V8 90 Posted February 22, 2015 Report Share Posted February 22, 2015 Oh man, I'm guessing (or hoping) you didn't loose the eye, right? I still notice a lot of people don't bother with the hat or the glasses, sometimes I do forget them. I didn't lose my eye but it was very sore for a week ! I was watching 2 guys shoot a flush at the time ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris1961 Posted February 22, 2015 Report Share Posted February 22, 2015 Get hit loads at Sycamore ground even been hit with a full clay hurt like she:-)t luckily missed gun and hit knuckles Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
subsonicnat Posted February 22, 2015 Report Share Posted February 22, 2015 Bloke next tome got hit with a corker of a curling bit, cut him Like a Razor.. Makes you think about looking up I can tell you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Berettacocker Posted February 22, 2015 Report Share Posted February 22, 2015 Yes, on the flurry, as well as glasses always wear a cap. Especially if your folicaly challenged like me :( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scully Posted February 22, 2015 Report Share Posted February 22, 2015 Yes, on the flurry, Ooooh, bet that stung. I've never been hit on the 'flurry', only on the hand, but at very close range. Not only made a mess of my fingers but the fore-end of my gun also. Sweated buckets while some nurses took it in turns to pick bits of clay out of my fingers; not pleasant. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
100milesaway Posted February 22, 2015 Report Share Posted February 22, 2015 Always should keep your gun in the slip until you shoot 'cause that can be very expensive, if it takes a hit. I have been struck by clays many times but was taught early .. hat, ears and eyes.,, It becomes a habit and I actually feel slightly undressed without them now. from Auntie. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salop Matt Posted February 23, 2015 Report Share Posted February 23, 2015 Yes, a fast incomer that stopped dropped 10ft out in front of you as a fist bird and a second crosser. I shot the incomer 30yards out and moved on to the next clay only to be smacked in the mouth splitting my bottom lip ! Stung like heck. No glasses or cap would of saved me there. I aways wear glasses as I need to in order to see but I dont always wear a hat ! ATB Matt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
100milesaway Posted February 23, 2015 Report Share Posted February 23, 2015 (edited) Yes, a fast incomer that stopped dropped 10ft out in front of you as a fist bird and a second crosser. I shot the incomer 30yards out and moved on to the next clay only to be smacked in the mouth splitting my bottom lip ! Stung like heck. No glasses or cap would of saved me there. I aways wear glasses as I need to in order to see but I dont always wear a hat ! ATB Matt Classic case of a poor course setter.Just imagine if that bit hit you just as you were about to discharge your second shot, doesn't bear thinking about.. You only got a bloody lip but you could have actually been in alot more trouble. I have seen this type of target set up at a couple of prestigeous shoots and wondered how the hell they had got past the safety officer .Nothing wrong with incomers but they should always be the report bird. .If you are at a ground and see this set up always mention it. I do. from Auntie. Edited February 23, 2015 by 100milesaway Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arjimlad Posted February 23, 2015 Report Share Posted February 23, 2015 A good reason also to keep the gun in a slip between stands. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeaceFrog Posted February 23, 2015 Author Report Share Posted February 23, 2015 Neat replies, thanks. Clays can make for dangerous game it seems Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonno243 Posted February 23, 2015 Report Share Posted February 23, 2015 Several years ago whilst trapping on a simulated day (we use a majority of manual traps) we were set up above a gully for the third dive simulating driven partridge using three traps "straight over" and two end traps throwing what were effectively "crossers" angling around 45 degrees over the line. During the shooting one of the guns managed to clip the leading edge of a clay thrown from the far end trap which boomeranged in a graceful arc, slipped neatly into the gap between my reinforced bump cap and the top edge of my safety glasses and laid my eyebrow open along its entire length, knocking me backwards off the trap at the same time. End result was a shaved eyebrow, 5 stitches and an apologetic gun who advised "if I had known it was going to do that I would have shot it again...." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeaceFrog Posted February 23, 2015 Author Report Share Posted February 23, 2015 Several years ago whilst trapping on a simulated day (we use a majority of manual traps) we were set up above a gully for the third dive simulating driven partridge using three traps "straight over" and two end traps throwing what were effectively "crossers" angling around 45 degrees over the line. During the shooting one of the guns managed to clip the leading edge of a clay thrown from the far end trap which boomeranged in a graceful arc, slipped neatly into the gap between my reinforced bump cap and the top edge of my safety glasses and laid my eyebrow open along its entire length, knocking me backwards off the trap at the same time. End result was a shaved eyebrow, 5 stitches and an apologetic gun who advised "if I had known it was going to do that I would have shot it again...." Oh man. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle Albert Posted February 24, 2015 Report Share Posted February 24, 2015 Yea, quite often but fortunately only small bits. This is why one or more of us looks at the clay and calls a warning if the bits are coming towards us. The bigger bits don't half hurt. Caps and glasses always! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShootingEgg Posted February 24, 2015 Report Share Posted February 24, 2015 (edited) Yep! Havebeen showered with small peices before, had mt hand cut open Too. One chap i shoot with got hit by a whole one just affer it came out a trap.. That gave him a nice bruise on the cheek.. Edited February 24, 2015 by ShootingEgg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krugerandsmith Posted February 24, 2015 Report Share Posted February 24, 2015 I was looking at a broken clay that landed at my feet the other day on the skeet and it looked kind of jagged and fierce and I was wondering if any of you had been unlucky enough to get hit by a shard going at speed. They must be able to produce some nasty cuts, without safety glasses I'd imagine they could take an eye perhaps? Yes .... cut head. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hamster Posted February 24, 2015 Report Share Posted February 24, 2015 Not clay itself but back in 84/85 once had to drive a young lad to hospital that had somehow managed to slash his forehead open with the trap arm. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neutron619 Posted February 24, 2015 Report Share Posted February 24, 2015 Bits of clay hurt , but I find falling/stray shot really hurts if it catches right Aye, very unpleasant. You have to be careful where grounds use two sides of a field at a right angle to set up the traps. People shooting at a low crossers on one side can easily end up spraying those on the other side with shot because of the low arc the pellets follow. Three times I've seen this and three times I've complained, followed by profuse apologies and closure of the offending stands, I'm pleased to say. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paddy Galore! Posted February 24, 2015 Report Share Posted February 24, 2015 a friend of mine does a bit of coaching, he has an auto trap that runs off a remote fob, he had a jam in the mechanism once, walked over to it and bent down in front of it to have a look, unfortunately the key fob was in his jeans pocket and as he bent down it activated and he got a face full of clay, aside from all the claret he new it was serious as he couldn't feel a thing, I forget how many stitches he had but there were a fair few. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
berettadevon Posted February 24, 2015 Report Share Posted February 24, 2015 yep, wasnt long ago i had quite a large piece slice straight through my cap and slice me scalp right open!!! hurt like **** and was glad to get to the local hospital where the nice lady in a&e injected some lovely anesthetic oh my was in heaven then and left with 5 stitches!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
photon Posted February 24, 2015 Report Share Posted February 24, 2015 Never been hit by a clay but have been mocked by them on many occasions as they fly by unmolested. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack9494 Posted February 24, 2015 Report Share Posted February 24, 2015 My clays always turn to dust, nah i havent got hit yet but nearly have i just shoot them if there comming at me. ive seen cars get hit and chips to a window but not serious Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Westley Posted February 25, 2015 Report Share Posted February 25, 2015 I have witnessed some quite serious injuries, including the loss of an eye from bits of clay. I therefore will not even wander around a clay ground without head and eye protection and certainly will not shoot without them. Week in and week out though, I still see people not even wearing hearing protection. I have to say the game and pigeon shooting fraternity are the worst offenders. Judging by the 3 pages of comments here, now hand on heart, how many carry their gun around a clay ground unslipped ?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shoot and be safe Posted February 25, 2015 Report Share Posted February 25, 2015 Been hit many a time when at Caerwys clay club. One reason I don't go anymore. It's only a small straw bale site and on one stand of a particular setup, you could have been hit by clay fragments off at least 1 trap of every stand. One of the chaps in charge warned about this at the beginning and said we all had to wear hats and glasses. He also said "if you do get hit, you can't sue as you are all members and will be suing yourselves" I only went once or twice last year and will not be renewing my membership. Yes it does happen, but most grounds try and avoid it. Stay safe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonno243 Posted February 25, 2015 Report Share Posted February 25, 2015 Oh man. There is not a bookie on earth would have given you odds on it happening! Must have been a gap of around an inch... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mentalmac Posted February 25, 2015 Report Share Posted February 25, 2015 There's a stand at the Fennes in Essex which when you are shooting you get showered with bits from people shooting the high tower.... I tend to not go to those stands when someone is doing hightower as a few times a load of clay bits have landed all around me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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