Posted 4:35 PM by Floyd

A big shout out to friend and Declarer reader Paul Hepburn, who introduced me to clay shooting last Saturday. I had a great time; go if you get the chance.

I like activities where you can have some proficiency your first time, and clays is like that. I was able to hit the easy targets on the majority of shots; even when shooting the fast targets and rabbits I could hit them a quarter of the time. (Based on hearsay, I imagine the opposite end of the beginner proficiency spectrum would be represented by windsurfing, where you spend your first session falling in the water and hauling your sailboard back to vertical.)