Virginia Shooting Sports

Sporting clays & wing-shooting

Building excellence and consistency for shooters of all levels

Instruction for Shooters of All Levels

Virginia Shooting Sports offers outstanding sporting clays and wing-shooting instruction to students of all levels and disciplines. Beginners will absolutely delight in the easy to understand and simple to duplicate processes taught in our shooting school. The serious competitor and avid bird hunter will completely appreciate the no nonsense, 100% infallible methods to create consistency in their shooting. You can easily and quickly learn how to add Xs to the scorecard and more birds to the bag.

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Sporting Clays and Wing-Shooting Instruction for Shooters of All Levels

Virginia Shooting Sports offers outstanding sporting clays and wing-shooting instruction to students of all levels and disciplines. Beginners will absolutely delight in the easy to understand and simple to duplicate processes taught in our shooting school. The serious competitor and avid bird hunter will completely appreciate the no nonsense, 100% infallible methods to create consistency in their shooting. You can easily and quickly learn how to add Xs to the scorecard and more birds to the bag.

Kate Ahnstrom, professional associate instructor of the Paragon School of Sporting, doesn’t just show you how to break a clay bird, she custom crafts a shooting experience based around your goals. She has assisted countless students with quickly and consistently breaking clay, many who have never even touched a shotgun. She has shown them the incredible fun and excitement of the sport. Whether you are interested in shooting trap, skeet, sporting clays or hunting birds, Kate customizes each and every lesson to the individual student’s needs and goals. Competitive sporting clay shooters and hunters alike truly love that she doesn’t rely on gimmicks and gadgets, instead she teaches a process. A proven process that works every single day, every single shot, and every single time. She places a tremendous priority on safety and on the student’s comfort with each lesson plan.

Virginia Shooting Sports is proudly partnered with Syren and Caesar Guerini to bring students and clients the absolute finest in Italian shotguns. Their motto says it all, “No More Compromises”!

I can’t recommend VSS enough. Kate is knowledgeable, patient and you’ll feel like you’ve known her for ages! She will effortlessly make you fall in love with upland hunting and clays so watch out!

Brava Foxytrot

Dedicated to Sporting Clays & Wing-Shooting

Kate isn’t just enjoying a career in shooting instruction, it is her life’s passion. Kate is able to assist shooters all across Virginia and the mid-atlantic and is available for clinics and group instruction at any club or preserve.

From March through October she offers monthly ladies only practices, destination adventures, youth camps, corporate events, clinics and more.

During the hunt season, she offers several hunt options including her famed Introductory Upland Hunts at Orapax in Goochland. Ready to step up your hunt game? And when you are ready to truly set chase, book a hunt with her at Little George Rod & Gun. Fast flying pheasants and excellent, champion bird dogs set the pace for experienced guns. Be certain to check out the Events page and Hunts page for all of the details on phenomenal activities and shoots.

Are you tired of not knowing why you miss the bird? Do you feel your breaks are more luck than actual purposeful skill? Have you been properly fitted to your gun and shown how to read your point of impact? Do you have any idea how to self correct or are you just hoping something changes? Does your shooting beg for consistency but you just don’t know how to achieve it? Kate has helped numerous others in the same dilemma and can now help you. Welcome to Virginia Shooting Sports. Together, we will build consistency in your swing and take you to the target. Don’t delay, schedule your lesson!