I haven't shot 100 straight in this century. lol Plenty of 50s, shooting the 410 and 28 gauge, but I always seem to mess up before I reach 75.
Think I became a skeet shooter today!
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Sounds very similar... 9 years younger and started with skeet in 1978. I've never had a year I did not shoot skeet at least some since then. Can't say that about the other games...I go in spurts on the trap field and haven't shot sporting clays in 10 years now...
Yup and every year it get's a little tougher, the eye's and reflexes aren't as good, a guy get's tired and has more brain farts, I am cutting my shooting down this year I just can't shoot 300 per day for 3 or 4 straight day's anymore, by the end of the day I'm tired and just wasting ammo
I hate going to a registered shoot and watching my squad mates shoot without me, but I am starting to realize what my old buddy meant when he said he can't shoot the whole program every day, he just get's to tired.I shoot skeet twice per week now, and sporting clays once per week, but no competition any more. During the winter, we shoot skeet once per week. That is enough shootings for me.Yup and every year it get's a little tougher, the eye's and reflexes aren't as good, a guy get's tired and has more brain farts, I am cutting my shooting down this year I just can't shoot 300 per day for 3 or 4 straight day's anymore, by the end of the day I'm tired and just wasting ammo
That was a classic.
And yesterday was a perfect example of getting old. I was shooting the 410, and I shot four 24s, but couldn't shoot a clean round. Three bad flinches all on 1 low, and a miss on 8 high, targets that I rarely miss. Hopefully I don't have any flinches at sporting clays today.
Congrats on your skeet addiction. Our club is almost exclusively sporting clays, though we do have a single skeet field. Almost no one uses it, but I do often take my voice release down for some solo training. Great place to develop speed, instinct and reflexes.
Gun, load and choke will make a difference when you reach the top 10% - and one more bird means winning over losing. For now, just use something that fits well enough that it doesn't hurt. That target you missed wasn't equipment. Setup, technique and focus.
I find the fun of clays improves my attitude in all realms of life - and it's all about attitude.
Our club is almost exclusively sporting clays, though we do have a single skeet field. Almost no one uses it, but I do often take my voice release down for some solo training. Great place to develop speed, instinct and reflexes. Gun, load and choke will make a difference when you reach the top 10% - and one more bird means winning over losing. For now, just use something that fits well enough that it doesn't hurt. That target you missed wasn't equipment. Setup, technique and focus.
I find the fun of clays improves my attitude in all realms of life - and it's all about attitude.
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I prefer 5 Stand, then Trap ... Skeet = meh
To each his own ✔
To each his own ✔
Exactly, to each their own, at my former club, more people shot trap than skeet, at my current club, we may use the trap field a few times per year, while the skeet field is used twice per week.
I help run my local skeet field in blenhiem on Sundays. Very informal and very social. Great group of ppl who regularly come out. There's 25s shot often. Few 50s. Only 2 have gone 100 straight and my buddy beat me to the 125 pin
I find skeet the most enjoyable shooting. Likely because of the other shooters. No other sport gives you such great laughs with a touch of tourettes syndrome
I find skeet the most enjoyable shooting. Likely because of the other shooters. No other sport gives you such great laughs with a touch of tourettes syndrome
I am really not the best shotgunner out there, I lack hand eye coordination. I used to shoot trap fairly regularly a few years ago as we have a very active league at the club I belong to. I would get high and low scores every week and get a little discouraged. My club also offers informal skeet on Sundays. No scoring, just a handful of shooters having a good time. I actually enjoy missing at skeet as much as I enjoy hitting clays at trap.
Just my Sunday musing.
May not be the fanciest shooter out there but is something that fits me just right and breaks some birds.
Hey I bought the same gun this week., so far so good. Did 64/100 my first sporting clays match.
Yes. The best way is to visit a skeet range. Talk to ppl there and have someone help you. If you have any natural ability it will show up quick. You can go from there and journey on your own or seek professional help.
There's many small things that add up to creating and maintaining proper form and movements
You're always welcome to join. We start at 10am and last sign up is 2pm. Every Sunday unless our club is hosting intercounty
$7/round cash only
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My wife started shooting trap in 2019. She had never shot anything but a 22 one shot and one shot from a 12 ga with her boys on their acreage when her boys were still teenagers until she met me. Part way into her first season I picked her up a a nice NIB used 20ga A400 Xplore that would hopefully serve triple duty, trap, skeet and bird hunting. Her first outing on the skeet field did not go well. She could not see the targets quick enough to shoot them so after trying one round she stuck with the trap field. The following year she decided she needed a trap gun after deciding to shoot registered trap with her 20ga in 2020. She bought herself a Browning Micro BT-99 and did fairly well with it. Season 1 shooting her A400 20ga she had an average in the high 50's. Season 2 she started with the BT-99 and by end of the season her average was in the high 60's. Season 3 high 70's and she shot her first 25 straight at a registered shoot. In season 4 I picked her up a mint condition low mileage Perazzi TM1, put a PFS stock on it and she is now shooting in the 80's bordering on 90 in both singles and handicap. In 2024 she won high gun for Lady 2 category at the Alberta Provincials in the Handicap Championship but her favorite moment was outshooting me by 10 targets in the same event!
Yesterday after convincing her that her duck and goose shooting would improve greatly by spending time on the skeet field we headed to the range yesterday. We had the field to ourselves and that gave me the time to work with her on hold points, leads, break points etc.. We shot 3 rounds apiece with our 20ga's. After a few years of hunting waterfowl and 6 seasons of trap the skeet game was not as daunting. She could see the targets now and wanted true pairs not delayed for her doubles. Round 1 she was like most and playing catch up to get out in front of the targets and no wanting to overload her with info I was only giving her light instructions. By the end of the round she had broken half the field and the breaks she had were nice centered hits. Round 2 she started seeing them as if she's been shooting for a few seasons as I got behind her while she mounted her gun and helped her tweek her hold points. She ended round 2 with 3/5 on 1, 2/4 on 2, 1/2 on 3, 2/2 on 4, 1/2 on 5, broke all 4 on 6 , 3/4 on 7 and 1/2 on 8 for a 17/25 and on round 3 she shot 3/5-1, 3/4-2, 2/2-3 , 1/2-4, 1/2- 5, 4/4-6, 4/4-7 and 0-8 for 18/25 and she was absolutely centring them beautifully, especially the pairs and she had a blast. She said I can see why you like this so much, it's FUN!! By the start of fall the geese will be in trouble when she rises in the blind to shoot! Not that she is a slouch now seen in the photo in 2020 with her first limit of dark geese(8) taken with 5 rounds fired!!
Yesterday after convincing her that her duck and goose shooting would improve greatly by spending time on the skeet field we headed to the range yesterday. We had the field to ourselves and that gave me the time to work with her on hold points, leads, break points etc.. We shot 3 rounds apiece with our 20ga's. After a few years of hunting waterfowl and 6 seasons of trap the skeet game was not as daunting. She could see the targets now and wanted true pairs not delayed for her doubles. Round 1 she was like most and playing catch up to get out in front of the targets and no wanting to overload her with info I was only giving her light instructions. By the end of the round she had broken half the field and the breaks she had were nice centered hits. Round 2 she started seeing them as if she's been shooting for a few seasons as I got behind her while she mounted her gun and helped her tweek her hold points. She ended round 2 with 3/5 on 1, 2/4 on 2, 1/2 on 3, 2/2 on 4, 1/2 on 5, broke all 4 on 6 , 3/4 on 7 and 1/2 on 8 for a 17/25 and on round 3 she shot 3/5-1, 3/4-2, 2/2-3 , 1/2-4, 1/2- 5, 4/4-6, 4/4-7 and 0-8 for 18/25 and she was absolutely centring them beautifully, especially the pairs and she had a blast. She said I can see why you like this so much, it's FUN!! By the start of fall the geese will be in trouble when she rises in the blind to shoot! Not that she is a slouch now seen in the photo in 2020 with her first limit of dark geese(8) taken with 5 rounds fired!!
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I've never shot 100 straight in skeet. A few handfuls of 99's and my best in 410 was a 98 with 75 straight in all 4 gauges. I once missed the first target out of the house at a registered skeet shoot in the 20ga event and ran the next 99....just never got that 100 yet but I have shot 11-100 straights in singles trap with 6 of them in one season shooting registered out of 1400 singles targets that year. I've shot 199x200 four times, never the 200 and once posted 99x100 in registered doubles trap missing target #96. My best long run to date was 177 straight in singles. Sadly I'd be hard pressed to repeat any of that now...
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Simple answer...Yes!
