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Our Services
Orvis Sandanona Wingshooting School
The Orvis Wingshooting Schools were the first of their kind offered in the United States, and for over twenty-five years have offered shooters the finest wingshooting and hunting instruction available anywhere in the world. We offer both 1- and 2-Day curriculums, both designed to work with any skill level.
Based on the English Churchill method, our instinctive approach to shotgunning offers both the novice and the seasoned veteran a complete shooting system that can be used for upland and waterfowl hunting and sporting clays. The fundamentals of the Orvis system include stance, footwork, gun handling, swing, visual concentration, proper gun mount, and correct fit of the gun stock.
The Orvis shotgun shooting instructors are consummate professionals who are beside you at every shot quietly analyzing and improving your style.
Must be at least 12 years old to participate.
Learn more about Orvis Sandanona’s 1- and 2-Day Wingshooting Schools
Orvis Sandanona Specialty Schools
In addition to our 1- and 2-Day Wingshooting Schools, Orvis Sandanona offers 1- and 2-Day Complete Upland Hunting Schools designed for students interested in learning or honing skills specific to upland hunting. The 2 Day Upland Hunting School includes time spent in the field, alongside an instructor and field guide.
Learn more about Orvis Sandanona’s 1- and 2-Day Upland Hunting Schools
Orvis Sandanona Fly-Fishing School
Orvis Sandanona features a comprehensive Fly-Fishing School program based on the highly successful lesson format developed and refined over fifty years at our Vermont headquarters.
Expert Orvis fishing instructors will teach you multiple fly casting techniques, the essential fishing knots, equipment basics, and enough about freshwater entomology to make fly selection an easy, intuitive process. With two private ponds and a trout stream right on the property, small class sizes ensure quality personalized instruction for our students.
Learn more about Orvis Sandanona’s 1- and 2-Day Fly Fishing School
Orvis introduced one of the first sporting clays courses in the country at its Manchester, Vermont Shooting School. Orvis Sandanona upholds this tradition with two courses, running simultaneously on the property.
Our Woodland Course is a 20-stand standard, listed in Esquire magazine’s top 10 list of courses in the United States. The Upland Course, new in summer of 2019, boasts 12 stands and expands your options at the property. The diversity of the courses, in addition to the regular refreshes, offers shooters an ever-changing challenge. A trapper will join you on the course, ensuring you have the best experience possible.
Must be at least 12 years old to participate.
If you and your clients desire to take a step back in time, relax, and find yourself among the most beautiful scenery in the northeast, visit us at Orvis Sandanona.
Orvis Sandanona provides the ideal outdoor environment for corporate recreation. In fact many top firms have made Sandanona their first choice when they are looking to conduct team-building exercises, bolster morale, and enjoy a respite from the office. We furnish the amenities that will ensure your time at Sandanona is productive and memorable. Our customized corporate retreat packages include sporting clays events, fly fishing and wingshooting instruction, as well as professional catering.
Experience the rustic charm and unique sporting ambiance only Orvis can offer by selecting Sandanona for your next corporate outing.
Orvis Sandanona now has 2 additional meeting rooms in our barn annex, just a stone’s throw away from the main lodge. The rooms have the capacity to hold 120 people on the main floor and 60 people upstairs. After your group has enjoyed a day shooting or fly-casting you can come inside the barn annex for meetings, seminars, luncheons or dinner, all the while enjoying Sandanona’s rustic charms.
If you cannot make one of our fly fishing or shotgun shooting school dates or want a refresher after a school, or if you need to warm up for that trip to England shooting high pheasants, or that trip to the Gunnison in Colorado casting for trout; our school instructors are available for Private Instruction all year round.
Booked by the hour – one on one with instructor, or up to a group of four people. You can set curriculum based on what you want to cover: basics, preparation for an upcoming hunting trip, or perfect a specific shot.
Orvis Sandanona's highly trained instructional fly fishing and wingshooting staff can help you at any experience level, from the novice to the pro. Call 845-677-9701 to make reservations
Must be at least 12 years old to participate in a shooting school.
Driving directions
For GPS, please use:
3047 Sharon Rd
Millbrook, NY 12545
Where are we located?
Darien, CT – 70 miles (S)
Manhattan, NY – 80 miles (S)
Bergen, NJ – 91 miles (SW)
Albany, NY – 75 miles (N)
Fee schedule
Ammunition not included
(prices subject to change without notice)
Sporting Clays Membership: $175
Family Membership: $275
Sporting Clays Round (minimum 2 shooters or 200 targets)
Member: $55
Non-member: $85
Driven Flurry
Member: $10
Non-Member: $15
Wobble Trap
Member: $10
Non-Member: $15
5-Stand
Member: $10
Non-Member: $15
Shooting School
One Day (per person): $575
Two Day (per person): $1,149
Private Shooting Instruction
Member: $150/hr.
Non-Member: $175/hr.
$25 per person additional - (up to 4 people)
Gunfitting Session
Member: $125/hr.
Non-Member: $175/hr.
Private Instruction on Clays Course
Member: $150/hr. (plus sporting clays fee)
Non-Member: $175/hr. (plus sporting clays fee)
Available on sporting course
(groups of up to 5 people)
Fly-Fishing School
One Day (per person): $279
Two Day (per person): $489
Private Fly-Casting Instruction
1 Student: $75/hr.
2 Students: $95/hr.
3 Students: $125/hr.
Private Guided Fishing
Minimum of 2 hours, maximum of 2 clients: $125/hr.
Any Corporate, Group, or Individual
Custom days may be designed for your needs.
Please call with questions or to make your reservation: 845-677-9701 or email sandanona@orvis.com.
Upland Memberships offer Sporting Clays and 5-Stand at a member rate, access to a members-only club room, and exceptional upland hunting on the high fields above the clubhouse as well as driven, mallard, and continental shoots. Upland Hunting Memberships are reciprocal across all 3 Orvis Shooting Grounds.
Individual Membership Fee*: $2,500
Initiation Fee for Individual Members*: $3,500
*(One-time fee, for the first year, not charged again if membership is current and consecutive.)
Corporate Membership: $6,000
Up to 5 Representatives Hunting Membership
Added Membership Benefits
Memberships also grant equal privileges at Orvis Sandanona, Orvis Hill Country, and Orvis Pursell Farms. At Sandanona in the beautiful and storied Hudson Valley of upstate New York, you can experience upland field hunts, mallard hunts, pheasant Continental, driven, and sporting clays as well as a wobble trap and 5-stand with access to the members-only club room. Hill Country offers upland hunting in the rich hills of southern Pennsylvania. Pursell Farms on 3,000 acres in the rolling piedmont region of central Alabama offers members the opportunity to hunt quail, upland, pheasant Continentals, mallards, and an exceptional 12-station sporting clays course and 5-stand. At all Orvis Shooting Grounds professional instruction is the foundation of a great shooting experience and is always available to members.
Memberships renew annually.
Orvis Sandanona is an Orvis Endorsed fly fishing outfitter and has a full service pro shop on premise. We are set amidst the rolling hills and horse farms just an hour and half from New York City, and are steeped in the tradition of fly-fishing. Whether its wading for Brookies and Rainbows during the early season Hendrickson hatch or float tubing for big Browns late season, our professional fly fishing guides can tailor the day to meet your needs. Just minutes away from casting in classic eastern trout waters like the Roleliff Jansen Kill, Wappingers, or Housatonic. Take advantage of Orvis Fly fishing school instructors available for individual or group lessons on our stocked ponds or private trout stream. An experience for all ability levels.
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