Posted on 02/11/2013 4:04:43 PM PST by SJackson
Not to be a buzzkill when it comes to “skeet humor” but
the target most commonly used is the same target used
in trap shooting and sporting clays. I trap shoot and
we refer to the targets as clay pigeons, clays, birds,
clay birds, or just targets. The term “skeet” refers
mainly to the style of how the target is presented to
the shooter. In skeet shooting the targets are released
from two towers opposite each other at an angle away
from each other. The shooter stands behind and between
the towers. One clay projects right to left and the other
left to right. The shooter will shoot at both targets.
In trap shooting the shooter stands behind a bunker from
which one bird is released from the bunker at various
angles. Usually there are five stations. Shooters take
turns shooting from each station. After five shots the
shooters rotate to the next station until the round
(25 shots) has been completed.
I raise this issue only to spare some FRiends from
embarassment when discussing skeet shooting with
someone with range savvy.
A hog can kill and eat a rattlesnake but a skeet can kill a hog if the hog eats one.
“..there really are birds called snipe and you can hunt them, if you can find them.”
Every once in awhile we would come across them while grouse hunting. The snipe are migratory. Also dang hard to hit! About the size of a robin - so not much meat either.
I seem to recall some outrage over the shooting of clay pigeons in the Olympics one year. Some gal had posted a letter to the editor or something!
Skeet are defiantly NOT halal, they actually have small cloven hooves..... unlike snipe that are a real delicacy..... if you can find them. :)
The upside is that skeet are very tasty when prepared with a bread and onion stuffing and served with a parsley garnish and baby roasted potatoes.
How long do you soak them to get the orange color out?
You baste them with butter while they’re in the oven, and the orange turns to a very savory-looking brown. ;-)
As a young L/Cpl at Camp LeJeune, I shot clays, skeet style, with the 2nd FSSG Team. We are just funnin’ with the story presented, and I’m really sorry that I have to tell a fellow FReeper such.
Let me buzzkill you...all I have to plant my garden in is clay. I have to make my own dirt. Are you self sufficient?
Skeets are devious Bastages. They best be advised to leave the hog killin’ to us.
Good for you that you know the real story. However, not all of
the respondents are necessarily L/Cpls @ Camp Lejeune who
are experienced shotgunners @ ranges. It is a pity that I have to
tell a fellow FReeper “If the shoe don’t fit, don’t wear it.” Besides
that, it was actually the author of the article who apparently
messed up, confusing shooting type with targets. I like sarcastic
humor as much as the next person but those who might come
away from this thread with a misconception might end up with
egg on their face if they someday say “skeet” when they mean
“clay pigeons”. I guaranty you that there are a few libs out there
who know the difference.
As a matter of fact I am as self sufficent as need to be. I can grow
food and shoot and live in a house in the center of 360 degrees
of a pine and oak forest.
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