Eye Dominance is a phenomenon that affects many people from birth or can appear over time, especially with the onset of middle age, tiredness, variations in light and a variety of other factors. The effect is often not identified by shooters – or indeed coaches. The impact on shooting effectively, even at short range, is dramatic and even more so at long-range targets.
That impact is not always recognised. How many syndicate members drop out or give up shooting through frustration at not being able to hit or cleanly kill quarry despite it being ‘an easy shot’ and having the skills and resources to do so?
A real inhibitor to effective shooting is the fact that your friends, fellow shooters or relatives do not know they have a cross-dominant eye. Even if they did not have a dominance problem before, remember it can be acquired, especially as we get older. Once identified it can be easy to correct.
Game Handling Guide One of the Code of Good Shooting Practice’s five golden rules is that game is food and must always be treated as such. The Code outlines basic principles to ensure the correct handling of any shot game birds. This additional guide gives further advice of practical steps
Muzzle Loading This branch of the target-shooting sports has been growing in popularity over the past few years. It involves using either original old guns, or replicas of modern manufacture. The sport is particularly attractive to those who have an interest in history – in our heritage. A muzzle-loading gun
Rodenticides Rodenticides Rats predate both wildlife and livestock and often carry diseases, which can harm people and animals, damage buildings and equipment and can contaminate foodstuffs. To control them is an ongoing battle that uses a wide variety of legal methods and rodenticides. When dealing with a rat problem, it
