Women’s Wingshooting Introductory Clinic

Description

Intended Audience

• Women of all backgrounds who feel confident shooting stationary targets with a shotgun, who are looking to make the move to wingshooting.

• Women who are beginning to intermediate wingshooters who are looking for additional instruction, perspectives and community.

• New shooters who intend to participate in upcoming Women's Wingshooting Nights are strongly encouraged to attend a Women's Wingshooting Instructional Clinic.

• Hunter Safety is strongly recommended but not required.

• This clinic is intended for adults, and participants must be at least age 16 to shoot. Girls ages 12 and up may attend as observers with an adult.

Program Description

This 2-hour clinic will orient beginner, novice and intermediate wingshooters to shotgun safety, operation, gun fit, shooting stance and methodologies to visualize and approach moving targets. The clinic is intended to give novice target shooters tools for future target practices, either with friends or on their own. We recommend bringing a notebook.

Instructors Rob and Holly Wright are certified National Sporting Clays Association Wingshooting instructors and active members at the Waunakee Gun Club. They shoot competitively and enjoy hunting in the fall with their German Wirehaired Pointer.

Clinic Agenda

• 6 p.m.: Check in and introductions
• 6:15 p.m.: 30-minute lecture
  • Shotgun safety
  • Operation of the gun
  • Not-your-average eye dominance test
  • Gun Fit - It's Important: cast, length of pull, etc.
  • Shooting stance
  • Methodologies on approaching a bird
  • Chokes
• 6:45-8 p.m.
  • Group shooting with a coach
  • Try a variety of guns altered to fit women

Clinic cost: $25 per participant to cover shells and instruction. Please bring cash or a check to be collected prior to clinic start. We also encourage participants to join the club community and come back to shoot!

What to bring: Your shotgun if you have one (or let us know if you need to borrow one). If you have a gauge other than 20 or 12, please bring one box of your own factory load ammunition.

Registration

Registration is required. To register, visit Go Wild and log in or create an account if you don’t already have one. Click on the Manage Safety Education tab, click “Search for Class” and select "Learn to Hunt” as Course Type and “Dane” as County in the drop-down tabs. Register with your Customer ID number.

Participation is limited to the first 10 participants. A minimum of 6 participants are needed to run the class.

If the class does not appear, it is likely full. Please contact Emily Iehl at Emily.Iehl@wisconsin.gov to be added to the waitlist.

Interested participants with limited mobility are asked to contact the event organizer about accessibility options in advance of the event.