United Kingdom

Loyton Lodge

England Photo: SARAH FARNSWORTHLoyton’s Land Rover is always on hand to provide snacks, a warm drink, or a post-hunt toddy. A driven shoot in the U.K. is the quintessential bird-hunting experience. And if you’ve ever wanted to indulge your inner Anglophile and don the tweeds and wellies to hunt for pheasant or partridge in the English countryside, Loyton Lodge is, as the Brits might say, ace. The lodge manages seven different shoots for a maximum of ten guns each across the enchanting moorlands of Exmoor, which were once royal hunting land. The season begins on the first of September with partridge and continues with pheasants into January. Each hunter is furnished with his or her own personal “loader”—a gun-bearer with intimate knowledge of the terrain and the birds—and shoots over a team of exquisitely trained spaniels and Labradors. Guests craft their own days: You can hunt early or s