To understand the importance of safety, the role of gun fit; to master style, technique and timing and to combine with knowledge of the behaviour of quarry; these are the very foundations common to every great game shot.

“Straight Shooting” does not happen by chance; good shots, born shots, all have become polished and seasoned through the stint of practice and more practice.

A shooting ground, properly designed and equipped, is the place to retreat to.

Preparation and gun mounting can be practised until carried out by the sub-conscious mind, whilst your concentration remains upon the behaviour and intention of your selected shot.

Grouse Butts, Partridge Drives, and Pheasants from the “bread and butter shot” to the highest and longest you would ever reach for, all are replicated;

“an hour or two spent here
and all will become clear,
we’ll put the seat back in your pants,
you’ll place that shot just where it counts;
and as for those still struggling through,
well, they’ll glance across at you,
it will appear you’re hardly trying,
you’ve regained that art,
of shooting flying!”

©Bob Valentine