Hi Steve, what we mean by "aimed" is that the shooter has become barrel-aware and looked at the bead of the gun, then tried to aim right at the clay. Anytime you look at the barrel, the gun stops/slows down. Eyes should always stay on the clay only. What would be a more clear term for us to use?
ShotKam Thanks for your reply. I have been hunting with a shotgun for decades, but I only consider myself to be only a decent shot. I have shot trap occasional through the years and introduced many young people to it as well. I now regret that I myself never received any proper instruction. Do you have a tutorial or short book you would recommend? I tell friends to keep their cheek down on the stock and keep the gun swinging. I understand that we point a shotgun, while we focus on the target. Even so, it would appear that most of us laymen still use the front bead somewhere in the sight picture. On a straightaway shot, it seems like aiming. Not sure of a better term. What is considered the proper ‘hold point’ for each station? Very excited to be a new ShotKam owner! Many thanks, Steve
On your straightaway shots. Come in from behind, touch the bottom of the target with the end of your barrel and it will break 99% of the time. Same thing on the angles, but you must apply some lead, not too much lead or less you’ll miss in front. If you can afford to shoot 6-10 boxes of practice a week during the off-season I suggest putting in a super full choke at the 16 yard line using number 8’s until you break a 25 straight. The moment tournament season starts put in a modified choke using 8.5 shot and I promise you you’ll be breaking scores in the mid to high nineties, who knows maybe that elusive 100 straight.
It would be helpful if you could show us how to recover a missed shot. For example, if we see that the bird is getting away from our kill shot,location, what can we do to recover and get the correct sight picture?
Great video idea, thank you so much for your suggestion. If interested, we do have a video here on to improve your shooting with ShotKam: th-cam.com/video/2ha8YxHcR0E/w-d-xo.html
Thanks but I’ve seen the referenced ShotKam video but it doesn’t address my question about a technique/process/strategy to recover from the bad forms shown here, or other bad mistakes. I’d like a way to recover.
Thanks for showing both the good and bad shots.
Most of the bad shots are easy to spot. Please advise what is meant by the comment “aimed”?
Hi Steve, what we mean by "aimed" is that the shooter has become barrel-aware and looked at the bead of the gun, then tried to aim right at the clay. Anytime you look at the barrel, the gun stops/slows down. Eyes should always stay on the clay only. What would be a more clear term for us to use?
ShotKam Thanks for your reply. I have been hunting with a shotgun for decades, but I only consider myself to be only a decent shot. I have shot trap occasional through the years and introduced many young people to it as well. I now regret that I myself never received any proper instruction. Do you have a tutorial or short book you would recommend?
I tell friends to keep their cheek down on the stock and keep the gun swinging. I understand that we point a shotgun, while we focus on the target. Even so, it would appear that most of us laymen still use the front bead somewhere in the sight picture. On a straightaway shot, it seems like aiming. Not sure of a better term.
What is considered the proper ‘hold point’ for each station?
Very excited to be a new ShotKam owner!
Many thanks, Steve
On your straightaway shots. Come in from behind, touch the bottom of the target with the end of your barrel and it will break 99% of the time. Same thing on the angles, but you must apply some lead, not too much lead or less you’ll miss in front. If you can afford to shoot 6-10 boxes of practice a week during the off-season I suggest putting in a super full choke at the 16 yard line using number 8’s until you break a 25 straight. The moment tournament season starts put in a modified choke using 8.5 shot and I promise you you’ll be breaking scores in the mid to high nineties, who knows maybe that elusive 100 straight.
It would be helpful if you could show us how to recover a missed shot. For example, if we see that the bird is getting away from our kill shot,location, what can we do to recover and get the correct sight picture?
Great video idea, thank you so much for your suggestion. If interested, we do have a video here on to improve your shooting with ShotKam: th-cam.com/video/2ha8YxHcR0E/w-d-xo.html
Thanks but I’ve seen the referenced ShotKam video but it doesn’t address my question about a technique/process/strategy to recover from the bad forms shown here, or other bad mistakes. I’d like a way to recover.
stop aiming, keep eye on target let your. brain do the work. Feels weird at first, but you get use to it.
Love the idea of the shotcam but... It costs way too much.
you call those mistakes? I'll show you mistakes......these are child's play compared to my mistakes :))