Your stance should be set before you shoulder your gun. The mount is a fundamental move that should be repeated the same way each time. Take time to practice this motion away from the skeet shooting range to commit this motion to muscle memory. After mounting your gun, take time to settle in before calling for the bird. Amateur shooters often rush to call as soon as they shoulder the gun, but this often leads to excessive motion and difficulty in tracking the bird from the start.
Track the bird with your eyes and allow the muzzle of the gun to follow this motion. Keep both eyes open, but only your dominant eye should be focused on the bird. A tight cheek weld helps your gun follow your eyes for the best accuracy. Before you call, focus your eyes on the spot just above the trap house where the bird appears to make the most out of the swing. Maintain a subtle lead on the bird to account for the motion.
Finding the right lead time requires trial and error and may vary with the conditions and course. The arch movement of the gun is another step you should practice alone and commit to muscle memory. Continue the motion of the swing after taking the shot as the follow-through. The range and strength of the gun are unimportant for skeet shooting. Keeping relatively open chokes can help you hit the target more often.
As with any sport or hobby, skeet shooting is more fun with a group of friends. Up to five people can make up the squad that moves together between stations during the round. Shooting with more experienced people can also help you improve your game by providing an example and often a friendly source of tips.
Sportsmanship is a big part of skeet shooting, and shooting with a group can help you cultivate that virtue. Gun handling etiquette is especially important when shooting with other people. It can also be helpful to join the National Skeet Shooting Association so you can shoot in tournaments against people of similar experience and even have the chance to be nationally ranked.
Eye and ear protection can protect your senses from damage caused by skeet shooting. Wear sunglasses or shooting glasses and earplugs or earmuffs to the range. Consult with an expert before purchasing a gun to ensure it fits properly.
This reduces the impact you feel from the recoil so you can have a more comfortable round. Skeet shooting requires repetition to hone the skills and muscle memory necessary for a good round. These tips can help you direct your practice and steepen the learning curve so you can improve your score in a local competition or enjoy a more successful turkey season when the fall rolls around. Browse the Mossy Oak website for more tips about outdoor sports. Mossy Oak is the leading resource for tips and tricks from the experts for sport shooting, bird hunting, and more.
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See All From Gear. See All From Learn. Skeet chokes are designed to be a inch circle at 21 yards distance. Alternatively a sporting gun or a trap gun is sometimes used. These have longer barrels up to 34 inches and tighter choke. Many shooters of American skeet and other national versions use semi-automatic and pump-action shotguns. The event is in part meant to simulate the action of bird hunting. The shooter shoots from seven positions on a semicircle with a radius of 21 yards 19 m , and an eighth position halfway between stations 1 and 7.
The traps launch the targets to a point 15 feet above ground and 18 feet outside of station 8. At stations 1 and 2 the shooter shoots at single targets launched from the high house and then the low house, then shoots a double where the two targets are launched simultaneously but shooting the high house target first. At stations 3, 4, and 5 the shooter shoots at single targets launched from the high house and then the low house.
At stations 6 and 7 the shooter shoots at single targets launched from the high house and then the low house, then shoots a double, shooting the low house target first then the high house target. At station 8 the shooter shoots one high target and one low target.
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