“Why do I miss 20 to 30% of the second birds on pairs?”
-Lee Miller, Vandenberg Air Force Base Rod and Gun Club
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I saw Lee at River Road Sporting Clays. He spent a day with me and we solved his problem. Here is what he said:
“I quickly found that when I broke the first bird, my eyes were not moving to the other bird before I moved the gun. I found that I had been controlling my eyes with the gun, and I should have been letting my eyes find the bird before I moved the gun.”
Lee is certainly not alone in this problem. Vicki and I teach hundreds of shooters each month. Most of them who are with us for the first time learn the same lesson that Lee learned: eyes first, then the gun.
We both emphasize that whether it’s the first bird or the second on any kind of a pair, any movement given to the gun prior to focus on the target is wasted, and increases risk by the cube!
Slow down. See the bird and trust your eyes.
