Getting Into Clay Shootin Emily Damment Talks Us Through A Beginner's Journey

Emily Damment talks us through a beginner’s journey into clay shooting, starting with the all-important first lesson and what to expect from have-a-go days

- Emily Damment

WHETHER your eventual aim is to shoot game birds or just to stick with clays, all journeys into the sport of shotgun shooting should begin by learning to shoot clay targets – safely and with the correct technique from the outset.

Clay shooting is a brilliant sport. Having never so much as touched a gun before, it took just one ‘have-a-go’ day to convince me of the sport’s merits; I was hooked from the moment my first clay shattered into tiny, dusty fragments.