What's your favorite shotgun game?

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I have tried them all, and have to say I still like skeet the best. I don't know why, maybe because that was the game I first got serious about that made me a better shot, but I don't know. Maybe it's because of the variety of shots. I do love Station 8, too. :D
The people you meet, aside from the occassional Mr.-Know-It-All that you find everywhere, are pretty nice in all the sports it seems to me.
What's your fav and why? (no wrong answers !)
 
Rabbit hunting.


OK the clays game that mimics rabbit hunting. Cannot think of it now. Rollo or something like that. It is easier to hit the targets when you virtually take away the third dimension.
 
For me it's
Sporting
5-Stand
Skeet
Trap
it's a close call between S/C's and 5 stand. i grew up hunting whitwings and doves and i haven't seen anything the clays do that the real birds didn't do. just wish i could hit more of them.;)
 
Skeet.

I like to shoot Clays and 5-stand, but as a "game" this has a downside. The guy who sets it up can practice before anyone else shows up, and figure out by trial-and-error that the second target of some really weird presentation needs to be shot with a 5-foot vertical lead once you've hit the first one, etc. Now as long as he isn't shooting for money or beers, that's not a big problem -- but if he is, it's not much of a "game" any more.:)
 
I haven't gotten to shoot sporting clays yet, but skeet, 5 stand and trap.

Nothing compares with waterfowl hunting though:D
 
Automatic trap throwers are the work of the devil. They take away the ability to coach a friend or receive tips on your shooting. You can't even say, "Nice shot!" to your neighbor.

They seem to suit the grumpy anti-social curmudgeons at the trap range, though.:D
 
You skeeters need to try sporting clays, and even better....FITASC

Low gun, random launch, targets from 60 to 110mm, speeds from 35 to 85 mph, trajectories from straight going away to chondelles................what's not to like?
 
Trap. I am an anitisocial curmudgeon! Actually I don't mind modifying the rules for beginners who don't want to rotate. I'lll also stop and coach them if they want and everyone else is game. Every round does not have to be 5 shots then rotate.
 
trappers and skeeters need to try a game where the target trajectory isn't the same, or even known........get out of your comfort zone of perfect scores and have some fun
 
Trap. A day to learn (the basics), a lifetime to master (especially if you change guns every other season). Think: zen, out-of-body experience, or getting "in the zone." I'm high just thinking about it...

And what's with the talking on the line BearArmed? Holy cow! With your buddies, before swillin' a beer, fine. For real, as in registered targets? No friggin' way. We have to glare at the idiots in the next squad who arrive at our current field prematurely and start jabbering behind us -- highly innapropriate unless invited, and by each and every shooter on the line.

Al
 
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My list,

5 stand
SportingClays
Skeet
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Trap, I like to talk too much....:neener:

Sporting clays will probably be #1 by the end of the summer. Only done it once, a couple weeks ago. BUNCH A FUN! :cool:
 
No, not registered targets.

I'm talking about practice shooting with friends. Seems every range has gone to automatic pullers for everything. And the curmudgeons seem to like it that way.

Personally, I don't let the egotistical BS of some aging brats bug me too much, but I have often heard that trapshooters are a bunch of jerk-offs. There certainly are some who can give that impression... I used to shoot local trap leagues, and everyone was friendly, but I've been around more since then.

That's something to think about, if you give a crap about the future of our sports. Between lead paranoia, suburban development, land prices, noise complaints, anti-gun and anti-hunting fanatics, etc., the last thing we need is to chase people off. I've never felt unwelcome at a skeet or sporting clays range.
 
Sporting clays. It requires more analytical thinking and a wide range of shooting ability. It is also different from course to course. No matter where you go skeet is skeet and trap is trap but sporting clays is something different wherever you go.
 
Sporting clays. It requires more analytical thinking and a wide range of shooting ability.
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PJR ---- I agree with you about SC is the best of the "bird games" .

I also think that ANYONE who keeps a shotgun for Home Defense should try out some "Action Shooting Games " for the reasons you posted for Sporting Clays. You will learn to reload the SG " on the run " , shoot around/thru doorways and windows , learn to use all types of SG rounds { Bird/Buck/Slugs } , learn to shoot from other then the "Traditional Stance" like kneeling etc. , and add the FACT IT IS FUN !!!

To see a Clay Bird get "powdered" is fun --- to see and hear 5 or 6 Steel Knockdown targets go down in 2-4 seconds is SHEER DELIGHT !!!
 
Bear makes a good point, it seems almost every Sporting course will have a "trick" target or two that only the regulars/repeat shooters have much of a shot at, and if you get paired up with them because they are trying to have fewer squads, and then they want to bet for whatever, it's a lot less fun.
 
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