live bird gun

[Dean Romig]

Originally Posted by Francis Morin

What a silly pair of targets- Hi and Low Houses Eight present.

Not if you're a serious grouse hunter Francis. I experience those kind of shots almost every day I hunt them - Remember, the game of skeet was developed to improve one's skill in grouse hunting and if you practice you can bust 'em both right out of the house from a very low gun position.

As the late Nash Buckingham said- "Any game bird taken at that close in range would be pulped and not worthy of being cooked for the table" or something akin to that-

Not so! I can't remember the last grouse or woodcock I shot that wasn't perfect table fare. Focus on the head not body mass.

When we shoot Mexican skeet at DU events here- we can pivot and take each single at 8 as a going away birdie- but Lo Gun rules apply, no pre-mounted gun-

I'm not a skeet or clays man- I prefer to see a big ball of feathers hangin' in de breeze after I shoot a scattergun-but check me out on this- High House 1 or Low House 7 pegs- unless you have a crossing or quartering wind of some magnitude, you are shooting at a dead straight away moving target- granted, the rim or thin edge- BUT how many birds do you flush that ever fly in a dead straight flight path?

Admittedly low 7 is a straightaway target but don't let high 1 fool you... unless you lead a tad under the bird you may not break every high 1 that you shoot at.