Jura is best known for the excellence of it's stalking and the quality and size of the stags. Ruantallain is a well known sporting estate of 20,000 acres lying coast to coast across the middle of the Isle of Jura with Loch Tarbert as its southern boundary.

Accommodation

Accommodation is provided in a comfortable modern wooden house with slate roof sleeping a maximum of 12 in four double rooms and four single rooms. Living accommodation includes a spacious sitting room with views over the bay, dining room and an adjacent snooker room. The lodge is provided on a full board basis at £112 per person per night, inc of vat, excluding wines and spirits. There is a full time cook and housekeeper.

Stalking

Jura is famed for the size of its stags with the mild climate and calcium rich seaweed producing substantially larger hill stags than found on the mainland.

Ruantallain is well known as one of Scotland's more prolific and spectacular deer forests, divided into six beats with a possibility of two rifles being fielded each day. The topography is varied, and includes the lower lying seashore areas, and extending up to the more rugged higher ground.

Stalking is available for up to two rifles, with an expectation of 2 stags per day.

Fishing

The estate has salmon, sea trout and brown trout fishing on primarily the River Oisdale system and a number of brown trout lochs. The fishing is included as part of the tenancy.

From time to time, we have a unique opportunity to offer long weekends of wild brown trout fishing in May and June for parties of 6 to 10. In 2010, we are able to offer 20-24 May and between 23 June and 1 July 2010. A typical party comprises up to ten people with a minimum party size of six, who travel daily from the lodge down to Loch Tarbert (5 mins) where they transfer to the estate seaboat WALLASEA from which they land out on the West coast where there are two hill machines which convey the party to a choice of about twenty five trout lochs varying from twenty five acres ( the largest is 200 acres) and over a three/four day period in May they may expect to catch up to 300/400 fish. There are two ghillies in attendance to help the inexpert fishermen. Sizes vary from three pounds to about one third of a pound and three to a pound isn’t a bad expectation. At the end of the day the party re board the WALLASEA and after a spectacular trip down the loch they then find tea and scones waiting for them plus a three course dinner. The fish are totally wild and it is a wonderful experience fishing completely unspoilt lochs amid wonderful scenery with views of Mull and Colonsay across the sea. See the adjoining Trout & Salmon article

Prices from £140 per person per day (min party size 6) to include full board accommodation (exc drink) and trout fishing

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