In last month’s article, Flushing Birds 101, we briefly touched on how to avoid getting your feet tangled while on the hunt. There really is nothing worse than having the bird flush as you step down on the wrong foot, leaving you to awkwardly mount your gun and fight to get your head down on…
Fall in Virginia means Flushing Birds! With the chill in the air and the autumnal colors blanketing the skyline, it is almost impossible to not get excited about getting out in the field and flushing birds. There is definitely a physical and emotional difference between shooting quartering clay birds and those fabulous feathered birds. One…
Everything we do in life requires some sort of planning. We’ve all heard the expression, “…failure to plan is planning to fail”. As you would expect, the better the plan, the better the outcome. Shooting is no different. In the next few issues, we will look at exactly what it takes to achieve better marks…
This can often be the time of year where most Virginia residents simply shut in, lock down and pray for warmer days to come in the long-awaited Spring. This is also when you can take advantage of some the most exciting and challenging hunting opportunities available. As a wing-shooting and sporting clays instructor, I truly…
New year, new you. That is always and forever the theme of January 1st. Regardless of who you are, where you are or what you do, you should lose weight, reorganize and commit, at least that’s what we are constantly told. So, why would hunting and shooting be any different? I am proposing that for…
Waterfowlers are definitely a different breed of bird hunter. You have to be to want to get up at 4am and freeze to death on the edge of a swamp or lake. Personally, I rather enjoy September Canada goose with its far more pleasant temps. But, for those of you that relish those artic conditions,…
Purchasing a new and/or used shotgun for yourself or another doesn’t have to be so daunting. Read more here on how to make this task as easy as stuffing the stocking.
Finally! The 2018-2019 hunting season has begun. Everyone pretty much melted their way through the first week with temps regularly hitting over the 100 degree mark. Now, in a cruel twist of fate, mother nature has cooled the temps considerably but, she is trying to drown us all. And, adding insult to injury, Florence is…
Practice makes perfect, head to the sporting clays course to perfect your hunting shots. The days are getting longer and thankfully, warmer. This also, unfortunately, means the hunting and preserve seasons are coming to a close. In Virginia, the preserves are open until the end of March and, with several top quality preserves located within…
The set up routine or for shooters, the pre-shot set up, is crucial to putting the shot in front of the target at that precise moment to create an “X” on the score card or add another bird to the bag. Make no mistake, it is the shot pummeling the target that actually crushes it,…