Women's Learn to Wingshoot Clinic - Dane County

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 your own. 

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

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.
• Hunter Safety is strongly recommended but not required.
• This clinic is intended for adults and participants must be at least age 18 to shoot. 

Clinic Agenda

5:30 p.m. - Check in and introductions

5:45 p.m. - 30-minute lecture:

• Shotgun safety
• Operation of the gun
• Eye dominance test
• Gun fit (it's important!): Cast, length of pull, etc.
• Shooting stance
• Methodologies on approaching a bird
• Chokes

 6:15 - 7:30 p.m. - Group shooting with a coach.

Clinic Cost: $25 per participant to cover shells and instruction. Please bring cash or check to be collected prior to clinic start, payable to Waunakee Gun Club. 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). If you have a gauge other than 20 or 12, please bring one box of your own factory load ammunition. 

Sign up:

Participation is limited to the first 10 participants. Minimum of 6 participants needed to run. 

Registration is required. To register, go to gowild.wi.gov 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.

If the class does not appear, it is likely full. Please contact Emily Iehl to be added to the waitlist. We also have additional Learn to Wingshoot Clinics on the following dates:

• Tuesday, April 14: General Audience Learn to Wingshoot Clinic
• Tuesday, June 23: General Audience Learn to Wingshoot Clinic
• Tuesday, July 21: Women's Learn to Wingshoot Clinic

For those signed up for a clinic or who feel confident shooting basic moving targets, check out and sign up for our Guided Sporting Clays Walkthroughs on the following dates:

• Tuesday, April 21: General Audience Novice Sporting Clays Walkthrough
• Tuesday, May 19: Women's Guided Sporting Clays Walkthrough
• Tuesday, June 30: General Audience Novice Sporting Clays Walkthrough
• Tuesday, July 28: Women's Guided Sporting Clays Walkthrough
• Tuesday, Aug. 18: General Audience Novice Sporting Clays Walkthrough

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