The Coolidge examiner., 1934-10-26
HOW T8As:
SHOO or.
By Bob Nichols
e "a ElstaF. ~ 80 siftaa. Q

But on The other hand. poor eye
sight need not necessarily hinder
you % Hny marked extent Ia be
coming q good shot Some excel
lent shots I have known are men
who wear spectacleA Since all OF
the Information glye you has been
CLEANED from personal experience.
not from hearsny. take The iiber-
~ of becoming personal and tell.
inE you that from early boyhood l
have worn spectncles. Although l
cannot see well enough without my
Elnsses 10 read ordinary newspa
per type. yet on The skeet Geid I
break Just as good scores without
my glasses as when wearing them.
IN fact. without the specs DO
even little better. striking an
average
Slightly Incredible as this mas
seem. there Is a trick ln %. and IN
tell you What Il Is shooting skcvt
one knows exactly where his target
Is coming from. one also knows
within three seconds just when Il
vill fash Into view. And you know
exactly its line 81 flight The fact
IS one does not uerd particularly
keen eyesiEht 20 shoot well bur
20 see al the game that gets IN
front Of you in the feld-thls does
require all the eyeslght you can
muster. Thus. with two gunncra
o. equal shooting skin. the one with
the kccnest eycsi ghg will IN ail prob.
ability Eet The most shots Ia the
field and uill on that account. KIN
the most Eame.
Naturally. what say here does
not apply 70 skill 10 rife shooting.
because wlth tle single bullet Eun
and iron sights the man with the
kscncr eyes Is always the better
shot.
Knowing that | shoot the shotgun
a little better without wItcciaclcs. !
frequently hunt 10 the neld with.
out wearing them. But on such oc
casious I Ike to hunt alone | nss
thy ears and do not want a distract
lag sound Of a companion rustilng
through the brush Many a rabbit
and grouse have killed where. bat
for my ears. would never have
seen them 90 get a shot Alone. !
always hunt very slowly. 30 that !
can catch quickly any sound other
than Ny own. but even 40. i'm.
nEine many = rabbit gets up with
tn easy shooting distance of mc that
ncver see Tie secondary reason
abs I DO not llse 20 wear Epcc;A.
clcs afieid d that they are n nui,
sance In rain or fog. But going
without them + somewhat Danger.
Gus in this respect you may be
hit IN the eye hy switching brush
with painful ard even serious con.
sequences without your specs
On your eyes are slow In their pro
teciiTe refieTes
The primary reason why prefer
20 shoe, without glasses Is. as I
have said. that I shoot better with.
out them. For u is true In shotgun
shooting. that n you see well
enough 10 distinguish your target.
you can see well enough 20 hlI Il
with a load ~ shot All shotgun
shooting should be done with the
eyes at what I used 10 refer 20 as
wide vision Since then. one Of
my oeulist friends has given me the
correct term for this he calls II
keeping the eyesig ght NJ universal
focus" In other words. keep your
eyes focused on no particular ob-
ject This Is particularly appllca.
Ole IN skeet shooting. But it ap.
plies In the field. too. Keep your
eyes wide open. See everything
clearly In your field of vision. When
the target or bird flashes out do
not strain your eyeslghi In intense
concentration % focus on t. Main
tain your sight nt universal focus
In this way ron viii he aierily
aware ~ the target. aware OF the
line and speed ~ It's flight. and also
aware OF your gun without cnncen.
trating too much of your attention
on II.
Failure 20 keep the eyes az uni
versal focus Il largely responsible.
in my opinion. for most shooters
declaring that they cannot shoot
with both eyes open. Certainly you
can't shoof with both eyes open II
you are trying 10 look iniently al
your barrel from hreech to muzzle.
and af the sane time are trying 10
see the i'ying target II just can't
be done. Even the crack aerial
rife and pistol shots could not
make their astounding records with
this Kind % alternating eye atfen.
tion. | am Convinced that all good
shots on moving or flying targets.
regardless of whether they shoot
with shotgun rifle. or pistol. use
this universal eve focus In their
shooting. II rou can acquire this
trick-and -on certainly can-you
inst can't help becoming a much
better shot
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