The Orvis Wingshooting Handbook, Fully Revised and Updated

Proven Techniques For Better Shotgunning

Bruce Bowlen and Dylan Snell

Too many shotgunners imagine that their success in the field, or lack of it, is largely a question of innate ability and luck. Not true, say Bruce Bowlen and Dylan Snell, long-time Orvis shotgun instructors. Good shooting depends as much on effective technique as it does on natural talent, instinct, and favorable circumstances. With the proper instruction, bad shots can become good ones, and good shots will surprise themselves with how much better they can be.

In this concise and clearly written guide to the fundamentals of the sport, the authors cover the basic elements as well as the intricacies of proper wing shooting. The correct stance, timing and motion, equipment, and safety procedures are described in detail. In addition, there are sections on field shooting versus clay-target shooting, how to lead, the master eye, gun fit, and much more. The updated text and illustrations contain the latest insights into the sport as it has evolved since the publication of the first edition more than twenty years ago.

Maybe you shoot a great deal, or maybe you hunt just a few times a year, or maybe you’ve already decided to take lessons. In any case, The Orvis Wingshooting Handbook is your primer. For the cost of a few boxes of shells, you’ve got at your fingertips the techniques for making every shot count.

Globe Pequot / Lyons Press

Pages: 120 • Trim: 6 x 9

978-1-4930-3749-0 • Paperback • August 2019 • $18.95 • (£14.99)

978-1-4930-3750-6 • eBook • August 2019 • $18.00 • (£13.99)

Series: Orvis

Subjects: Sports & Recreation / Hunting

The Orvis Wingshooting Handbook, Fully Revised and Updated

Proven Techniques For Better Shotgunning

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Summary

Too many shotgunners imagine that their success in the field, or lack of it, is largely a question of innate ability and luck. Not true, say Bruce Bowlen and Dylan Snell, long-time Orvis shotgun instructors. Good shooting depends as much on effective technique as it does on natural talent, instinct, and favorable circumstances. With the proper instruction, bad shots can become good ones, and good shots will surprise themselves with how much better they can be.

In this concise and clearly written guide to the fundamentals of the sport, the authors cover the basic elements as well as the intricacies of proper wing shooting. The correct stance, timing and motion, equipment, and safety procedures are described in detail. In addition, there are sections on field shooting versus clay-target shooting, how to lead, the master eye, gun fit, and much more. The updated text and illustrations contain the latest insights into the sport as it has evolved since the publication of the first edition more than twenty years ago.

Maybe you shoot a great deal, or maybe you hunt just a few times a year, or maybe you’ve already decided to take lessons. In any case, The Orvis Wingshooting Handbook is your primer. For the cost of a few boxes of shells, you’ve got at your fingertips the techniques for making every shot count.

Details

Globe Pequot / Lyons Press

Pages: 120 • Trim: 6 x 9

978-1-4930-3749-0 • Paperback • August 2019 • $18.95 • (£14.99)

978-1-4930-3750-6 • eBook • August 2019 • $18.00 • (£13.99)

Series: Orvis

Subjects: Sports & Recreation / Hunting

Author

Bruce Bowlen is the former director of the Orvis Shooting Schools. He lives in Dorset, Vermont.

Dylan Snell is a current Orvis Fly-Fishing & Wingshooting Guide and Instructor. He is also a former e-commerce copywriter and an Alpine Ski Racing Coach. He lives in Peru, Vermont.

Reviews

It isn't easy to define or teach the art of wing shooting, but Bruce Bowlen has done an excellent job in that direction. The Orvis Wing-Shooting Handbook is clean and concise and will help your shooting"--Grits Gresham, Shooting Editor, Sports Afield

"Even veteran American Shooters will find something in The Orvis Wing-Shooting Handbook. Some of the world's best field gunners use the moves described by Bruce Bowlen."--Charles F. Waterman
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