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Found this on the web and thought I'd repost:
Kirkwannabe1
(7/19/02 11
42 pm)
skeet to sporting
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"Skeet shooting requires no real shotgunning skills - its mostly mental"
"Sporting Clays is for those guys that can't run 100, or pay attention to what they're doing"
"Trap is like shooting low 7, over and over and over..."
"Skeet is always the same..always the same boring targets"
"Sporting is skeet with trees and whiny people"
"You use a hoop?"
"Only skeet and trap shooters have ever made the US Olympic team"
It goes on and on and on......
I personally think the argument of skeet vs. sporting clays is a bit silly. I enjoy shooting skeet, so that's the game I play. Those that know me personally know that I have come to the realization that it is not how many targets one hits or misses, rather the fun one has shooting with his friends, and the challenge of "debugging" the shots we miss. Yes, it MAY be true that for some the game of skeet is boring. I don't believe I'll ever get bored of it. I've been shooting this game seriously for 5 years and feel that I am still learning with each shot I take, each time I step on the pad. If the ultimate goal of any activity is just to "win it all", one may never find satisfaction in this life, nor realize the journey is vastly more important. There are a few I can think of who can play any shotgun game and it seems they have found the "fun" in all the games - Kuykendall, Fowler, the Murray clan come to mind.
While I'm not going to paint a broad brush and try and put us all in the same box, I will make a few observations:
1.) Whatever shotgun game one shoots, I'm sure most of you must admit that IT IS ADDICTING!
2.) We all complain about the rules, a bad call or pull, but we all realize it comes out in the wash (i.e., we lose a couple we should of had, and a few go our way we didn't deserve)
3.) The newer shooters tend to be a bit harder on themselves and the older shooters just smile and come up with the best excuses.
4.) Skeet shooters tend not to shoot other games because they are afraid they will screw up their skeet game, while sporting clays shooters are always practicing on the skeet fields (now I know why I never get my practice rounds in). My guess is that either skeet is not all that boring to sporting shooters, or they just want to keep us skeeters off of OUR fields and from attaining perfection (just kidding about that one).
5.) A little luck and a lot of practice goes a long way.
6.) Some days it just ain't your day
7.) When we're stuck away from the course or range, we dream about being there..or at least we load shells for the next opportunity.
8.) The first time you broke the "rabbit"off the hop, or smoked a high 2, ran the 5-stand , or ran 25 on the skeet field...it felt pretty darn COOL (that's satisfying for you old codgers)!
9.) Its equally impressive to see someone run 100 in sporting or 100 on a windy day with the 410 in skeet.
As you can hopefully see through my eyes, we are not all that different. Now I'll go back and complain about that low 6 that kept me out of a shoot-off, and work on getting that next boring (?) 25 straight in the rain. Bust 'em up...but most of all JUST HAVE FUN! See you on the skeet field...
Good & safe shooting (and shoot what YOU enjoy)
-Mike Fox
Kirkwannabe1
(7/19/02 11
42 pm)skeet to sporting
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"Skeet shooting requires no real shotgunning skills - its mostly mental"
"Sporting Clays is for those guys that can't run 100, or pay attention to what they're doing"
"Trap is like shooting low 7, over and over and over..."
"Skeet is always the same..always the same boring targets"
"Sporting is skeet with trees and whiny people"
"You use a hoop?"
"Only skeet and trap shooters have ever made the US Olympic team"
It goes on and on and on......
I personally think the argument of skeet vs. sporting clays is a bit silly. I enjoy shooting skeet, so that's the game I play. Those that know me personally know that I have come to the realization that it is not how many targets one hits or misses, rather the fun one has shooting with his friends, and the challenge of "debugging" the shots we miss. Yes, it MAY be true that for some the game of skeet is boring. I don't believe I'll ever get bored of it. I've been shooting this game seriously for 5 years and feel that I am still learning with each shot I take, each time I step on the pad. If the ultimate goal of any activity is just to "win it all", one may never find satisfaction in this life, nor realize the journey is vastly more important. There are a few I can think of who can play any shotgun game and it seems they have found the "fun" in all the games - Kuykendall, Fowler, the Murray clan come to mind.
While I'm not going to paint a broad brush and try and put us all in the same box, I will make a few observations:
1.) Whatever shotgun game one shoots, I'm sure most of you must admit that IT IS ADDICTING!
2.) We all complain about the rules, a bad call or pull, but we all realize it comes out in the wash (i.e., we lose a couple we should of had, and a few go our way we didn't deserve)
3.) The newer shooters tend to be a bit harder on themselves and the older shooters just smile and come up with the best excuses.
4.) Skeet shooters tend not to shoot other games because they are afraid they will screw up their skeet game, while sporting clays shooters are always practicing on the skeet fields (now I know why I never get my practice rounds in). My guess is that either skeet is not all that boring to sporting shooters, or they just want to keep us skeeters off of OUR fields and from attaining perfection (just kidding about that one).
5.) A little luck and a lot of practice goes a long way.
6.) Some days it just ain't your day
7.) When we're stuck away from the course or range, we dream about being there..or at least we load shells for the next opportunity.
8.) The first time you broke the "rabbit"off the hop, or smoked a high 2, ran the 5-stand , or ran 25 on the skeet field...it felt pretty darn COOL (that's satisfying for you old codgers)!
9.) Its equally impressive to see someone run 100 in sporting or 100 on a windy day with the 410 in skeet.
As you can hopefully see through my eyes, we are not all that different. Now I'll go back and complain about that low 6 that kept me out of a shoot-off, and work on getting that next boring (?) 25 straight in the rain. Bust 'em up...but most of all JUST HAVE FUN! See you on the skeet field...
Good & safe shooting (and shoot what YOU enjoy)
-Mike Fox
Freaking Congrats!
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