Skeet question

[Whole Hog]

I've shot quite a few rounds of skeet, but only informally and only as a warmup for 5 stand or sporting clays, so I'm not entirely clear on all the rules. At station 8, do you have to shoot the targets before they reach the center of the field, or can you shoot them going away?

 

[Jim Watson]

You must shoot them as they come at you. In a bygone day, you could turn around and shoot them going away, but the rules were changed to disallow that a long time ago.

 

[distra]

Unless you are shooting doubles! Just kidding, Jim is correct, in a match it must be shoot before the center stake. After is considered a lost bird. Now, depending on your league and division, some teams are more "rigorous" on this rule than others and will give you a little "fudge" room in the lower divisions. Our team was division 6 and we had a couple high 8's that were broken late and if we had been in division 1 or 2 would have been called lost.

 

[Bailey Boat]

Registered targets are registered targets, regardless of "division". If a referee doesn't know the rules then he/she has no business being a ref. The station 8 targets must be shot before passing the center stake point. Same way that ALL targets must be shot before passing the face plane of either the low house or the high house, otherwise their lost........

 

[Whole Hog]

Hmmm, I didn't know about the plane of the houses either, maybe our scores weren't so good after all. Anyhow, it was fun and that's all we were after. Thanks for the answers.

 

[mothernatureson]

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Hi whole hog, I shoot skeet informally. No one I shoot with would give you a hard time for shooting targets past the mid line. Actually, once they get past you its about impossible to hit one anyway, your body had to twist and contort just to view the target. I love station 8, just instinctive shooting, no time to think about it. Have fun!

mothernatureson

 

[Whole Hog]

Oh, they gave me a hard time alright, but that's part of the fun of shooting with that group. Besides, I give as good as I get.

 

[jlrhiner]

Two of the ranges I used to shoot at were combination ranges ( trap and skeet). If you shot past your markers you would be in line of sight to the next ranges trap house. If someone was loading the trap, it could be bad. Try and stay inside the markers, a lost bird is better than the other.

 

[Bailey Boat]

Station 8 birds are actually the easiest shot in the round as there is no lead required. Catch it, cover it, slap the trigger and keep the gun moving. Most people miss 8 due to a bad hold point where they have to "chase" the bird and never catch it. On both houses at 8 I hold outside the opening about 2 feet and 2 feet above the upper edge. I move my gun about 6" and I'm on the bird about 10-12 feet outside the opening, works for me........

 

[Whole Hog]

Since I'm mostly a sporting clays shooter, I was shooting with my gun unmounted. If I was to shoot much skeet, I think I'd have to try it with a mounted gun, especially at station 8. Thanks for the tip.

 

[PA4476]

I used to always shoot low gun in skeet and sporting. But, on station 8 I would pre-mount.

 

[jojo200517]

Two of the ranges I used to shoot at were combination ranges ( trap and skeet). If you shot past your markers you would be in line of sight to the next ranges trap house. If someone was loading the trap, it could be bad. Try and stay inside the markers, a lost bird is better than the other.

And as someone that loads those trap houses it does tend to sting when ya get sprayed by someone shooting skeet on the next field over. Gotta be careful and watch the shooters to see whats going on.

 

[Whole Hog]

These were also combination ranges, but we couldn't even see the trap houses on other ranges from stations 1, 7, or 8. Maybe the walls went forward more.

 

[DiTzMaN]

A little off topic, but with the guys I shoot with on a regluar basis (informally) we score station 8 on "hang time" -- how long the cloud of dust stays in the air. If you really crush them, it looks like an ink blot or a dust cloud just hanging there.