Anew era for Sporting Gun as part of the Fieldsports Press stable means a new set of readers and chance to refresh on some important lessons that I have already covered in the magazine and in Clay Shooting; lessons that remain of continuing importance.
I originally did this with a student of mine, Rhys Plum, at College Farm Shooting Ground in Oxfordshire, to remind ourselves of the fundamentals for good shooting.
Putting it into practice
To kick things off, we began by shooting this single left to right rabbit target.
1 MAPPING THE TARGET
Before we start shooting, we must first map out the target, just as we covered in lesson two. On this particular target, Rhys found it best to note particular features on the ground, such as clusters of broken clay or mounds of grass, which could be used as reference points. After calling for the target (to view), Rhys set about marking his five reference points:
Here we can see that on this rabbit clay, the trap identification point and the visual pick-up point are the same, as the clay can be seen clearly off the arm of the machine. It is always important to note the target’s landing point or in the case of a rabbit clay, where the target stops. By knowing this point we know
