Wing Shooting & Sporting Clays with Kate Ahnstrom

Kate Ahnstrom is a falconer, a bird-hunter, an avid wing-shooter, and an instructor for wing-shooting and sporting clays. She's also an amazing instructor who asks you about you and tailors her shooting lesson to what you have going on -- whether it's your gun-fit, your headspace, or something else. How many of us muddle along in something like bird hunting or wing-shooting without ever receiving instruction? Kate gives us a couple hot tips anyone can put to use. 2:00 Who has a freezer full of rats? #falconers 3:00 Falconry is a major lifestyle undertaking 4:00 Faces looking at you from the freezer  6:00 Redtail hawks have a very low recruitment rate in the wild 8:00 Obtaining a bird for falconry; trapping falcons vs hawks 11:00 Raptor poop details: muting vs slicing 12:30 Goshawks 15:00 The "Winged Wisdom" podcast. Listen here! 16:00 Virginia Shooting Sports - a school for sporting clays and wing shooting 18:00 Demographics of sport shooting: it errs on the side of older, white, men… 22:00 When 20-somethings tell you, "You need to up your social media game" 24:00 The meandering path of an outdoorswoman, then... CLAYS!  26:00 "I could not eat, breathe, and just sleep enough about clays and wing-shooting." 28:00 From clays only to live animals... it's a huge transition 31:00 Becoming an instructor/teacher of the things you love; Being a leader and a sharer 37:00 Three hot tips: 1) Stop looking at the gun, 2) Stop looking at your muzzle so much, and 3) Know what the bird is doing in front of you 38:00 "One inch of movement with two foot of steel at the end of your nose equates to an 8-foot swing out at 30 yards." (Translate: Birds can't outrun you... but they can best you.) 39:00 Gun fit and patterning... it matters  42:00 Being "cross-dominant" is to have a dominant eye that's different from your dominant hand... and, the fix 48:00 Ashley's shooting book rec: "Core Archery: Shooting with Proper Back Tension" by Larry Wise 50:00 You're never too experienced to benefit from a class with a great instructor 52:00 Find a Paragon instructor near you at ParagonSchool.com 56:00 #havegunswilltravel 57:00 VirginiaShootingSports.com, also on Facebook @VirginiaShootingSports and Instagram @vashootingsports 59:00 Why have 1-2 bird dogs when you could have 5-6? 1:01 Chukar problems 1:02 July 14, 16, and 19 - Artemis Advocacy Training: Register here! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices