The same is true for many fighter pilots. One in particular.....and his name escapes me at the moment....attributed his shooting skills to bird hunting as a kid. You have to lead the target properly for accurate fire.
Maybe another pilot said it too but Chuck Yeager said something similar in his book. He also mentioned the part about the best pilots being country boys.
Another country boy pilot who made a similar observation was P47 Thunderbolt ace Robert S. Johnson. He hailed from Oklahoma and I seem to recall his mentioning in his memoir that bird hunting had helped his shooting enemy planes tremendously. Wish it helped me. I got two shots yesterday on the last day of duck season and missed both...
I am trying to guess who that may have been. Does Joseph ‘Mac’ McConnell ring a bell?