The Orvis Wing-Shooting Handbook

by Bruce Bowlen

Former director of the Orvis Shooting Schools outlines proper technique. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0941130053
• ISBN13: 9780941130059
• Release Date: January 1985
• Publisher: Lyons Press
• Length: 96 Pages
• Weight: 0.39 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.9" x 9.1"

Customer Reviews

The Orvis Wing - Shooting Handbook

Great book and a MUST HAVE FOR PHEASANT HUNTERS.

If you get one shotgunning book this is it...

Excellent for a beginner but I am sure that even a seasoned pro will find good insights here. Pay special attention to the many knowledge "nuggets" that abound in this book. I started using a highlighter on these passages... they are that good!

I've been it doing all wrong

I've been hunting dove for years, albeit sparingly each season. This little book definitely showed me the error of my shooting ways, and I'm going to have find some time to shoot some clay pigeons to work on this technique. Don't expect to read this book and think that you can bag a bunch of birds the next day. Bruce Bowlen does a masterful job of describing and explaining this English techique of wing-shooting. It makes perfect sense to use this system for hunting birds, but my body and brain are going to need some time to program it in to where I can shoot this way. For being an average shooter, I'm more confident that I'll be able to bring home quite a few more birds next season, once I get the hang of this technique.

Classic Game Shooting Techniques

Tremendous read and a must for all field shotgunners! Bruce Bowlen is clear in his writing style and articulate in instructional shooting technique.Bowlen not only illustrates proper shooting technique but also includes other equally important topics such as gun fit, safety, and eye-dominance. Probably the most fascinating area to me was the history behind why Americans have had a hard time adapting the classic English technique.If you enjoy bird hunting, you would be well-served to invest the time to devour the contents of this book. I can attest to improvement that it has made in my success and have shared it with all my friends.

a great book teaching shotgun shooting

This book gives a quick and easy to understand method of shooting a shotgun. It decribes the instintive method which is perhaps the best for most bird hunters when there is no time to think about each shot. A must read for those wanting to learn to shoot.