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I gained weight. Not ideal. Same jacket, pants vest etc. Nothing changed. I noticed my mounts were horrible. I worked to fix that during the season. As my confidence went down, I started to rush everything. I do feel a sense of guilt when my dogs do their job and I continously fail. Patterning...

They're coming to Colorado. $600 a day. I might have to consider attending.

I get it. I do try to move forward after a miss. That said, it was so bad this season that I never attempted a challenging shot. My confidence was low, so I was always hoping that a rooster would be close and late to pop up. I will look up that book. Thank you.

On it. Thank you.

Good advice. I did notice that I seemed shocked with the flush even though my dogs told me that the bird was close. It's a weird feeling that has not hit me before.

I appreciate the comments. I do agree that hunting with both girls has been distracting. I find myself confused on who to follow when we find more than bird. I don't know if I can leave 1 in the truck with being overwhelmed with guilt. Advice taken.

I have been recording my hunts for a long time. Nothing formal. I enjoy watching my adventures with my dogs.

Appreciate your insights. Have your lessons produced results?

I will say "kill" or "dispatch" as long as the bird folds on contact.

good advice - I found myself too quick to the trigger when we got a bird in the air. A lack of confidence is the reason. I must slow down.

That will be done this week. An interesting concept. Thank you.

I will do try this over the weekend. I have shot this Benelli Ethos for 10 years. I did change chokes a few years back, but I shot very well for a while. Last year was not ideal. This year was horrendous.

Thank you for posting this exercise. I need to employ good habits. I was not raised with a shotgun in my hands. I will use this training process immeidately. I will also buy "Instinctive Shooting". I appreciate the insights.

They refused to ride in their crates. They sit the back seat of the truck despite my efforts to put them in their crates. I will give that post a go. Thank you.

Thank you. I had 2 situations this season when I was completely startled that a rooster jumped up. I was fixing my GOPRO both times. Idiotic move. Echo (9) always gives me time. Josey (5) doesn't. I carry my shotgun the way you would want me to carry it. My mounts have been horrific. I need to...

That is my usual excuse to buy a new gun! Kids are in college. No new guns for a while!

Believe it or not, I utilized this practice technique prior to opening day, and then soon afterwards. I was pretty decent on trip #2 to the sporting clays range. I have always tried to finish my shot through the bird. I noticed that I felt stuck this season. An inability to swing smoothly. My...

Mind....I am begging for help. Thank you for offering guidance. Yes, I have the shooting yips. I have had some really poor mounts this season. I have tried to work on correctly mounting my shotgun. Every shot is rushed. You nailed the core issue. I sense that is the problem, but I still...

This has been the worst shooting season in my 14 + years of hunting wild birds. I've had slumps, but I eventually got it right. I am committed to fixing this this off-season. If anyone knows a good and patient Shooting Woes shotgun instructor around Denver, please let me know. Here are my...

It's rough out there. I've never walked so far on ideal private land only to see a single hen, and one rooster flushing at 100 yards out. My dogs are finding birds, but nothing like prior seasons. Last season the cover sucked, but we found some birds when the snow hit. I am not confident that we...