Maine-ly Bird Hunting (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781547202911)

Brad Varney is the owner and founder of Varney's Clay Sports, the home of "Have Gun Will Teach Shooting School" and he has been hunting and shooting all his life. At 75 years of age, he has won many, many championships and bagged out on hunt after hunt after hunt. Brad offers a simple and effective solution to become a better shooter. Brad was born near the great Scarborough marsh of Maine and was one of 10 children. His father was a commercial clam digger and Brad followed in his footsteps but with his natural love for the outdoors, hunting and fishing was what he really wanted to do - first with homemade slingshots and bows and arrows - and eventually with a BB gun that he received for Christmas. Brad's older brother, Albert, had guns and hound dogs and Brad tagged along whenever possible. At age 15, Brad received his first shotgun, a Stevens Model 94, single barrel 28 gauge, from Albert. From that point on, Brad's life revolved around guns, hunting and shooting. He also become an avid reader of hunting and shooting literature, especially the "how to" variety. Hunting dogs were and continue to be a very important part of his life. In 1964 Brad was introduced to skeet shooting and he took to it like a duck to water. He has won numerous competitions at skeet and sporting clays. Above all else, he is a wing shooter. There are lots of good clay target shooters out there but many of them have never killed a single bird nor spent one day in the field! Brad prides himself on being a wing shooter first and foremost and he has spent a LIFETIME in the field hunting game birds. Brad has over 45 years of instructing experience and has taught hundreds of shooters to shoot better. His style is easy-going and patient and he walks you through everything you need to do to shoot BETTER. Brad is one of the few men who have been able to turn a love of shooting moving targets into a successful occupation. His shooting skills are well known throughout the northeastern United States.