What We Do
Master-level advice for every skill level
Lessons
We offer professional shotgun instruction, gun fitting, and consulting services throughout the Southeast and across North America. Every lesson is tailored to your experience, shooting discipline, and personal goals—whether you're looking to improve your hunting skills or become more competitive on the sporting clays course.
Services Include:
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Private shotgun instruction
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Gun fitting and custom stock design
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Group lessons
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Half-day and full-day clinics
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Instructor training
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Course design and consulting
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Guided upland bird hunting and in-field coaching in the U.S., South Africa, the U.K., and Argentina (quail, pheasant, partridge, and dove)
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Online Video Coaching
The Academy of Wing & Clay Shooting offers remote video coaching via phone or video conference (Skype, Facetime or Zoom). Don personally conducts all sessions. Typical types of remote coaching sessions involve topics such as:
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General shooting coaching (use of SmartPhone video clips is highly recommended – see below)
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Equipment consultation & selection
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Course design and construction process
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Club management consulting
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Advice for instructors (free to instructors who are NSCA members)
For remote coaching, we highly recommend that you have someone take SMART PHONE VIDEO CLIPS of you shooting your shotgun at actual targets. Three different angles is recommended. See example video clips below.
Video Clip Submission Tips: Angle A – Taken from the side, full body (taken from the side of the shooter that the gun is mounted with shooter’s feet included at the bottom of the frame and the shooter’s head at the top of the frame) Angle B – Taken from the side, close up (taken from the side of the shooter that the gun is mounted, with shooter’s belt line at the bottom of the frame and the shooter’s head at the top of the frame. Angle C – Taken from over/behind the shooter’s shoulder on the side they mount the gun. So for a right handed shooter, the person taking the video clip would be standing immediately behind and slightly to the right the shooters head. The camera lens should be held steady immediately above the level of the rib of the shotgun and slightly to the outside and behind the shooter’s head. The person taking the image should move WITH the shotgun so that he/she captures the shooter’s gun moving from hold-point to breakpoint from the perspective of the shooter’s eye. Again, it is important for the person taking the video clip to move with the shooter’s gun as the shooter moves from his/her hold point to the target and breakpoint.
Gunfittings
A properly fitted shotgun helps you achieve consistent barrel-eye alignment, improved target acquisition, and greater shooting confidence. Using a highly sophisticated try-gun, Don evaluates your shooting style, point of impact, and gun fit to determine the precise adjustments needed for optimal performance.
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Custom gun fitting and stock measurements
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Point-of-impact and pattern-board analysis
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Adjustable comb and length-of-pull adjustments
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Custom stock design and modifications
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Over/under, semi-automatic, and side-by-side shotgun fitting
Whether you need a simple adjustment or a fully customized stock, Don tailors each shotgun to the individual shooter for maximum comfort, consistency, and performance.
Formal Gunfitting: $600/2 hours
Gunfit Checkup: $250/30-45 minutes
Course Design
We offer comprehensive course design and consulting services for sporting clays facilities, hunting preserves, private shooting venues. and more.
Beginning with a consultation and site visit, we evaluate your property, develop a custom design, and work with experienced architectural partners to produce detailed construction plans.
Whether you're creating a new venue or expanding an existing one, we help build courses that are both functional and memorable.
