Don’t Get Fooled!

If your barrel's not on the bird, you're going to miss it in front. These are the kinds of things you need to give your brain instructions in great detail. You don't want it to get fooled by the illusion.

We have learned that the brain will anticipate the arrival of the target automatically as long as our nose is on the target. When the target comes to the lead, as you match speed your brain is deadly. Whatever the lead is, when the speed is matched, it’s what the targets needs and it breaks.

The sequence of how the shot comes together is the most important part because the sequence created the lead on the successful shot before. If I hit the target, I know what it looked like instantly and I set up again to create the sequence that killed the previous target.

It's okay to know what the lead was as the target breaks - but don't get involved with the lead until after you see the next one break.

If a miss occurs, my first priority is speed match. If it's a crosser, I’m going to double it; if it's quartering bird, I’m going cut it in half. I’m rarely off-line because the targets are always coming to me and my gun is in my periphery. When the target comes in to me it's a straight line to the end of my barrel so I don't have to worry about being over or under.