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Life Lessons from Trap Shooting

Life Lessons from Trap Shooting

The other day I made a remark to Gil Ash of the OSP school and he immediately said “I’m going to quote you on that.” Since Gil talks (a lot) to a lot of people, I need to get out in front of that remark, as the D.C. spin doctors say, before it gets me in trouble.

What I said was: “Trap shooting doesn’t teach you a lot about shooting shotguns, but it teaches you a lot about other important stuff.”

Trap teaches two very important shooting lessons. It teaches you to keep your eye on the target and your head on the stock.

Trap can also reinforce some negative behaviors.

Read more at Field & Stream.

You may also be interested in: Getting Started with Trap Shooting

 

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