Two great days in St. Louis with some repeat offenders and a lot of new faces, too. We also had a writer from Safari Club International to cover the school and to learn to shoot, so be looking for an article about all the good things he learned.
About half of the class were hunters and half were a little more competitive. But all of them need not only the basics but a firm understanding of where their eyes should be to be a successful shotgunner.
As I watched everyone’s faces as Gil went through the animations each morning some bought in immediately. There were also those Doubting Thomases, but by lunch the first day, we had them. Seven of the ten were there for both days, and boy, they were glad they did. Each of them said they were wise in taking the two days, as it seemed to all come together by about 10:30 the second day.
Wow, what a difference!
A Great Group of Students
I had a wonderful couple from Arkansas who had tried to come for years, but other things would get in their way. Miss Jane was brand new to shooting and her husband Ed had been a hunter all his life. He had also looked straight down the gun his whole life. He fought it for a while, but finally gave in and couldn’t believe it was so easy to hit targets and not look at the gun. He knew where the gun was, but realized he didn’t have to look at it to hit anything. A true revelation for the whole group and a great relief to Jane who had been told (as we all were) to be that magical “three feet in front” and not look at the gun. Not possible!
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