Submit your Email to receive the On Wisconsin Outdoors Newsletter.

Our Sponsors:

Midwest Industries, Inc.

SKB Shotguns

Henry

Daves Turf and Marine

Waukesha Truck Accessory store and service, truck bed covers, hitches, latter racks, truck caps

Dick Ellis Blog:
7/15/2024
Black, minority Trump supporters censored by Gannett, other media at 2020 RNC Convention. Expect the same as Milwaukee hosts 2024 RNC Convention. Look back four years Wisconsin, to compare and contrast Gannett’s corrupt coverage of the 2020 Republican and Democratic National Conventions to know what to expect July 15-18 when the nation’s eyes rest on Milwaukee, home of the 2024 RNC convention.  The DNC will showcase its conventi...
...Read More or Post a Comment Click Here to view all Ellis Blogs

OWO

Waukesha Truck Accessory store and service, truck bed covers, hitches, latter racks, truck caps

Waukesha Truck Accessory store and service, truck bed covers, hitches, latter racks, truck caps

OWO

Waukesha Truck Accessory store and service, truck bed covers, hitches, latter racks, truck caps

OWO

OWO

OWO and Kwik Trip

OWO and Kwik Trip

OWO

OWO and Kwik Trip

OWO

OWO and Kwik Trip

OWO

OWO

OWO and Kwik Trip

OWO and Kwik Trip

OWO and Kwik Trip

OWO and Kwik Trip

Bob's Bear Bait

OWO and Kwik Trip

OWO and Kwik Trip

OWO and Kwik Trip

OWO and Kwik Trip

OWO

OWO and Kwik Trip

OWO

OWO

First Shots News - The Newsletter for Beginner Shooters - May 2014

  

 

advertisement 
 

 

This month in First Shots News we're going to tackle shotgun shooting. I remember the first time I was introduced to shotgun sports. It was at a Becoming an Outdoors Women program in southern Illinois. The ladies teaching us were excited to watch us shoot for the first time. They were so encouraging and enthusiastic that I ended up shooting with them and becoming a member of their organization. No, you will not break 25 clays in a row your first time out shooting clay targets, but you will have fun. Here are some pointers on getting started.

 
 

"Perhaps the most confusing five minutes a person can spend in their life is the first five minutes on a trap field," says Gil Ash of OSP Shooting School. In this video, aptly titled "How to Shoot Trap," Gil provides a great synopsis for those new to trapshooting. He explains how he approaches each station on a trap field. By knowing the proper hold points and focal points for each station, you can see great results from the start. Play Video

 
 

If you like to play golf, or even mini-golf, and you like to shoot skeet or trap, you're going to love sporting clays. Or if you want more of a challenge than shooting at airborne clay targets, you'll appreciate the change-up when a "rabbit" target zigzags across the field in front of you. Barbara Baird provides a look at sporting clays, commonly referred to as "golf with a shotgun."

Let's take a look at what makes a shotgun a shotgun. If you rely on Hollywood for your information, a shotgun can never miss and is capable of knocking a 1970 Pontiac GTO clear across Hazzard County. In reality, they're not quite like that, but a shotgun is one very versatile gun. Competition, recreation, hunting and home defense — a shotgun can do it all. Tom McHale provides a look at the types of shotguns and other things you should know.

 
 

Taz is not his name, though it might as well be. Luis Pineda Gloria is known more by the moniker of the Looney Tunes cartoon character than the name passed down through the men in his family — something the 19-year-old skeet shooter actually embraces. Lately, his shooting results as one of America's top skeet shooters means you won't forget his name, either. His foray into target shooting began, as it did for many youth, with a BB gun.

 
 

Thank you to all who entered the drawing last month and congratulations to ­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­Stephen S. the winner of theApril drawing. To enter the drawing for the $25 May Bass Pro Shops gift card, fill out the entry form, like us on the First Shots Facebook page and post a comment about First Shots News.

advertisement
 
STAY IN THE LOOP


 Follow First Shots on Facebook 
Subscribe to First Shots for New Shooters E-newsletter 
Email for information on advertising, contributions or comments


COPYRIGHT © 2014 by National Shooting Sports Foundation, Inc. and the individual authors of the materials contributed or referenced in NSSF® First Shots for New ShootersSM. Permission is granted for the broadcast, publication, retransmission to e-mail lists, Web sites or any other copying or storage, in any medium, online or not, of NSSF copyrighted material herein if 1) the text is forwarded in its entirety, including this paragraph, and 2) no fee is charged. Permission to use third party copyrighted material must be obtained separately from the individual authors. "National Shooting Sports Foundation®," "NSSF®" and all other trade names, trademarks, service marks, logos and images appearing in this publication are the sole property of the National Shooting Sports Foundation, Inc. and may not be used without the Foundation's prior express written permission. All other trade names, trademarks, service marks, logos and images appearing herein are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective owners.

NSSF First Shots News  
First Shots News Home Resources for New Shooters