We’re on to Lehigh Valley Sporting Clays and had another great three days of learning with a lot of new folks and several of our repeat offenders.
Lehigh is in an old limestone quarry and has a lot of different presentations. They have three different courses, so a lot of diversifications in targets. And of course, there is always one or two on the course that someone just hates, so off we go.
The biggest “aha” was that students could actually shoot with two eyes open and not close the other eye. The biggest difference was they could see the target better and it appeared to be slower.
The other “aha” was that the perceived lead on every target was cut in half. Boy, did that get a second look when I told them to cut the lead in half. But they did, and the target broke. So they would try it again and again and again.
WOW! Pretty awesome!
Another amazing thing was that you don’t need to start with the gun mounted and get tired faster by having it up longer. It made life a lot easier to start with the gun lower, then making a soft mount to the shoulder, keeping the head up and eyes and nose on the target, then watching the target come to the gun.
The shots became very easy and calming, and if you missed the target, you knew immediately how to correct it. Everyone was self-correcting by the end of the day.
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