The morning briefing
Your guns and guests gathered outside the estate house, coffee served, the organiser running through the safety rules and the drives ahead: the day begins here, unhurried, among yourselves.
Sologne
Private Hunting Days in the Sologne
For your clients, your partners or your family: oak and pine forests, lakes as far as the eye can see, a great private estate reserved for your party for a day or a weekend. We choose the estate with you and arrange everything around the shoot, from the chauffeur or the jet to dinner.
Classic hunting country, provided you choose well
The Sologne, spread across the Loir-et-Cher, Loiret and Cher departments, is one of France's great private hunting regions, a landscape of forests and lakes. The Natura 2000 site that protects it covers around 350,000 hectares, with close to 3,000 lakes and a strong identity shaped by the great estates that preserved it. Close to the Paris region, it suits a single shooting day as well as a weekend.
It is also a region where not every estate is equal. In the Loir-et-Cher part of the Sologne, 95% of the forest is private, divided into properties ranging from a few hectares to several hundred. We work with partner estates and organisers we know, chosen for how they care for their ground, their hunting ethics, their rigour on safety and the quality of their hospitality.
In the Sologne as elsewhere, TGZ arranges private days only: we do not sell single places on a shared driven day. Every day starts with a conversation: big game or birds, the number of guns, guests who won't shoot, one day or two. We then tell you what is possible, within the rules the French authorities set each year, before you commit to anything.
Who it's for
Those who want the Sologne, not just a date
Principals and partners
You know the Sologne by reputation or experience and are looking for a serious estate, reserved for your guns, rather than whatever happens to be free.
Firms entertaining from Paris
Clients, investors, a board: leave in the morning with a chauffeur, back in the evening. The Sologne is one of the great hunting regions closest to Paris, France.
Family offices and families
Several generations, guns and guests who don't shoot, gathered on a reserved Sologne estate for a day or a weekend.
International clients
You are coming from London, Geneva, Monaco or the Gulf and want to discover the Sologne with one contact who handles everything, from arrival to departure.
A Sologne day, from first light to dinner
What we arrange
Six moments we prepare with our partners in the Sologne, for your party alone. For each one, we check what is possible and coordinate how it comes together.
The forest and big game
Pegs along the edge of oak and pine woods, on ground reserved for your party, dogs working the cover in the distance: on a driven big game day, everyone present, armed or not, wears high-visibility clothing.
Birds over the lakes
A line of guns between two lakes, a loader beside anyone who wants one, beaters working through the heather, dogs ready to retrieve: in the Sologne, a day of driven birds is judged by the quality of the birds rather than their number.
Lunch at the estate
A table laid by the fire for your party alone, a seasonal dish, chosen wines, the conversation picking up again: in the Sologne, the shoot lunch takes the time it needs.
Guests who don't shoot
A place beside a gun at the peg, a walk along the lakes, a coached clay shooting introduction at an affiliated club: each guest is expected and looked after, within the safety rules.
A weekend in the Sologne
Arrival the evening before, a quiet house deep in the woods, two days that complement each other, then a chauffeur or a jet for an easy return to Paris, Monaco or London.
Why TGZ
Choosing the right estate, in a region where they all look alike from afar
Selected private estates
We retain estates that take the management of their land, game and habitats seriously, where the organiser holds the hunting rights under the framework declared to the authorities.
Safety first
A clear briefing in the morning, high-visibility clothing on driven big game days, pegs explained to everyone: we work with organisers for whom safety is not negotiable.
Discretion
Your guests, your dates and the day itself stay between you and us. Our partners are never put on display, and neither are you.
Everything arranged, one contact
Validated licence, insurance, travelling with firearms, a chauffeur from Paris, a jet to a nearby airfield, a house the night before: one person coordinates it all and stays reachable on the day.
Sologne
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 Sologne
By quarry and by stay
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 about the Sologne
The Sologne spans three departments, the Loir-et-Cher, the Loiret and the Cher, in central France and close to the Paris region. We arrange the simplest route from wherever you start: a chauffeur from Paris, or a jet to a nearby airfield from Monaco, London or Geneva.
On how they manage their land and game, their hunting ethics, the organiser's rigour on safety and the quality of their hospitality. Every day takes place on ground where the organiser holds the hunting rights, under the framework declared to the authorities, including the French law of 2 February 2023 on fencing in natural areas.
In the Sologne, we arrange private days only, each quoted individually after a first conversation. The budget depends on the estate, the quarry, the number of guns, the hospitality and the stay around the day. Our guide to the cost of a hunting day sets out the prices the market charges and what makes them up.
Dates are set every year by prefectoral order, department by department. In the Loir-et-Cher, for the 2026-2027 season, the general season runs from 27 September 2026 to 28 February 2027, with specific dates for some species. We build each day within that framework.
To shoot, you need a hunting licence validated in France for the season or a few days, and hunting liability insurance. If you live abroad, your own licence can be validated in France for nine or three days, subject to the approval of the relevant federation. We help you with these steps.
Yes. Guests who don't shoot can spend the day alongside the guns, following the safety instructions set by the organiser. A clay shooting introduction led by an instructor can also be arranged for them at an affiliated club.
A first conversation
Plan your private day in the Sologne
A few lines are enough: the period, the quarry, the number of guns and guests, one day or a weekend. We reply personally and in confidence, with a first view and clear options.