Oh, the pain, agony...

[RNB65]

Sporting Clays can be guite humbling. I went out to Old Forge yesterday and shot the worst round of clays I've shot in 15 years. 44 out of a 100. Ouch! The course was setup unusually hard for a casual round. Almost every station was long, fast moving crossers and I just couldn't hit the darn things to save my life. Near the end I finally hit a few of them, but it was too late to save the round. Fortunately, my shooting companions didn't do any better. We all sucked! UGLY!!!

 

[DWARREN123]

Sometimes it humbles you. I know how it feels.

 

[BozemanMT]

The very first time we shot clays, we went to this really nice course.
I shot a 19, my buddy shot a 23
out of 100.
It turns out that this guy who owns this course is known for setting it hard. So, shooting his course, then going to shoot someone else's course is a 10 to 15 bird difference usually. But really it's better to shoot the hard course, makes teh easy ones really easy.

Anyway, we went one week and they had just had a tournament.
Oh my, you want to talk about set hard.
Brutal
Fast, disappearing, short windows and tricky as all get out. Everythign was an optical illusion.
fun day though even the scores were awful.

 

[foghornl]

Haven't done any appreciable amount of "formal" clay shooting, but yeah, I have had days when I couldn't hit the ground with my hat... :banghead:

 

[oletymer]

Almost everyone has days like that, especially on sporting clays. Keep at it and you will improve, that's what makes it fun.

 

[TrapperReady]

Keep at it and you will improve, that's what makes it fun.

Yep. Then you can adjust your expectations. A year ago, if I shot an 80 on tourament-difficulty targets I was happy. Now, it means that I've suffered some sort of melt-down.

It's still fun though!

 

[Dave McCracken]

There's a big, burly Hawaiian yclept Kay Ohye. He's in the Trap Hall Of Fame, has run 500 straight and does videos and seminars.

He hasn't done much SC, according to common report.

He shot in a rather tough SC shoot recently and placed 68th in his class. I'm sure he'll do better as he gets used to the variety of shots.

 

[gezzer]

I feel your pain