One of the world’s best shooters pairs with one of the most famous hunters in the United States to share their essential secrets to finding more success in the field.
No matter what you hunt—upland birds, ducks and geese, doves, deer, or turkeys—Straight Shooting for Hunters will show you how to pick the right gear, develop the right plan, and make the shot when it counts. In this game-changing book, world champion Anthony I. Matarese Jr., the most decorated sporting clays shooter in US history, teams up with Will Primos, a true pioneer of the game-call industry and one of the best-known figures in outdoor media, to offer a no-nonsense guide to everything you need to know to improve your shooting.
Featuring photos of the authors in action along with easy-to follow diagrams, this full-color volume covers the ins and outs of equipment, shooting fundamentals, advanced techniques for experienced hunters, and essential tips for how to practice, and includes chapters with tactics tailored for any kind of hunting with a shotgun, plus archery hunting for deer.
From practical advice to true stories from the field, this book will earn a place on every hunter’s bookshelf.
FINAL BIOS:
Anthony I. Matarese Jr. is the first American to win the World English Sporting Clays Championship and the first person to win the sport’s four biggest tournaments: the World English, the World FITASC, the National Sporting Clays Association Championship, and the NSCA’s US Open. He is the youngest inductee to the National Sporting Clays Association’s Hall of Fame. Matarese is also one of the world’s leading shooting coaches and instructors and with his family runs M&M Hunting and Sporting Clays, one of the world’s premier shooting destinations.
Will Primos, the vision and voice of the Outdoor Channel’s Primos TRUTH about Hunting and pioneer of the game-call industry, has been hunting since he was a boy. He created his first duck call at the age of eleven, and today the Primos Hunting calls are legendary among hunters. Primos Hunting produces world-class hunting accessories and products with a focus on deer, turkey, elk, waterfowl, and predators.
Review
"If you want to get the most out of this book, you have to admit that you're not as good of a shot as you think you are. With that touch of humility, you can begin soaking up the wisdom within these pages. This book will help you conquer bad habits and replace them with proven strategies that'll put more birds on your table."
—Steven Rinella, author and host of The MeatEater Podcast and TV show
"Back when Will Primos was pioneering technology in the hunting industry by producing the earliest hunting videos, I was his cameraman. Watching him study every detail of the woods was fascinating. Not just the wild turkeys but everything. Plants, trees, ammunition, calls, guns—he was relentless. His knowledge came from boots on the ground [experience] and an absolute fascination and love for all things hunting and outdoors. He took everything to another level and was determined to master it all. When he put his bulls'-eye on shotguns, I knew he would soon master not only the shooting sports but the history as well. Once you start this book, you'll understand that about Will Primos. No one better to soak up knowledge from than a man that leaves no stone (or target) unturned."
—Ronnie "Cuz" Strickland, senior vice president of Mossy Oak and member of the Outdoor Legends Hall of Fame
"If you want to get the most out of this book, you have to admit that you're not as good of a shot as you think you are. With that touch of humility, you can begin soaking up the wisdom within these pages. This book will help you conquer bad habits and replace them with proven strategies that'll put more birds on your table."
—Steven Rinella, author and host of The MeatEater Podcast and TV show
"Hunting is more fun when you hit what you shoot at. Too many hunters never pick up a gun in the offseason. This guide, written by one of the country's most accomplished clay shooters along with one of its best-known hunters, shows you what skills you need to practice for different types of field shotgunning and how to practice them at the range. Read this book, and follow its instructions, and you will be a safer, more ethical, more successful hunter this fall."
—Phil Bourjaily, shotgun columnist, Field & Stream and Ducks Unlimited magazine
