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Come driven partridge shooting in Morocco

El Koudia’s finest season yet has drawn teams from eight countries into Morocco’s Jbilet hills – and only three two-days trips remain for 2026/27

A Gun shooting a driven Barbary partridge on a rocky hillside at El Koudia, Morocco A Gun takes a high bird on the rocky slopes of the Jbilet hills above the plain. Credit: Matt Kidd
Shooting Times
Shooting Times 24 July 2026

All photography by Matt Kidd. 

William Powell Sporting has confirmed that just three two-day trips remain at El Koudia for the 2026/27 season, following the Moroccan Shoot’s strongest year to date, with teams travelling from the UK, US and six other countries.

A Gun in a waxed coat and hat swings onto a partridge against a blue sky
A Gun swings onto a Barbary partridge under the wide Moroccan sky. 
A covey of Barbary partridge in flight over a stony ridge at El Koudia
A covey of Barbary partridge streams over the stony skyline. 

William Powell Sporting has confirmed that just three two-day trips remain at El Koudia for the 2026/27 season, following the Moroccan Shoot’s strongest year to date, with teams travelling from the UK, US and six other countries.

A Gun standing at his peg with spent cartridges scattered on the ground
Spent cases gather at the peg as the drive builds. 
Guns shooting on a steep scree slope high above a wide valley
The line works a steep drive high above the valley floor. 

The remaining dates are 5 and 6 October, 3 and 4 November, and 18 and 19 December 2026, at around £4,400 per Gun with hire guns, up to 2,500 cartridges, permits, transfers and hospitality included. Sold through William Powell Sporting.

For details and booking →

A picker standing behind a Gun who is shooting at a crossing bird
A picker backs his Gun as a bird crosses the skyline. 
A round table laid for lunch inside a dining tent with a view of the hills
Lunch laid in the shade of the dining tent, the hills framed in the open end.
Guns and staff gathered around 4x4 vehicles between drives at El Koudia
The team gathers at the vehicles between drives, guns slipped and baskets to hand. 
A layered view of the Jbilet hills fading into morning haze
Morning haze softens the folded ground of the Jbilet hills. 
Wide natural desert landscape of the El Koudia Estate with two distant Guns
Entirely natural, cover-crop-free ground rolls away across the 12,000-acre El Koudia Estate. 

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