How it Works
Offering lessons in shotgunning, gunfittings and other services at various locations primarily in the Southeast and throughout North America. We tailor our programs to the individual student depending on their goals, experience, shooting discipline and aspirations. Whether your desire is to improve your performance in the field or on the sporting clays course… we will help you become a more proficient and competitive shot!
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Confirm Location
View Don's calendar to confirm he'll be at a shooting club near you.
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Book Online
After confirming the location, use our online portal to book your lesson.
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Lesson with Don
Meet Don and enjoy your one-on-one shooting lesson.
Lessons with Don
We Offer:
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Individual/Private Lessons
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Gunfitting/Gun-Stock Design
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Group Lessons for multiple students
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Half-day or full-day clinics
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Training of instructors
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Course design and consultation
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Hunting Coach & Guide: instruction in the field, accompanying and hosting hunters on upland bird hunts in the US, South Africa, UK and Argentina (Quail, Pheasant, Partridge, Dove).
Style & Philosophy
Intercepting a moving target with a shotgun requires acute focus, efficient movement of the shotgun, and an unwavering faith to instinctively execute the shot.
Focus – Movement – Faith. These are the time-honored principles of shotgunning born out of the tradition of bird hunting and rooted in the writings of Robert Churchill, Percy Stanbury, Charles Lancaster, and others.
While the proper techniques used to kill targets are rooted in these principles, today’s clay target presentations often differ from the flight patterns of game birds. Don teaches the time-proven principles of instinctive shotgunning and equips shooters with target tactics to engage any target on the sporting clays course, or in the field. If you are an advanced shooter, Don will optimize your existing “default technique” while equipping you with additional tactics, a pre-shot planning process and pre-shot routine to increase consistency and proficiency. Don also routinely coaches skeet and trap shooters as well as bird hunters.
Whether you are a Master Class competitor, beginner or an improving bird hunter, Don will instantly propel your shotgunning to the next level and beyond.
Disciplines Taught:
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Sporting Clays
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FITASC (International Sporting)
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5-stand/COMPAK
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Skeet
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Trap
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Bird Hunting (Driven, upland, Duck/Dove)
Our Specialties:
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Beginning, novice and advanced shooters
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NSCA/NSSA/ATA Competitors
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Mental Game Coaching and The OPTIMAL® Process
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Ladies and youth ages 10 and up
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Bird hunters/field instruction
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Instructor Training
View Don's Calendar to see his upcoming locations.
Focus – Movement – Faith
The instinctive method of shotgunning has its roots in the “The Churchill Method” and involves engaging a target as one would intercept any moving object: by applying acute focus to the object and allowing one’s natural eye-hand coordination to intercept the target. The eyes, brain, and nervous system all operate together to intercept the target, just as they do in many sports activities like hitting a baseball, catching an outfield fly, or blocking a shot-on-goal in hockey. It is very different from rifle shooting, in which the gun is visually aligned with the target. “Aiming” or measuring lead in shotgunning is a path to frustration. The “Instinctive Shooting Method” is the method I teach and with which shooters achieve the greatest level of success with a shotgun.
Central Florida Sporting Clays
Central Florida Sporting Clays is roughly equidistant from Orlando City Center and Ocala in Northern Central Florida. The club is 40 miles from Orlando City Center and 47 miles from Ocala) GPS ADDRESS **ALSO READ BELOW**: 41912 Boy Scout Road Paisley, Florida 32746 IMPORTANT: As you are getting close to the club and make the turn off of Maggie Jones Road and onto Boy Scout Road, IGNORE YOUR GPS. Follow Boy Scout Road for half a mile and the entrance will be on your right-hand side. Just before the entrance, there is a small white sign with “DC”, the Academy Logo, and a right-pointing arrow. There is an aluminum cow gate with a handcrafted sign on the gate that reads “Central Florida Sporting Clays”. The gate should be open (but if not, see below Don’s mobile#). Drive through the gate and follow the dirt road through a second gate and to the left. Drive all the way to the back following the road until you see a structure on the right, picnic tables and buildings on your left. Behind the building on the left, through the trees, you will see a blue building, which is my workshop. Drive around and park to the left of the blue building with the sign that reads “Don Currie, Academy of Wing & Clay Shooting”. Let yourself in and, if I’m not already there, I will be there shortly. When you arrive, TEXT: “AT YOUR WORKSHOP” If the gate is locked and you can’t drive in, TEXT “WAITING OUTSIDE THE GATE” THEN ALSO CALL ME AT (407) 697-6236.
Frequently Asked Questions
The following is standard information that we provide to interested clients or first-time students preparing for a scheduled lesson, clinic or gunfitting. Please call Don should you have any questions or wish to discuss any of the following.
Don Currie Experience
Don Currie is a highly respected professional shotgun coach, gun fitter, and range/course designer. Currie has achieved Master Class status in the NSCA competition circuit and won a National Championship title. He currently serves as the Chief Instructor of the NSCA and continues to provide private instruction and guide services through his Academy of Wing & Clay Shooting.
