What's the technique to shootin g a bird in flight, or squirrel on the run?

you lead it a little bit. lead more for faster animal or longer range than for up close or slower animal.What's the technique to shootin g a bird in flight, or squirrel on the run?
The real secret is follow through. You must swing your gun at the same speed as the game you are shooting. When you squeeze the trigger keep your gun moving don't stop. This follow through will eliminate the need to guess how far the game is away, how fast it is moving and how fast your bullet travels. Once you master this tecnique you can keep the barrel aimed just ahead of his nose and you will kill him regardless of speed or distance. Then you will be the marvel of all your friends who use the point and shoot method, because you will kill a heck of alot more game.


Good luck, and remember it takes some practice.What's the technique to shootin g a bird in flight, or squirrel on the run?
Leading and follow through are key but how much of those has to do with distance and speed. You need to lead a duck flying with the wind at 30 yards much more that a squirrel running at 20 yards on the ground or dodging in a tree. Geese are especially challenging because they do not look that fast but can fly rapidly.





I generally lead waterfowl a good 2 lengths if crossing. More if there is a heavy tail wind. I don't lead small ground game much at all unless they are 30 or more yards out and then just at the nose. Pull the trigger on pheasants as they reach a pinnacle if they are flushing mostly straight away. Keep your barrel moving for follow through in all instances!





It takes practice, practice, practice. Get a friend, some clays and a thrower. Go through several boxes of inexpensive light shells.
The simple answer is that you swing the barrel of your gun so that you overtake the animal from behind, swing through toward the front of the animal and fire in front of it. The way to remember it is to say ';Butt - Beak - Bang';. Keep swinging the gun after the shot is fired or you will miss and the shot will go behind the animal. Now that you have the necessary information you need to practice, practice, practice.
its called ';leading';. the principle behind it is that if you were to shoot at an object in motion, at the second you pull the trigger, the object is in your sights, but the object is still moving as the projectile gets closer. once the projectile reaches the area you had in your sight when firing, the object has moved on.


leading can be tricky since the lead you allow depends on your distance from the object, the speed at which it is moving and which direction you think it is going to go.
You have to lead them