live bird gun

[Double Play]

Originally Posted by Dean Romig

if I was lucky enough to shoot it would likely be where the grouse was - not where he is about to be....

Kind of like sporting clays yes?

Sorry buddy, couldn’t resist.

[Old and Reliable]

What a silly pair of targets- Hi and Low Houses Eight present. As the late Nash Buckingham said- "Any game bird taken at that close in range would be pulped and not worthy of being cooked for the table" or something akin to that- When we shoot Mexican skeet at DU events here- we can pivot and take each single at 8 as a going away birdie- but Lo Gun rules apply, no pre-mounted gun-

I'm not a skeet or clays man- I prefer to see a big ball of feathers hangin' in de breeze after I shoot a scattergun-but check me out on this- High House 1 or Low House 7 pegs- unless you have a crossing or quartering wind of some magnitude, you are shooting at a dead straight away moving target- granted, the rim or thin edge- BUT how many birds do you flush that ever fly in a dead straight flight path?

[Dean Romig]

Originally Posted by Francis Morin

What a silly pair of targets- Hi and Low Houses Eight present.

Not if you're a serious grouse hunter Francis. I experience those kind of shots almost every day I hunt them - Remember, the game of skeet was developed to improve one's skill in grouse hunting and if you practice you can bust 'em both right out of the house from a very low gun position.

As the late Nash Buckingham said- "Any game bird taken at that close in range would be pulped and not worthy of being cooked for the table" or something akin to that-

Not so! I can't remember the last grouse or woodcock I shot that wasn't perfect table fare. Focus on the head not body mass.

When we shoot Mexican skeet at DU events here- we can pivot and take each single at 8 as a going away birdie- but Lo Gun rules apply, no pre-mounted gun-

I'm not a skeet or clays man- I prefer to see a big ball of feathers hangin' in de breeze after I shoot a scattergun-but check me out on this- High House 1 or Low House 7 pegs- unless you have a crossing or quartering wind of some magnitude, you are shooting at a dead straight away moving target- granted, the rim or thin edge- BUT how many birds do you flush that ever fly in a dead straight flight path?

Admittedly low 7 is a straightaway target but don't let high 1 fool you... unless you lead a tad under the bird you may not break every high 1 that you shoot at.

[Harry Collins]

When the game was still "Pull" and "Mark" everyone took their option bird on low house 7. Back then if you missed high house 1 the option was still taken on low house 7. It cost about $10.00 to shoot 100 and that included the shells. What's money when your making about $4,000.00 a year.

[Dean Romig]

Harry, I always take my option at low 8

[Harry Collins]

Dean,

These days I always take my option on high house 2.....

Harry

[10 bore]

Originally Posted by Harry Collins

When the game was still "Pull" and "Mark" everyone took their option bird on low house 7. Back then if you missed high house 1 the option was still taken on low house 7. It cost about $10.00 to shoot 100 and that included the shells. What's money when your making about $4,000.00 a year.

for me to hit a hundred it would cost me just about ,yes 4000.00 a year , yea scott

[ch]

good 1 Scott, ditto. ch

[C.O.B.]

I can shoot at 100 skeet target for $12 plus the cost of shells. Not a bad price these days. Breaking all 100 is another story. I need to take a shooting lesson from Suponski....stack em up on the ground and blast em

[Dean Romig]

I shoot 100 clays at my skeet club for $8 but it involves filling the big carousel machines, sweeping up spent shells, off-loading 46 pallets of White-Flyers twice a year, picking up the errant soda can or coffee cup, squadding and tallying the take for the day.... all part of being an RO

....maybe it's not so cheap after all