TCTC: Tip of the MonthBy Terry HetrickI recently encountered a situation while coaching one of my students, Dr. Steve Camarata, that I think may be a benefit to our members. Steve is a great shot and one of my best hunting buddies. We found that on certain shots that involved long incoming targets like low 1 and low 2, that there was a tendency to crossfire. Cross firing is a situation where the opposite eye tends to take over and dominate the shot resulting in a miss. After much deliberation, we found that the best cure for the problem was to take the target before it crosses the plane of the body. Also, by holding close to the target during the first half of the shot and then zeroing in on the last half of the shot made a huge difference. After much practice with this method, Steve was able to score a phenomenal 74 x 75 with his 20 ga. And go on to great success with the 410. Steve is a real supporter of the Tennessee Clay Target Complex. I am looking forward to the upcoming hunting season with him. Last fall, Steve invited Weaver Barksdale and myself to a day of shooting chuckers over his phenomenal pointers. With Steve’s new method on incomers, this year will be a great one in the field. I have a surprise for him, though. Instead of borrowing Doug Jackson’s Remington 1100 field gun, I am going to borrow Doug’s Pentax Digital camera to film the action of these great hunting dogs this year. Steve and Weaver, you are on your own in the wingshooting business this year. Hope you both get lots of clay target practice at the Tennessee Clay Target Complex before bird season opens! |
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