harrybarry Posted February 25, 2010 Report Share Posted February 25, 2010 Help please Got a bit frustrated with really close targets, left crossers 5 feet off the ground and about 15 feets in front. looked a doddle could i hit them not a chance should i give them some lead or should i be right on them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beretta Posted February 25, 2010 Report Share Posted February 25, 2010 i would take them before they get to you or wait till they go past, not straight in front. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MC Posted February 25, 2010 Report Share Posted February 25, 2010 Anything moving will require some lead. I would be using as open a choke as I have and trying as beretta says to shoot them before they get to me or after they have past. At 15 feet away you hardly have a pattern at all, I doubt it is much bigger in diameter than a standard clay. One of my local clubs has a habit of having a close crossing rabbit. You either miss it completely or it just vanishes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HDAV Posted February 25, 2010 Report Share Posted February 25, 2010 One of my local clubs has a habit of having a close crossing rabbit. You either miss it completely or it just vanishes. Can't hit those for the life of me.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diceman Posted February 25, 2010 Report Share Posted February 25, 2010 Occasionally at our club we will put on a really slow, close bird like this and it does throw a lot of people - looks like an easy dinner plate to hit but as has been said, no space for the shot pattern to form so you have to be bang on. The old hands have learnt to turn sideways in the cage, wait till it goes past and take it as a quartering away bird. If you have to take it in front make sure you keep the gun swinging as you pull the trigger. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chard Posted February 26, 2010 Report Share Posted February 26, 2010 I used to hate these too. It helped me to make sure I REALLY concentrated on the clay. We all think we're looking at the clay, but half the time, we're just looking at the general area where the clay is - the grass, bush, tree trunk nearby etc. I found that if I really obsessed on the clay itself, so that I didn't really see anything else, the rest sorted itself out, I just shot it Hard to explain and it doesn't sound very convincing, but it worked for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlaserF3 Posted February 26, 2010 Report Share Posted February 26, 2010 Hard focus on the leading edge works well, the eye's guide the hand's to the target, and the clay breaks. If you even think about aiming , which you must not do, you will miss. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DSPUK Posted February 26, 2010 Report Share Posted February 26, 2010 Chard So you straighted the stand up the top of hill at Hodnet at Victory Challenge - two very fast L/R crossers O/R under your feet 30 ft away good man Dave Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chard Posted February 26, 2010 Report Share Posted February 26, 2010 (edited) Chard So you straighted the stand up the top of hill at Hodnet at Victory Challenge - two very fast L/R crossers O/R under your feet 30 ft away good man Dave Didn't think I missed many of them I think I missed a few in the first couple of pairs, because I underestimated their speed Then I thought I'd better get my finger out of my harris, so I picked them up earlier and moved a bit quicker and started whacking them. I think the trees to the right were a psychological barrier, when they went behind them That was a good stand :o I think NickyT shot that well, think he might even have straighted it. If not, he wasn't far out Edited February 26, 2010 by Chard Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beretta Posted February 26, 2010 Report Share Posted February 26, 2010 should learn to get your finger out BEFORE you get in the stand Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nicky T Posted February 26, 2010 Report Share Posted February 26, 2010 (edited) I think NickyT shot that well, think he might even have straighted it. If not, he wasn't far out Yes sir - I enjoyed that stand From memory i think that our whole squad shot that stand well Edited February 26, 2010 by Nicky T Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chard Posted February 26, 2010 Report Share Posted February 26, 2010 should learn to get your finger out BEFORE you get in the stand Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DSPUK Posted February 26, 2010 Report Share Posted February 26, 2010 I took mine before trees - missed two on proper shoot and missed one on reshoot and that was other way round - second bird was first this time. - I was shooting fixed half choke well shot everyone - we must keep it up to thrash the wanna bee's from darn sarf. Dave Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chard Posted February 26, 2010 Report Share Posted February 26, 2010 I took mine before trees - missed two on proper shoot and missed one on reshoot and that was other way round - second bird was first this time. - I was shooting fixed half choke well shot everyone - we must keep it up to thrash the wanna bee's from darn sarf. Dave Yes, I shot them before the trees, but the first couple of pairs, I struggled and they got there quicker than I thought. I wasn't very clever there actually, because the speed shouldn't have been a surprise. We had quite a long wait on that stand and I'd watched a number of people shooting it (with very mixed results). It still caught me out at first when it was my turn though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulos Posted February 26, 2010 Report Share Posted February 26, 2010 Trouble with close clays? Shoot skeet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chard Posted February 26, 2010 Report Share Posted February 26, 2010 (edited) Trouble with close clays? Shoot skeet You sound like a 1960's pharmacy advert. Trouble with embarrassing itching? Get a tube of Knackersoothe Cream from your chemist today ******* Pharmaceutical students. Edited February 26, 2010 by Chard Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulos Posted February 26, 2010 Report Share Posted February 26, 2010 You sound like a 1960's pharmacy advert. Trouble with embarrassing itching? Get a tube of Knackersoothe Cream from your chemist today ******* Pharmaceutical students. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harrybarry Posted March 15, 2010 Author Report Share Posted March 15, 2010 i would take them before they get to you or wait till they go past, not straight in front. Got back on the close clays sunday, hitting them early 5 out of 5 job done nice one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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