How Many Birds In A Pair?
September
2007
Shooting
Tip
by: Dan Schindler
Well, 2, of course. Right? That
depends. If we’re counting, 2 is the right number. And that’s why,
when 2 shells go into the gun, the trouble begins.
2 birds and 2 shells equals 2 shots. Sounds right. But here’s the
problem. When the first trap fires, your eyes lock on one
bird. When you pull the trigger one shell fires. You then
move your eyes to the one remaining bird. When you pull the
trigger, one shell fires. Regardless of how many traps fire,
or quail take wing, one bird requires one shell,
one shot.
So it should always be all about one, not two. But that’s not
where we usually put our attention. Our attention is on 2 birds, 2
shells, 2 shots. So, when the gun moves to the first bird, we have
some of our attention on the first bird and some on the second.
Some? That’s right, we’ve got about 50% of our attention on the
second bird while we are shooting the first.
How many birds in a pair? Just one please. It’s so important
that we give that one bird, one shot, all our
attention,…not some. Splitting your attention between two birds will
cost you on your score sheet and in the game fields. How many birds
are there in a round of sporting? 100? No, one. How many
quail did you see in that flush? Right, just one. After all, one
plus one equals two, right? XX!
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