This young hunter demonstrates excellent shotgun form in a dove hunting field. Brushing up on shotgun fundamentals helps break a shooting slump and puts more birds in the bag. (Photo courtesy of Kentucky Afield Outdoors)
By Lee McClellan, Kentucky Afield Outdoors
A dove comes into your section of the field on opening day. You crouch behind a row of sunflowers and excitedly wait for the dove to come into range.
The dove keeps coming and you jump up, shoulder your shotgun and fire, followed by another shot and then another, none of them threatening the bird. The dove keeps flying out of the field.
Dove season can bring frustration to wingshooters, even highly experienced ones, when they start missing shots they normally make. The misses snowball and aggravation mounts.
“Then, when you are struggling, you tend to think more, take more time, concerned about laying the bead on the target in an effort to not miss,” said...