New to trap and skeet

spank. Need you out here looking over my shoulder and giving directions. My shooting buddy doesn't catch them before the center stake either but at least he hits them. Sometimes on doubles he's a little late though. Must be an old guy thing. Thats my story and I'm sticking to it.
 
SUPER TENERE said:
Yes. I notice Bender suggests shooting most birds before they reach the center stake which right now I find too fast for me. Usually don't get on the bird till the center stake. Yet I can smack em good on station 8 usually. Gotta get more practice.
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I shoot doubles almost exclusively, and I have it down to where I break the first target before the stake. If your stance and hold are correct, it isn't that difficult.
 
I wish we had a working skeet field again. If its not fixed this season this will be season 3 out of commission. I enjoy shooting skeet and have missed shooting it the past couple seasons. If we were up & running I'd probably pick up a Citori XS Skeet on the EE and get a tube set for it.
 
SUPER TENERE said:
Thanks guys. Too cold to tell but last time out about 3 weeks ago I smacked a couple in a row shooting Skeet from station 4, the toughest for me. All the while I was being told, lead by 3 1/2 - 4 ft and not getting anywhere. Well thought I'd try 1 ft lead and what do know. Unfortunately those were the last few birds and a few other fellows were coming over to shoot a round, so never got to try it again. Hope to go full tilt as soon as we get out of this deep freeze. Been watching plenty of videos including Bender. Have some lessons planned for spring. Do hope my whole problem has to do with over leading. That would be an easy fix. Rather than worrying to much about stance and swing etc. I'm sure those can be important too but eventually the law of averages has to start working in my favor.
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One man's three feet is another's one foot!
You will get the hang of that, the biggest thing is to be consistent a keep swinging as far as lead goes.
I have t0 agree though, consistency in foot placement cannot be over emphasized .
The great Barney Hartman and Lee Braun were both crazy about foot placement and timing.
I shoot all the skeet stations as doubles starting from the low gun position with hammer guns, and even though my feet ma not be in exactly the correct position they should be, my body is positioned such that I can swing the gun to break the first bird before the stake the pick up the second with lots of time.
I do this by making sure my gut is pointed towards the low house ( on the first six stations of course) when I get onto the plate and that my left foot is in front of the right.
If I was shooting registered birds again I would clean up my body positioning big time but then I would not be shooting vintage hunting guns in competition either!
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