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Yamnuska

Yamnuska

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Well I have only shot one round of skeet (I think I got 6). Tried three rounds of trap on the weekend with my newish used 20 CZ. Getting ready for grouse season. Shot 8/9/8

Hard to improve. I mean it is hard to tell what you are doing wrong. Sometimes I am low, sometimes high, sometimes no follow through.

Anyways it was fun.
 
Yamnuska said:
Well I have only shot one round of skeet (I think I got 6). Tried three rounds of trap on the weekend with my newish used 20 CZ. Getting ready for grouse season. Shot 8/9/8

Hard to improve. I mean it is hard to tell what you are doing wrong. Sometimes I am low, sometimes high, sometimes no follow through.

Anyways it was fun.
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Ya it is fun and you will improve your scores the more you shoot.:)
 
Find the pattern board at your club to see where your shotgun actually shoots. This will let you know where to aim and will help a lot. Ask an experienced person to show you how to properly pattern for distance ect.
Good luck and have fun.
 
Look for a good instructor. Trap and Skeet are fun, but even more fun when you are hitting targets and start to know why you are missing. Not just knowing that you were low or high or not following through, but knowing why you were low and why you were high and why the follow through did not happen.
 
another little trick is to follow your pieces or the biggest piece with your swing if you break the bird or the unbroken bird if you miss this will help your swing and follow thru a lot.
 
justachip said:
another little trick is to follow your pieces or the biggest piece with your swing if you break the bird or the unbroken bird if you miss this will help your swing and follow thru a lot.
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If you shoot high and your largest chunk takes a vertical dive, do you follow in that direction? I would suggest that once you see the target break, the shot including follow through is over. Now laser like focus on that large chunk after the shot is very good practice for learning to pick up a second target in a double presentation. Now I would advise the OP to quit reading this stuff, including my posts and seek out the assistance of a qualified coach or instructor.
 
Covey Ridge said:
If you shoot high and your largest chunk takes a vertical dive, do you follow in that direction? I would suggest that once you see the target break, the shot including follow through is over. Now laser like focus on that large chunk after the shot is very good practice for learning to pick up a second target in a double presentation. Now I would advise the OP to quit reading this stuff, including my posts and seek out the assistance of a qualified coach or instructor.
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X2 Seeking a qualified coach or instructor makes sense, but that can be expensive, and sometimes they are hard to find. Personally I enjoy learning from books and videos and I enjoy watching what good shooters are doing to pick up tips that might apply to me. (There are some good books and videos around, though they cost money too.) Another thing that occurs to me is that it is a good idea to try and duplicate what you have done right when you are learning. So, rather than concentrating so much on what you are doing wrong, think about, and pay attention to, your hits too. A good question might be "What was it that I did differently on the shots where I hit the bird in comparison to the shots where I missed?".
 
My brain hurts.

Seriously thanks for those tips. Should be shooting this weekend hopefully.

Our club only does trap 1 to 4 times per year (before hunting season) and this year we are behind. Not a lot of birdhunters in the club. Plus it takes one guy to reload and one to fire so we need a minimum number of people to shoot.

Will work on the follow through thing.
 
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