Thread: Any tips for a new duck hunter?

Get your gun fitted! Go to a clay shoot get some practice in, they should know some one that will help with the fitting. http://www.nzclaytarget.org.nz/gunsh...NovDec2009.pdf

It's not like rifle shooting! Total different. Shotguns stocks have a cast (bend) for right and left hand shooters.
With out that cast you will miss more. So what the fitter dose is usually gets you to mount your unloaded gun while he looks directly at you. He can then see where your eyes line up down the barrel. He can the cast your gun for you. This he dose by heating up the wooden stock of your gun and bends it to fit you. Usually it's done with hot lights.
If you have a plastic shotgun then some come with shims that alter the stock.

I shot for many years with out knowing any of this then one day some one said your problem is your guns not fitted to you.
Did some investigation found a fitter and went from shooting ok to hitting stuff today I'd never have gotten back then
Then go out and practice so that you can build up what they call a sight picture library.
This is what your brain dose every time you hit a target, so next time you come across that same picture your subconscious takes over and judges speed distance hight. You then know when to pull the trigger.
Remember also that every one sees the lead of a bird differently.
Sounds a lot but it's fun to learn.
Hope this helps