Wouldn’t it be amazing if there was a space you could go to and find all the answers to your questions about shotgun shooting? Something more reliable than AI, more personalized and personable, easy to understand and apply? Great news! Syren USA has launched a phenomenal new series on YouTube and across social media to give you exactly all of that and more.
The internet has no shortage of videos for shotgun shooters; however, it does seriously lack high-quality information for new shooters or refresher information for seasoned shooters that may have forgotten some of the basics. Grace Callahan and I are creating hours and hours of content just for you.
Syren USA Now on YouTube
The Syren USA channel will be available through YouTube and features tips, techniques and tried-and-true processes to assist shooters of all abilities, especially the beginner shooter. Our very first episode unpacks some of the key basics to the fundamentals such as mount, stance, eye dominance and gun fit.
Most people don’t realize the enormous amount of geometry and physics they face on a clay field or even on a hunt field for that matter. Did you know that for every inch you move the muzzle that equates to 8-to-10 inches of movement 30 yards out in the field? Those numbers are huge. Did you know that those numbers translate back to the shooter in their gun fits, mounts and stances? If you are an 1/8-inch off in your cheek weld to the comb, you’re going to be about a foot off the bird.
If you mount the buttstock of the gun outside of the pocket in your shoulder, you will consistently shoot to the left or the right of your target, depending on which side you shoot from, without realizing why. Remember, you only have to be off a little bit at the shooter’s stance to miss big out at the bird.
In our opening episode, “Sporting Clays 101,” Grace shows us exactly how to correctly get into your gun with consistency. She also demonstrates a great hack to make sure you are getting your stance correct, especially if you’re shooting by yourself. We each show you our favorite methods to determining eye dominance and, no, it doesn’t involve making a triangle with your hands.
We are very excited for our second episode as we dive into different shooting methods. It’s important to make sure you have multiple shooting methods in your toolbox. This allows you to tackle more complex or technical birds. For instance, did you know that “Swing Through” is a great method to use when faced with a true pair? It allows a shooter to crush the first bird sooner, leaving more time to deal with the second bird and preventing those anxiety-driven, wild swings resulting in a miss.
By liking and subscribing, you will receive the latest episode and have instant access to incredible instruction right at your fingertips. We are planning on releasing a new episode every month with each episode about 10-to-15 minutes in length, making it very digestible and easy to fit in your schedule.
And There’s More … “Tuesday Tips”
Is your schedule just way too hectic? Do you need all that great information but in smaller, more manageable time chunks? Perfect, we got ya! Have you seen our “Tuesday Tips” segments on social media? These 2-minute nuggets are a wealth of information in quick, easy to use format. The tips have been posting since late last year, so there is already a great library of videos for you to use.
Curious about how and when to oil your gun? Not sure how to remove the ejectors on your over/under? Didn’t realize that you can shoot from a seated position while on a dove hunt? Didn’t know there was a difference between your hold point and your focal point? There are so many amazing “tiny topics” covered in the Tuesday Tips, you’re not going to want to miss any of them! Be sure to follow along on our Syren Instagram, Facebook, and YouTube for our weekly Tuesday Tips segment.
Learn to Hunt and Learn to Shoot Events in 2027
In other big news, as the authority in women’s shotguns, Syren is proud to announce beginning in 2027, we will host Learn to Hunt and Learn to Shoot events across the country. These are highly immersive, multi-day events for the brand new or beginner shooter and hunter.
Learn to Shoot events will cover the complete ins and outs of all three clay disciplines – trap, skeet and sporting clays – along with tournament dos and don’ts, gun cleaning, gun selection and fitting, fundamentals for each of the different disciplines and even chokes and ammo.
Learn to Hunt events will be species specific depending on the lodge used for the clinic and covers conservation and public lands education, chokes and ammo for chosen quarry, bird dog demos with pointers and flushers, gear review, time in the hunt field, evening activities and more.
All our events will be posted on the Syren calendar and across social media so stay tuned. Again, make sure you like, subscribe and follow so you don’t miss an event. By the way, are you signed up for Grace’s clinic on November 13th? She is at Deep River Sporting Clays for a demo day and instruction opportunities.
We also have other tremendous events and demos on the calendar, just pop over to our website, scroll to the bottom to the calendar and find an event near you. While you’re poking around the internet, be sure to go to that fabulous, new YouTube channel and hit the bell icon to be notified when each new episodes is released!
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*This article was originally posted in our column on WomensOutdoorNews.com written by Kate Ahnstrom and edited by WON Publisher/Editors.
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