EYES ON THE PRIZE

As you swing the gun you must keep your cheek locked to the side of the stock. As with a golf drive, where you look up too early to see where the ball has gone, the most common fault amongst shooters is when you try to see whether you’ve hit the bird too early – when you do this your head will automatically come up off the gun and you’ll invariably miss behind. Similarly, you need to accept that as you swing through to get ahead of the bird, there will be a moment when your barrels will obscure the bird and you’ll lose sight of it – but do not bring your head off the gun in an attempt to keep sight of the bird.