Other staff benefits Advertising and marketing costs Vehicle and trailer costs Any other variable costs (please specify below) Insurance Depreciation Any other fixed costs (please specify below) Total variable costs ( ; total of above) 0 Total fixed costs ( ; total of above) 0
ABOUT HABITAT AND PREDATOR MANAGEMENT Is any of the land shot over in the following schemes (please tick all that apply) Part of a paid agrienvironment habitat improvement scheme Part of a voluntary habitat improvement scheme (e.g. CFE) Self funded to benefit the shoot Not part of a scheme and no environmental management carried out Have you established Do you have any of the following species on the land shot over? (please tick all that apply) Buffer strips and / or field corners Wild grey partridge Wild bird seed mix Lapwing Pollen and nectar mix Yellow hammer Conservation headlands Brown hare Do you control any of the following pests and predators? Small ground predators Corvids Rats Squirrels Foxes (e.g., stoats) (e.g., crows and magpies) How many do you kill a year? When do you carry out the majority of your pest and predator control? Have you taken any of your land out of game cover crops and replaced them with wild bird seed mixtures? Spring Summer Autumn Winter Yes If yes, what have you planted? No What impact has this had on your game holding ability? Worsened it Maintained it Improved it FOR ALL SHOOTS THAT SHOOT WILD BIRDS (even if others are put down) Do you have wild birds on your shoot? (please tick which species) Pheasants Duck Woodcock (red legged) Number of wild birds shot: How has the wild population of each species changed over the last 3 years? (indicate with + for increase, for decrease and 0 for stayed the same) Do you allow grey partridge to be shot? Yes No Do you allow woodcock to be shot? Yes No Do you do anything to increase wild bird numbers? Yes No If yes, what you do?
ABOUT STALKING Do you sell stalking on a commercial basis? Yes No Is it sold on an attended or unattended basis? Attended Unattended Both Number shot Fallow Roe Red Muntjac Sika Wild Boar Chinese Water How much total net income is brought in per species per annum? INTENTIONS FOR YOUR SHOOT NEXT SEASON 2012/13 FOR ALL SHOOTS How optimistic are you about your shoot compared with the 2011/12 season? Will you put down more or fewer birds for the coming season? More optimistic About the same Less optimistic More birds About the same Fewer birds FOR SHOOTS THAT SELL ONE LET DAY OR MORE (even if run on a partially commercial basis) Compared with this time last year, are your confirmed bookings more or fewer More bookings About the same Fewer bookings or about the same? With regard to charges per bird, compared with the 2011/12 season are you planning to Increase charges Keep the same Decrease charges If you are planning to change how much you charge, how much per bird? (e.g., + 2 per pheasant, or 1 per partridge) Thank you for providing your data. Please send it to us at the address above by 15 April and we will send you your report in due course.