You don’t have to kill to be a good shot!!!
In today’s world of conservation and political correctness many avid hunters are keeping their skill high by turning to sporting clay, trap and sheeting target shooting. The “Clay” target as it is referred to is a saucer shaped disk that is catapulted form a mechanical arm and propelled at various angel and distances to simulate the fight of natural bird like movements. These disks or clays are approximately 4 inches in diameter and made to a pottery like consistency. Clay targets when hit by the pellets of the Shoot gun shell shatters into debrief thus simulating the effects of a successful ‘hit’. In shooting sporting clays, sheet or trap shooting the number of ‘hits’ or “busted” clays in completion with other shooter is what determines the overall winner. All three pastimes, trap, sheet or sparing clays differ in their setup to create various competitive venues for the avoid shooter to enjoy.
The name Trap shooting came from the original use of pigeons that were released from TRAPS as thus shot. The cost and controversy of such a method of shooting for sport lead the use of an alternative material, thus the CLAY trap.
A round of Trap consists of 25 shots, the shooter shoot 5 times from 5 different stations that are spread out in a half moon or arch pattern The shooter will move from one station to the other after completing his 5 shots. Each station is scored for the total amount of “busted” or “broken” clays. If the shooter is successful in breaking all 25 clays than that would be a considered a complete score. In shooting competitions shooter are required to repeat this process for a total amount of 300 clay targets or 12 rounds.. Many of your accomplished shooters will attain scores of 290+ a remarkable skill level. Shooting “Skeet” is much the same as “trap” shooting except the angle of the shot is predominately a straight away shot. While varying in straight away angles “skeet “ shooting is a more suited for the begging shooter as opposed to the more complex “TRAP” angels.
Sporting Clays has probable caught the interest of the avid sportsman the most due to its real like field experience in comparison to Trap and Sheet. Sporting Clays usually starts with numerous “stations” scattered amongst wooded, hilly, rolling terrain that resembles probably what most hunters would face if hunting wild game. Each hunter methodically walks from station to station an shoot clay targets the are mechanically thrown from confusing and semi hidden locations. It is this variety of angles,turain, and complexity that makes sporting clays one of the fastest growing sports in the nation. Choosing the proper type of equipment for Sporting Clay, Trap or Sheet will depend on the type of gun you most feel comfortable shooting if it 28, 20,12 or even 410guage and the requirements of the course that you are shooting. All for the various guns will offer advantages and disadvantages depending on the type of shooting you choose.
