The Mythical Chargot (Best Game Shoots in Britain)

Here we are at another shoot that easily makes it into our "Best In Britain" series. Chargot is a fantastic shooting arena set in the beautiful exmoor countryside. Cast in steep wooded valleys, allowing for some of the most exciting shooting you will ever experience. Chargot is perhaps the most well known high bird shoot in the country and it does not disappoint.
There's no doubt in my mind that Bettws Hall have only made this shoot better and better. You can see the vast investment by Gwyn Evans is now coming to fruition. The birds are outstanding, the scenery is outstanding, the hospitality is brilliant. The staff from Caleb Sutton to Dan Smith (the head keeper) and all the people behind the scenes are incredibly professional in what they do. Another sign of the commitment the Bettws Hall group have in providing the best sport available for individuals or teams of guns. Please enjoy the film.
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Dave's Equipment
Miroku Shotgun
Teague Chokes
Gamebore Cartridges

[@mallardcutter7209]

What a beautiful place !!! I would remember that shoot for all the days of my life. Simply fantastic !! Great shooting Dave.

[@DaveCarrieShooting]

thanks once again

[@ChrisSmith-mj4uj]

Bloody great film Dave and thank you for again expressing what the shooting community does for local b&bs, the keepers for the countryside and the work that goes in. Not just about the trigger action

[@DaveCarrieShooting]

thanks Chris

[@fred3480]

Thanks! Again a very good moment watching this fabulous vidéo ! All is perfect !

[@DaveCarrieShooting]

thankyou Fred 34

[@adrianlayen4119]

Another great film from Dave. I look forward to watching your films and thoroughly enjoy every minute. Good to see and hear you talking to the people who help run the shoot and put together a great day. Great camera work and a credit to all who are involved. It beats watching X factor on a Saturday evening, thanks Dave.

[@DaveCarrieShooting]

thanks Adrian - never been described like that before👌

[@stevieboy929]

Thumbs up before I even watched! Guaranteed Quality!

[@DaveCarrieShooting]

thanks for the vote of confidence 👌

[@WiltshireMan]

Good teamwork, keepering, beaters loader and shooter. You did shoot well.. That was like watching "Poetry in motion".

[@DaveCarrieShooting]

not bad i thought, and thanks for the nice comments

[@paulallum6738]

Great shooting Dave, and some stupendous birds. Never shot Chargot, but in my youth in the 1970’s spent a fair few weekends down there in the Brendon Hills hunting with the Devon & Somerset Staghounds.

[@DaveCarrieShooting]

thanks Paul - lovely spot

[@geraldswain3259]

You've excelled yourself again David, superb .

[@DaveCarrieShooting]

thanks Gerald much appreciated

[@tonyashton780]

You are a very lucky man Dave.But I won't hold that against you whilst you keep posting these brilliant videos. Just breathtaking the locations, the people, the game. These in years to come will become classics much like Jack Charlton, s series Jack's Game. You need to produce a dvd or dvd, s Game Shooting in the UK How to shoot sporting birds Patterning and maintenance and begginers clay shooting. You really have such a broad knowledge base of Field sports and shooting Dave it needs doing. Well done to the whole team. Regards Tony.

[@manofkentcatapultsgunsando5069]

JACKS GAME now theres a blast from the past. Happy days.

[@tonyashton780]

@@manofkentcatapultsgunsando5069 Got given the full set of VHS video tapes for a birthday treat 30 + years ago, cheers.

[@DaveCarrieShooting]

@@manofkentcatapultsgunsando5069 just watched a couple of his films - really enjoyed them

[@DaveCarrieShooting]

will do one eventually

[@tonyashton780]

@@DaveCarrieShooting That's good to hear Dave your fans will be like kids in a sweetshop. All the best. Regards Tony

[@C0nstance1]

Well done, Dave. Beautiful video - I enjoyed the misses! Nice to see Devon alongside your beloved Yorkshire in showing the odd tall bird. Next time you come down here, let's meet of a glass of something?

[@DaveCarrieShooting]

only a few but glad you enjoyed them, will have a drink with you one day👌

[@massimilianospagni9053]

Wonderful !!!!!

[@darellkettley6622]

Yet again Dave another magnificent video from you and your team i’am across the other side of the world at the min on holiday but had to watch this could not wait till get home all the best 👍

[@DaveCarrieShooting]

thanks Darell, have a nice holiday

[@andrewmcnaughton1538]

I remember years ago Kent Cartridges produced a cartridge based on the shoot called “Chargot”. 32g 6 if I remember and what a killing cartridge. Found nothing better since

[@DaveCarrieShooting]

i certainly would not have used 6s on these birds but Kent did produce some fantastic cartridges

[@andrewmcnaughton1538]

Dave Carrie Shooting god no I agree, your birds were stratospheric compared to the birds we shot with Chargot. It’s a joy to watch your videos and the combination of great birds good cartridges and years of experience with your shot placement. I lost count of the times I found myself saying wow as the birds crumpled

[@huntinternational8836]

Superb!

[@DaveCarrieShooting]

thanks

[@AliShooting]

Amazing video.. I really enjoy it

[@austinteribaker1131]

Lovely video, Dave. Thanks for featuring Exmoor House in your film, it was lovely to meet you and we were pleased you liked our B&B, although I take slight issue with being classed as 'in my 60's'. I'm 55!! Still, Austin and my friends are getting plenty of mileage out of it, much to their amusement!

[@DaveCarrieShooting]

oops🤔 sorry about that, anyway thanks for having us it was a very comfortable sleep and good food 👌👌

[@austinteribaker1131]

You’re forgiven, it was very funny. We hope we’ll see you again, next time you’re shooting on Exmoor

[@DaveCarrieShooting]

@@austinteribaker1131 as Arnie would say "ill be back" 👌

[@edwardnersesian1324]

Dave, I've watched all of your videos and I have to say that your shooting is exceptionally masterful and the quality of the photography is sublime. Please keep up the great work and know that you have a faithful viewer and fellow bird shooter here in the US. Best regards!

[@DaveCarrieShooting]

Edward i thank you for your kind words and i hope you have a great season

[@abdelhedihamedsghair6114]

Absolutely a wonderful movie as always but I have a little request can you focus on the braking action and slow motion on the ejecting just from a time to another I really enjoy seeing it And thanks for these movies

[@jackford7577]

Really wouldn't mind Dave coming to shoot on my shoot, I'm afraid he might be too good a shot!!

[@DaveCarrieShooting]

every shoot is ok in my eyes and all have their place in the countryside whether large or small high or low

[@keithhaynes8079]

Tony Ashton has said it all Dave another brilliant video keep them coming,could you please do a video about lead on high birds after this current game season please as I have trouble in judging lead thank you.

[@DaveCarrieShooting]

i have a couple out already

[@tonyashton780]

That's a fine idea I am not a bad shot but not anywhere in Dave, s league. I consider him one of our finest game shot, s.

[@yarmouthiow]

Think I better stick to fenland partridges lol. Stunning land.

[@j.j.gonzalezpicardo5846]

Fantástico

[@DaveCarrieShooting]

👍👍👍

[@pedroarcos691]

Inprencinanante un saludo desde España

[@MiCkEyBt1]

Fantastic

[@DaveCarrieShooting]

thanks

Great video Dave.

[@DaveCarrieShooting]

thanks

[@kirkyandka7712]

The film's you post are very good Dave. Trouble is it's reaching the point where, if you've seen one you've seen them all. Variety, as they say, is the spice of life. Try a bit of wildfowling, pigeon shooting etc. I would very much look forward to something like that. Thanks, keep up the good work.

[@DaveCarrieShooting]

i agree it is hard to please one group without upsetting another, our intention is to show just what you have mentioned above, takes time but we will get there.👍

[@ShotawayFilms]

Good show Sir .Wonderful place Chargot. Nice seductive light show unless intended or generator running out of diesel there in Dunster lol.Frame rate or shutter speed adjustment will cure it if needs be in the future.No surprise some West Country loaders are still taking bribes. Plastic wads still favoured there as on some other Exmoor shoots.Personally think this arena highlights the difference albeit marginal.

[@DaveCarrieShooting]

thanks

[@ShotawayFilms]

Thank you sir for carrying the flag with such panache and enthusiasm for all the aspects of a day in the field with aptly put ''kindred spirits''.Tall Birds.

[@motaharmasoomi9547]

Amazing... Send from iran...🦆

[@DaveCarrieShooting]

thankyou

[@bigd158]

I would love to shoot in the uk but it costs so much money 😢

[@drumhd1]

Hello Dave, brilliant shooting as always. You seem to be preferring the traditional sporting/schnabel forend as of late. Any particular reason? Wonderful film!

[@DaveCarrieShooting]

just like shooting different variations

[@mavicsteve9275]

Along with the other 6300 subscribers I really enjoy watching your film diary's, I know the camera can not be in two places at once but I would love to see some footage of the guy's and girl's who bring those challenging birds to you, along with our canine friends who do such a great job.

[@tonyashton780]

Totally agree a behind the scenes of what makes an epic day.

[@DaveCarrieShooting]

getting there

[@wala3o]

What’s the highest bird you shot here? And what gun and cartridge were you using? Great video

[@DaveCarrieShooting]

some would be 75 yards i would think but majority would be 50 to 65yds, i was using my Miroku MK60s with Gamebore 3s and 4s

[@markcurtis5655]

Hi Dave. Sorry if this has been asked before but have you considered recording some footage of you in action with a ShotKam gun mounted camera? Great shooting. Cheers

[@mikeproctor3664]

Fantastic! I noticed you were shooting a different shell, what was it?

[@DaveCarrieShooting]

Gamebore buffalo 4s and some dark storm 4s

[@t0bbE1234]

Great shooting Dave! What chokes do you prefer on those high birds?

[@DaveCarrieShooting]

3/4 3/4 or full and full

[@ollienotapope455]

Do you pay for all the days yourself or is it sponsored or invited and also great shooting!

[@brentniedermeier5272]

What kind of a lead are you putting on some of those high birds? I would love to learn how to hit those long distance shots like these

[@williecosgrove]

Well David. I am going on a driven shoot mainly duck . Eley 32gram 7 fiber wad high velocity. My gun is a semi auto 36 inch barrel full choke. Do you think the cartridges are ok or would i want no 6 or no 5 shells. Thanks in advance,

[@DaveCarrieShooting]

7s are a bit light for duck 5s will be better

[@williecosgrove]

@@DaveCarrieShooting thanks David

[@MrHyperbad]

Second barrel dave you should be called

[@DaveCarrieShooting]

Ha Ha!! use that a lot but sometimes birds are so difficult to read i am grateful for it

[@huntinternational8836]

What were the red cartridges? Regals?

[@callumcroft730]

Were they nobels?

[@ShotawayFilms]

Possibly Buffalo

[@DaveCarrieShooting]

no

[@DaveCarrieShooting]

@@ShotawayFilms correct they were buffalo and dark storm

[@fred.e97]

Can you do more exmoor / south west videos?

[@DaveCarrieShooting]

if i am asked i will do them

[@MartinBarquero95]

2:14 what are those?

[@MrJonRose]

where did you get the tie from Dave ?

[@DaveCarrieShooting]

Warter priory gold tie - a sort of accolade for free if you shoot well😀

[@MrJonRose]

@@DaveCarrieShooting Sounds like a challenge that needs to be addressed....👍

[@callumcroft730]

Hi Dave, were the orange cartridges you used in this film Nobels?

[@DaveCarrieShooting]

no - Buffalo

[@callumcroft730]

Dave Carrie Shooting how do they compare to black golds?

[@bigskytheroy7016]

Ok, a great shoot, however guns and alcohol are not a great combination.

[@DaveCarrieShooting]

got to agree