Originally Posted By: ClapperZapper
I see the gap between barrels and bird as well Stan.
I also know that shooting is like training retrievers. If you don't extend the range, you'll never be effective at the longer ranges.

I have read that most of the instinctive methods peter out at about 35 yards, because of where vagaries in swing speed, and pattern degradation effects begin to increase.

Realistically, I just do what continues to work at the ranges that I like to shoot birds at. And I don't waste shells on some shots. And over time, I think Clay target practice with low gun erases many of the common small errors that compound to prevent good shooting.


I agree CZ. You learn to shoot long birds by shooting long birds. Most people cannot comprehend what 10 feet of lead looks like until they do it repeatedly and see that pinhead out there break repeatedly.

I shoot premounted clays, and I shoot low gun hunting. I know with all that is in me that I shoot higher scores premounted than I can low gun. I also know that it doesn't hurt my low gun hunting shots at birds. Just the same way that I can shoot a single trigger gun for weeks, then pick up my double triggered ones and never give it a thought.

SRH


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