If you have not yet visited Orvis Sandanona Shooting Grounds, we cannot recommend checking it out enough. We often find we have a hard time describing just how beautiful the setting is, and just how easy it is to jump into shooting at any level, thanks to their fantastic group of instructors. This video does a great job of demonstrating the fun of being there. Check it out.
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Orvis Sandanona: Interns with Guns Edition
Orvis intern Henry Miles lines up a clay pigeon at the Sandanona wing-shooting grounds.
Photo by Grant White
On Friday, as my intern friends from school crunched numbers and tweeted “TGIF,” I had the privilege of visiting the beautiful Sandanona Shooting Grounds in Millbrook, New York. It’s how The Orvis Company does. . .
Read MoreVideo: Shooting at the Orvis Manchester School
Here’s a great episode of “Outdoor Journal,” produced by Vermont Public Television, focused on the Orvis Wingshooting School. Here’s the description: . . .
Read MorePro Tips: Finding Your Target
Written by: James Ross, Chief Shooting Instructor
Recently, I have heard a few shooters, on the front deck, chattering about different shootings styles and techniques. One conversation struck me as particularly odd. A gentleman mentioned to his friend that recently he had made a big breakthrough with his shooting. His friend inquired as to. . .
Read MoreVideo: Sharptails and Pheasants in Montana
Here’s some great footage of a hunt for sharptail grouse and pheasants in Montana. There’s some fine dog work, as well.
Read MoreVideo: Ptarmigan and Grouse Hunting in Norway
Here’s some very cool hunting footage from the mountains of Norway, featuring whitetailed ptarmigan, willow ptarmigan, and black grouse. Apparently, grouse hunting is the most common shooting field sport in Norway, making up 90% of all hunting trips. The country is certainly gorgeous, but it looks like you might have to do some cardio training to get in shape for this kind of workout.
Read MorePhoto Essay: The 8th Annual Orvis Shotgun Classic at Sandanona
A little rain didn’t stop the fun at the 8th Annual Orvis Shotgun Classic. The event took place on June 6th and 7th at Orvis Sandanona Shooting Grounds in Millbrook, New York.
If you missed the event and don’t want to wait until next year, you can always plan a visit to Sandanona. One and two-day Wingshooting and Fly Fishing Schools are offered, as well as private instruction, guided fishing, and gunfitting. Learn more here or call 800-235-9763 for more information.
Orvis’s Donna Galotto and Jody Frederick made sure everything ran smoothly.
Photo by Kathleen Moore
Interview with Brett Ference, Orvis Hunting Product Developer
Brett Ference and his English Setter, Wyatt, after a day in the field.
Photo courtesy Brett Ference
Brett Ference—the man behind Orvis’s new hunting products every year and co-host of the Orvis Hunting and Shooting Podcast—sat down for an interview with the editors of the Wingshot blog last week, answering questions about his history as a bird hunter and angler, his path to. . .
Read MoreVideo: A Wonderful Dog’s-Eye View of a Pheasant Hunt
I look at a lot of videos for these blogs, but I’ve never seen anything like this. Sure, I’ve seen plenty of attempts at shooting with a dog-mounted camera, but none of the resulting videos lived up to the promise. Until now. This is a gorgeous look at the whole pheasant-hunting experience from the. . .
Read MoreSporting Dog Training the Wildrose Way, Part IV: Denials, Delays, and Diversions
Illustrations by James Daley
This week, I want to talk about achieving steadiness. I’ve already talked about this a lot, but that’s because it’s the foundation of a well-trained dog. A dog that does what it wants on its own is not going to be a satisfying hunting companion. It may do the right thing by instinct, but if it does the right thing at the wrong time, that’s not going to work out too well in the field, particularly if you happen to be. . .
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