 The Hunters Wingshooting Clinic at the Decatur Gun Club consists of
two four-hour wingshooting sessions each day. Morning sessions run
from 8 until noon, and afternoon sessions run from 1 to 5. The
clinic sessions will be taught by instructors certified by both the
National Sporting Clays Association and the IDNR.The clinics are
designed primarily to improve hunters' wingshooting skills. Hunters
interested in improving their ability to hit moving targets with a
shotgun are encouraged to attend. However, these wingshooting
clinics are not limited only to hunters. Anyone from 16 years of age
and older who wants to improve their shotgun shooting skills can
attend. In addition, participants will have fun while shooting with
friends or new acquaintances with similar shooting abilities. The
fee is $35 per participant.
Hunters' wingshooting clinics are hands-on and include extensive
live fire at a variety of clay target presentations on specially
designed sporting clays courses. The clay target presentations
represent typical hunting scenarios. From ducks and doves to
pheasants, quail and rabbits, hunters will find clay target
presentations that resemble their favorite, as well as their most
troublesome shots.
The sporting clays course at the Decatur Gun Club will be
overlaid onto the Decatur Gun Club's skeet and trap fields for the
two-day clinic. The participant-to-instructor ratio is 4-to-1.
Typically participants are squadded with others of similar shooting
ability.
At the start of each session, there will be a short briefing,
approximately 15 minutes, about shotgun safety and handling and
on-range safety.
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The IDNR/Decatur Gun Club's Youth/Women's Wingshooting Clinic on
Sept. 29 is an introductory clinic designed for boys, girls and
women interested in learning to shoot or improving their ability to
shoot a shotgun at a moving target. Boys and girls in the 10-15 age
group and women are eligible to participate. There is a nominal $10
fee to register for the Youth/Women's Wingshooting Clinic.
The youth and women's clinic is about learning to safely shoot a
shotgun at a moving target with reasonable reliability. The clinic
starts with a shotgun safety presentation at 11:30 a.m., followed by
a short, small-group, hands-on shotgun orientation session with each
group's wingshooting instructor. These clinics are taught by
instructors certified by both the National Sporting Clays
Association and the IDNR.
Lunch is provided for participants. Following lunch, the
afternoon is spent in the field shooting clay targets until about 4
p.m. Besides learning to safely handle and shoot a shotgun,
participants learn that being skilled at shooting clay targets is a
lot of fun.
Advance registration is required. Registration forms for the IDNR/Decatur
Gun Club Wingshooting Clinics can be accessed at
http://dnr.state.il.us/
lands/landmgt/programs/wingshooting/
WingshootingDates.htm. Click on the date you plan to attend to access the appropriate
forms, and follow the instructions on the forms.
[Text from
Illinois Department of
Natural Resources
file received from
the
Illinois Office of
Communication and Information] |
