Arriving the night before
Cars on the gravel of the courtyard, a fire lit in the drawing room, rooms ready and luggage taken up: the weekend opens with a quiet evening before the next day's shoot.
Château weekend
Private Château Shooting Weekends in France
For your clients, your partners, your family: arrive the evening before, shoot the next morning on ground reserved for your party, meet at the table for lunch and again over a long dinner. We choose the house and the ground with you, and arrange every moment, from the jet or the chauffeur to the last departure.
The shoot at the heart of the stay, and the stay around the shoot
A château shooting weekend is more than a fine day in the field. It takes a house where you feel truly welcomed, well-kept ground close by, a table worthy of the setting, guests who don't shoot and need their own place, and a pace that leaves time to enjoy every moment. That is what we bring together, for your party alone.
We work with partner estates and organisers in France, some of whom host their guests in a château or a large country house close to the shooting ground. We choose them for the quality of their hospitality and service, the care of their ground and their rigour on safety.
TGZ arranges private stays only: we do not sell single places on a shared driven day. Every stay starts with a conversation: the period, the number of guns and guests, the quarry, the tone you have in mind. We then tell you what is possible, depending on each house's availability and the rules the French authorities set each year, before you commit to anything.
Who it's for
Those who host, and take the time to do it well
Principals and partners
You are inviting the people who matter for two or three days and want everything ready when they arrive, with nothing for you to sort out.
Funds, banks and firms that entertain
Clients, investors or a board under one roof: a setting for the conversations that count, prepared with complete discretion.
Family offices and families
Guns and guests who don't shoot, several generations under one roof, for the length of a weekend.
International clients
You are coming from London, Geneva, the Gulf or New York and want a hunting trip in France thought through from start to finish, from the jet to the journey home.
A weekend, from the first evening to the last departure
What we arrange
Six moments we prepare with our partners, for your party alone. For each one, we check what is possible and coordinate how it comes together.
The morning in the field
The briefing on the front steps, the safety rules, then out to ground reserved for your party: driven birds, with a loader for anyone who wants one, or big game, depending on the season and your preferences.
The shoot lunch
A table laid for your party alone in a room of the château or a lodge deep in the woods: guns and guests come together over a seasonal meal.
Guests who don't shoot
A clay shooting introduction led by an instructor, a place beside a gun at the peg, a walk through the château grounds: everyone enjoys the weekend at their own pace, expected and looked after.
Dinner at the château
A long candlelit table, a chef, a cellar chosen with care, attentive service: the evening when the day is told again, with no eye on the clock.
The journey there and back
A chauffeur from Paris, a jet to a nearby airfield from Monaco, London or Geneva, luggage and guns accounted for: the journey is part of the stay.
Why TGZ
A stay put together by one hand
Selected houses and ground
We look for a place where hospitality and shooting are of the same standard, with partners whose house and ground management we know. We do not put them on display.
Discretion
Your guests, your dates and what is said at the table stay between you and us. Nothing is shared without your consent, before or after.
Everything arranged, every guest
Validated licence, insurance, travelling with firearms, dietary needs and preferences, arrival times: we prepare each person's stay, not just the group's.
One contact until departure
One person follows the stay from the first conversation to the last departure, and stays reachable throughout the weekend.
Château weekend
Your enquiry
Tell us about the experience you have in mind. A dedicated concierge will return with confirmable options tailored to your priorities.
Go further
Hunting days in France
Around the weekend
By ground and by guest
Hunting days in FranceA private hunting day in France, from choosing the estate to the drive home.Hunting in France as a foreigner: licence, validation and gunsWhat French law says, where to apply, what to prepare before being received for a private shooting day in France, and what still has to be confirmed case by case.Hunting season in France: when to hunt what?Who sets the dates, what is in season each month, and when to ask for a private day: a clear reading of the French shooting calendar, clay shooting included.
Frequently asked
What clients ask before a château weekend
Usually two or three days: arrival the evening before, one or two days in the field, and departure the following morning. We adapt the pace to your schedule and your guests'. Houses and peak-season dates are in high demand: we recommend contacting us several weeks ahead, and earlier for a group.
The shoot, always: we arrange private days only. Having the whole house depends on the place, the date and the size of the group. We tell you clearly what each place allows before you commit, and never present a house as settled before it is confirmed.
In France, where our partners are: in the Sologne, within reach of Paris and in other regions depending on the quarry and the season. We don't name houses publicly; we present them to you while preparing the stay.
Not at all, it is common. Guests who don't shoot can spend the day alongside the guns, following the safety instructions set by the organiser, or try clay shooting during an introduction led by an instructor at an affiliated club.
Bringing firearms into France follows precise customs rules. We tell you the right procedure for your country of residence well before you travel. If you live abroad, your hunting licence can be validated in France for nine or three days, subject to the approval of the relevant federation.
Every stay is private and quoted individually after a first conversation. The budget depends on the house, the ground, the quarry, the number of guns and guests, the table and the travel. Our guide to the cost of a hunting day sets out the prices the market charges and what makes them up.
A first conversation
Plan your private weekend
A few lines are enough: the period, the number of guns and guests, the quarry you have in mind. We reply personally and in confidence, with a first view and clear options.