trap shooting

[skorpion]

anyone here do trap shooting? my school just started this up last year and im thinking about taking this up. not only because i wanna yell "PULL!" *kaboom!* but its also going to help this next duck season  so, does anyone have any advice on this? its the second time ive ever done this and was wondering if i should use a 12 ga. or a 20 ga. shotgun. the school supplies the guns, so i dont need to worry about the gun. ive shot both, just wondering whats better for this type of shooting. the 12 ga. might be overkill, but then again, overkill is always under-rated. 

also, do any of you go duck hunting? never tried duck before. heard it was tasty...

[Golfer]

anyone here do trap shooting? my school just started this up last year and im thinking about taking this up. not only because i wanna yell "PULL!" *kaboom!* but its also going to help this next duck season  so, does anyone have any advice on this? its the second time ive ever done this and was wondering if i should use a 12 ga. or a 20 ga. shotgun. the school supplies the guns, so i dont need to worry about the gun. ive shot both, just wondering whats better for this type of shooting. the 12 ga. might be overkill, but then again, overkill is always under-rated. 

also, do any of you go duck hunting? never tried duck before. heard it was tasty...

12 gauge isn't overkill in fact it's by far the most popular chambering for it.  20 gauges and going smaller (28 gauge, .410) will be more and more a challenge especially on a skeet field.  If you want to really sharpen up for duck then sporting clays will be your sport and 5 stand will help as well especially on some of the teal and purpose made duck/waterfowl stations.

[skorpion]

12 gauge isn't overkill in fact it's by far the most popular chambering for it.  20 gauges and going smaller (28 gauge, .410) will be more and more a challenge especially on a skeet field.  If you want to really sharpen up for duck then sporting clays will be your sport and 5 stand will help as well especially on some of the teal and purpose made duck/waterfowl stations.

alright, so 12 ga. it is. im not really that good at shooting a moving target but im great at stationary targets ill move onto the 20 ga. once i get the 12 ga. down. i should have known that the 12 ga. would overrule the 20. ive been thinking about starting this sport for a long time now, finally i have the chance! thanks fer the advice!

still waiting on how duck tastes...good or bad?

[canacka]

A bit of advise, as fast as you can distinguish the direction the clay is going and put the front bead just ahead of it.  The key to trap is not taking to long to get a bead on the target and pulling the trigger.  Get on target quick and get it while it's close.  Know where your sight is going to be while not looking at it is good too.  Practice having the gun in your shoulder so you are used to how the gun feels and where the bead relates.  It will help a great deal.  As far as the caliber, I would go with the 12 guage.  Don't worry about a bigger kick, skeet shot has hardly any at all.

[skorpion]

A bit of advise, as fast as you can distinguish the direction the clay is going and put the front bead just ahead of it.  The key to trap is not taking to long to get a bead on the target and pulling the trigger.  Get on target quick and get it while it's close.  Know where your sight is going to be while not looking at it is good too.  Practice having the gun in your shoulder so you are used to how the gun feels and where the bead relates.  It will help a great deal.  As far as the caliber, I would go with the 12 guage.  Don't worry about a bigger kick, skeet shot has hardly any at all.

was thinking about doing the "ambush" type of shot. wait until the target gets close to the bead then shoot when its just about covered by the bead. ive had a friend show me this because hes a skeet shooter himself. he's had some great sucsess while doing this, just really depends on when you determine is the best time to pull back on that trigger.

[oneway]

You realize that in Trap the bird is rising and moving away from you?

Trap has low stations in front of you...throwing away

Skeet has the towers left and right that throw low and high crossing shots, and you move through the stations on the semi-circle

In Trap...you cannot see the bird when you pull the trigger...

In Skeet the, the bird is occluded for a right handed shooter panning left on a bird thrown from the right tower when the trigger is pulled

Huge difference between Trap and Skeet

[skorpion]

trap shooting skeet shooting whatever. it makes my brain itch, and it confuses me, like i said, only the second time ive done the trap shooting.

[saggs]

I've done lots of trap, skeet, sporting clays.   It's all good fun, and 12ga. is pretty standard for it, usually with 7-8 birdshot, unless they require you to use steel shot, which more and more places are.

It's all lots of fun.  I like the sporting clays courses best, when you're standing there and you don't know if it's gonna be a flyer, or crossing, or a roller.  It is really gets the anticipation going and is a good challenge of you speed and reflexes.

[MarineUS]

It's a ton of fun. Used to be one of my favorite hobbies when I was in school. Can't afford to do it anymore. :/

[RichardDarkwood]

still waiting on how duck tastes...good or bad?

Depends on how it's cooked.

[AHTbolt]

Only way to cook duck is to roast it with lots of herbs. Dam im hungry now. Best shot with a shotgun iv ever seen was my mom and all she ever shot was a 20ga, she was death to white wing.

[Dago]

In trap shooting, most people shoot over the clay pigeon.  Unless you develop the ability to get on the bird extremely quick, you may need to shoot under the bird.  This depends on things like your speed to acquire and the fit of the shotgun to you.  Most don't acquire and fire until the bird is at the peak of it's climb or already starting to descend.  If you are not hitting well, try aiming about a foot below the clay pigeon.  From there you can adjust as necessary.   I shoot trap regularly, have done a fair amount of skeet, sporting clays, and plenty of duck hunting in my past.  Each takes a different aiming procedure.

[Shuffler]

I do traps on ocassion. Always enjoy the day when we do.

[RichardDarkwood]

I cut the breast meat from the duck only. I wrap the breast meat with canadian bacon, and I'll slice up a green,red,and a yellow peppers and a vadaila onion and put those over top of the meat. Bake in the oven for one hour @ 350 degree's. I then take the rest of the veggies and make a stir fry. I place the cooked meat on a bed of wild rice and put the rest of the stir fry over the top of it.

Good eatin right there.

[skorpion]

I cut the breast meat from the duck only. I wrap the breast meat with canadian bacon, and I'll slice up a green,red,and a yellow peppers and a vadaila onion and put those over top of the meat. Bake in the oven for one hour @ 350 degree's. I then take the rest of the veggies and make a stir fry. I place the cooked meat on a bed of wild rice and put the rest of the stir fry over the top of it.

Good eatin right there.

your making me hungry...