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[duckhunter101]

alright i suck at shootin any tips on how to get better

[WGM-57]

Practice :) :P

[Benjamin Banner]

I have seen a noticeable decrease in my accuracy this year due to one fact. I did not get to shoot sporting clays or go dove hunting this year due to an overload of work. I feel that shooting a round of 100 clays twice a week during the offseason will keep you on your game and increase accuracy. Shooting dove just gives you a live target.

[BadCaller]

Yes practice is number 1 piority. First when you go shooting watch the better shooters shoot. Don't let anyone tell you what to do when your shooting. What works for them does not work for everyone.

Since you are looking to tune up your shooting do not shoot a mounted gun, shoot s low gun. But stock just under neath your arm pit. Set up on the target so your belly button is where you want to break the target not pionting at the trap. Aquire the target in your eyesight, mount and swing through. Focus on the edge of the target. Bear down.

With that here's the biggest issue, you need to practive with shells that are have the velocity "feet per second" as what your going to hunt with otherwise you'll get accustom to shooting say 1250fps and then you go to 1500fps your going to be behind. I shoot 7/8's oz loads for practice so I am at the fps on my hunting loads.

Start with a round of trap low gun, then a round of skeet. Take a break then another round of each. Once your breaking min 21-23 targets slowly bring on the sporting clays. When shooting sporting clays you don't need to shoot the course in order, spend a fw hours watching the targets and start with the easy ones and work your way up. Your paying for 100 targets so that does not mean you have shoot every station, just the ones you want.

Learn to watch the shot string from other shooters so when you shoot you have an idea where your hitting. Not the wad.

I don't have a ton of duck hunting video's but the ones I do most are shooting behind every dam bird like 80% of the shooters in the scatter gun world.

By next fall you should be able to take a limit of ducks with 8 rounds of ammo.

[hammer007911]

If you know the definition of insanity you will be come a lot better shot in a hurry.

Insanity is doing the same thing over and over expecting different results. You need to try different stuff. Go out with the clay pigeons and have someone throw them the way you miss them. lead it more if you missed, shoot over it if you missed, shoot under if you missed, aim behind it if you miss, just do different stuff til you hit it them practice it over an over til you can hit it 10 times in a row, then move to a new shot.

I have to practice a lot cause I suck at shooting to.

Hammer

[hammer007911]

With that here's the biggest issue, you need to practive with shells that are have the velocity "feet per second" as what your going to hunt with otherwise you'll get accustom to shooting say 1250fps and then you go to 1500fps your going to be behind. I shoot 7/8's oz loads for practice so I am at the fps on my hunting loads.


BC do not want to start a pissing match but lead at 1200 FPS will be about the same lead as steel at 1500 FPS when the target is at about 30-40 yards due to the steel losing it velocity so much faster then steel. Now you are correct to use the same shells as you hunt with and that would mean shooting 2 steel at clays which would often split the pattern.

Hammer

[spaightlabs]

couple tips that come to mind...

1) have you checked you dominant eye? The Miles test. The observer extends both arms, brings both hands together to create a small opening, then with both eyes open views a distant object through the opening. The observer then alternates closing the eyes or slowly draws opening back to the head to determine which eye is viewing the object (i.e. the dominant eye)

2) Are you keeping both eyes open? Always do so unless you are shooting righty but left eye dominant. even then you should and try a trick like chapstick on a glasses lens.

3) check the point of impact of your gun - you'll never hit dead on if your poi is off...a good fitting gun makes a HUGE difference - if your gun is 2 feet low and left at 40 yards, you'll have a tough time hitting flying birds.

4) keep your head in the gun. Cheek stays down - lots of guys want to come up and watch the bird fall - only they jack up the shot cuz they aren't 'in' the gun.

5)Slow is smooth and smooth is fast. If you're racing to get the first shot off you'll often mis-mount.

6) pick one bird and shoot it. Then worry about a second bird. then a third bird. If you kill one bird every time up you'll be having a good day. When you start being able to reliably double it only takes 3 goes to limit on ducks and 2 on geese.

7) when shooting with others know your zone and shoot your zone. Doesn't do any good to have 2 or 3 guys shooting the same 1 or 2 birds.

8) practice your mount at home. slow and smooth. pick a corner of the room where the ceiling and walls meet. raise the gun to your shoulder so it is pointing right at that point every time. your gun will always go where your eyes go - trust this - you sholdn't even see the gun barrel or bead when you are shooting - look dead at the bird and the gun will get there. Try this; gun down. Look a the corner spot. close eyes. Mount gun. You'll be right on that spot. or, if you're at work and waving a gun around isn't a great idea, when no one is looking (or you're gonna look kinda goofy) just look at a spot and point your right index finger (left if you're lefty)at it. Your gun is just an extension of your hand and it will do the same thing.

9) Descending tagets are TOUGH. You are trying to bring a gun up to a target moving down. If birds are settling in, save your first shot. Once you stand up or someone else does there is going to be a magic moment between descending and ascending when they are hanging dead still. That's gonna be triple time later on, for now, just make sure you hit your first bird when he's dead still in the air. Cover him with the barrel and SQUEEZE (still a lot of guys that slap the trigger...).

10) don't always start in the front. Everyone is gonna shoot the close birds. Shoot a middle or back bird on your side. After your far bird is down your birds that were close are still in range. If you start at the front, your back birds are out of range pretty quick. Also, start low and go high. The gun wants to climb as you shoot, start low and let recoil bring you up if they are stacked...

11) Don't over choke. If you are missing birds loosen up to a skeet ot IC - let the pattern help you out.

12) Don't over shell. 3.5 inches of 1 9/16 will kick the hell out of you...3 inches of 1 1/8 will do ya just fine and no recoil affects...

[duckhunter101]

thank you i will try you ideas