mjcmichigan wrote:
Bear nailed it. That’s how you site shotguns.
Typically bird hunters like to cover the bird, competition clay shooters want to see the whole clay.
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Ya, I like to have my sight bead right under the bird, counting on the rising pattern to take him. For me, if the gun is throwing most of the shot a bit high, that's a good thing.
High and left, naw, I want it centered and a bit high. Seems to work out well for me. Mostly I hunt upland birds that are shot while flushing away.
Once in a great while my old "friend" forces me to accompany him on a duck hunt. What a way to enjoy life, freezing in the blackness while rain, snow, fog, and every other vile form of weather have their way... Then out of nowhere a lone teal surges by at about 712 mph, and I hear "why didn't you shoot?" Ya, duck hunting. Hmph!
I'd much rather rise at a sane hour, have a real breakfast, amble out to the jeep with a cuppa coffee in hand, dog following. Drive 15 min to a chukar hill or quail hollow. Listen to a little old country on the way. Walk a bit, watch the dog in the morning sunshine, shoot a couple of birds and head back home all before noon. Maybe even quicker than that.
Meanwhile back to shooting rising birds, ya, I like the shotguns to pattern a little high. Now, on with the day.
Ya'll enjoy.
Guy