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Show Necessary to Train lo j Become Good Field Shot i B ." MOWI.I IIMUvlNs. (Professional reapxhootlng Chn:npldi! of Pcnna.) Only the real experts at both of, field shooting and trapshootlng undc-r-j stand the relationship of the two. I You frcqueiiilk hear some mediocre shot, or one whf has had very Mttle experience of eitht r, say "trapsi-.ootmg does not help one to become :i good field shot," or you hear some wiseacre I who has seen a target shoot once or .twice express himself thusl : "Trap-Bhootera "Trap-Bhootera can hit thosr rocks but the; 1 cannot rati a thing In the field ' Then lie will tell you about "John ' Jones" one of our best trap shots j Hiio v i ii, souiii m. mm.; iiiiiin a.iu did not g.-t a thing "They al) beat' him," he adds, ami concludes with.! "Why trupshooters can't hit them in the field." Uc fails to impart that John Jonfs" Was In poor hejiith. had never shot a gun in his life, had taen up trap-1 shooting for recreation, and exercise' had regained his health, and one fallj went out for a hunt, wrapped in heavy,' siuffy clothes, carrying his long-' stocked trap gun. which was too: straight and and close for field shoot-! ing, and after becoming nearly ex-' hausted front blisters on his heels.; caused by ill fitting shoes, had a shot at a hlrd flying over his head, a few-1 In the, bruMh and a long shot or two.' then .was compelled to stop, perhaps; without any game to his credit. Trapehootlng Is a game indulged in' b) many who are unable to stand al hard day's hunt. in order to, hunt, a man must train himself. He must take long walks, ot other physical exercise, before going out In the field. Then he must have a shorter short-er stock and possibly a llitle more' drop at the comb, the proper load, clothes and above - 1 1 the right kind of shoes IVHA'l rt WEAR IN FIELD "lnclc 15:11; "' W agner, one of the greatest live llnls and .target shots 'the world ever saw without a peer at duck and fi !d .shootlp'gl told me ' twenty years ago. after inn fifty years' experience, that the be-sl foot wear for the n.-id shooter, was a pjii of United States rm shoes His method was to gei a pair of shoes one slz. too large, then put a heavy wool sock on o,, i- his regular sock, anil then a pair of lumberman's socks, lust enough to mak up the extra I size. I tri. d t)i. .wid it was like walk - Ing upon ji velvet carpet all day. 1 would never gib mpi to go hunting unit un-it eipiipped In thin manner. Man hunters make the mistake of wearing heavy boots and leggings that bind the muscles, Mont of these men i are unable to gel up for breakfast the I Secohd morning, if Indeed the finish the ' - ! The tra pshooier must I prepan himself for hunting, just the I same as one would for any other aport Imagine a maii running flre?-"mlle race without training I o lopg doei the city dig that hus had no exercise exer-cise last on a hunt .' To get the besl results you should run your dog five to ten miles a day for five or six weal befoie starting to hum him In the fall. The suburban and country sportsmen work their dogs, and keep themat Ivt m trim throughout the year, and when the hunting season Opens the ready except the shooting, and tin the have practiced that fundamental their chances of getting the game is not much better than the trapshOOter who has not prepared for the hunt. Take your choice. I would ii.e my chance on a bet with Lester German, Charlie Spemer. Walter Huff. Top' Heikcs, Ford Gilbert or John Taylor, famous trapshooters against any man who has not shot a gun in practice for his field shooting Let the trapShootcr take the proper exercise and prepare for the hunting season and ho will j.-''1 his share of the game and he will kill more gaini than most of the "best shots I ever saw" that you can find In any town, village or hamlet in ibis countrj 1 K M'MKHITIM. Ml I I - IN ; II I. It When any one states that trap-shooting does not help a man In field shooting he Just might aw well say that It would not helv a man to run five miles if he practiced running two miles, or that It would not help one to train to play pool If he flrt learned billiards, and of course to teach a baby ba-by to walk would never assist in learning learn-ing to run The fact of teh matter is that to leam to point your gun properly Is one of the fundamentals of shooting, obviously, the one who learns this 1 has a better opportunity of becoming i K'Mid field shot than ;,n one who has i not learned It. Exercise can be taken i by any one but an one cannot be-rcome be-rcome an expert shot. Take ten country boys who have only shrt at gam and ten cltj boys who have learned to shoot targets and let them sll fire twenty shots at game and twenty shots at targets and ! note the result. Some of the country bovs might break half of Hon i irgets I hut the trained boys would break sin b , a large percentage and would ! 'such a large amount of the game that they would win without .. doubl The I same would be the reaul! w ith the 'irapshootcr s. the field shooter. Training will bring the results and ia trapshooter stands n better show of ' becoming a good fleid shot -hati i field ! shot does or becoming a good trap-shot, trap-shot, for temperament 's more of a necessity In trapehootlng Anyone desiring to become a good field shot should first learn to shoot at I the traps for It teaches one to handle 'a gun and herome famllir with M I workings and whan you have acquired 1 the art of pointing 1 In the proper place- after judging the flight and speed of the tatgets. you have mad. a great stride toward becoming a , good field shot. After you have learned to shoot at the trap, get your hunting clothes t:ike the rubher pad off your .si'o, , gel some brush loads, go to the gun elub an have the puller ami frapp' i throw you targets while walking tn ,all directions, keeping your gun at the hip. and then stand Where von ran get targets straight across from both left and right and (farn lo shoot at 'them quickly and a little under and j you will add a lot more to your train-in? train-in? for the hunt. If the field shooter wishes to Im- : prov e, let him get a trap gup and barn to shobt at targets and he will Immediate!) become a better ffa Id hot. ' |
