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Show Look "Real" EnoughTJ i . 1 1 V y - They certainly do, these life, like plastic lures that simulate insects and can be used over and over again. A small hook is embedded In the lures which are made from B. F. Goodrich Chemical Company's Geon plastic and have been successful success-ful in taking all types of fresh water fish. At present these lures, which are manufactured by the Burke Flexo-Products Company, Traverse City, Mich., include 10 species. They are black cricket, Mayfly nymph, dragonfly nymph, crawfish, white grub, hellgrammite, baby black ant, baby crawfish and baby grub. AAA Dry Shooting Even though there is no chance tor wing-shooting in the field until the open hunting seasons roll around again, it is not necessary for the serious-minded shooter, who wants to. improve his marksmanship, to lay his firearms aside and wait for time to pass. Next to actual field shooting at game, clay target "busting" pro-fides pro-fides best practice for the scatter-gun scatter-gun fan and firing at stationary targets tar-gets or moving targets on established estab-lished ranges is the rifle and pistol shooter's "meat." In fact, clay target shooting is about the best practice a wingshot can have, as it allows him full and easy opportunities oppor-tunities to correct shooting errors, tind out about leads and learn to juickly adjust himself to his gun. Handtrap Will Do "If, however, no clay target hooting is handy and no shooting range facilities are available, a handtrap can provide grand, inexpensive inex-pensive and informal sport and a basement range with proper bullet-catcher bullet-catcher can easily be rigged up. Even if these are not practical for the time being, the shooter need not discontinue the practice he needs so much," according to Gail Evans, manager, Advertising and Shooting Promotion Division, Remington Arms Company, Inc. "There is another form of shooting shoot-ing practice which is of great value to the individual and which can be brought into play almost anywhere any-where and any time," says Evans. "This is known as 'dry shooting' and merely consists of simulated firing with an empty gun. This sort of practice is really a MUST for the beginner and the seasoned gunner gun-ner quite often brushes up on hil gun handling through this method. "The best way to become accustomed accus-tomed to a new gun, or the old one, too, for that matter, is by handling han-dling it frequently. If it is a shot gun, raise it to your shoulder quickly, quick-ly, align the sights and swing oil an imaginary target. Do this ai fast as you can. Then after you have pressed the trigger and completed com-pleted the follow-through swing, check your shooting position. Thil includes the position of your cheeli on the stock, the position of the gun butt on your shoulder and the alig ment of the gun barrel. Make thi necessary corrections and do th same thing over again. Repeat this, time after time, and after awhil the gun will swing up to your shoul der in proper manner almost instinctively, in-stinctively, your head will automatically auto-matically place itself in the right spot and the whole firearm will seem to become a part of you. Practice Before Mirror "Practice this mounting of th gun, swinging and follow-througi before a mirror. This will aid yol to correct your shooting position It will also allow you to check ul on your follow-through for yoi MUST remember to keep swinginl after you have pressed the trigger AAA Watch It! It won't be too long now befon upland game seasons will be opei in many states. That means gun handling, of course, and, with gun handling, the need of safety pre cautions. One can't play it too sai in the field. Gun safety is abso lutely necessary and it cannot bi overemphasized. Despite the con tinual preachments against recklea gun-handling, field fatalities seen to increase rather than decreasi every year. |