Poacher Posted August 11, 2007 Report Share Posted August 11, 2007 I have a feeling this topic may roll for a little while, so here goes. It has come to my attention that when out shooting with the local gun club or clay ground i hear numerous variations on the word 'Pull'. Now being a southern educated type, i like to pronouce the word loud and clearly PULL, so that the trapper can hear me and everyone is aware that i'm about to miss again. But it seems that not everyone is in the same boat when it comes to saying that little word. Some of the examples i heard make me laugh and others make me want to wince. Now when i say wincing i do actually mean it. To hear a fully grown man standing at the peg with his trusty 12ga, in a state of readiness whos about to blow apart a flying clay in spectacular fashion utter the words 'PEW' in such as feable voice that you'd think the gun was pointing at him makes me want to cringe. Other exmples would be a chap i shoot with reguarly who just shouts 'YES' (this is before the clay is released, not after he's hit it). And more bizarrely a real 'Cornishman' who just shouts 'WOOF' in a rather gravely voice ? I'm not sure that anyones told him is not Clay Dog Shooting but Pigeon. Also whilst in an international competition (not professionally don't worry) in Italy last year there were many variations from all the different countries. One rather large Italian man just used to grunt the word 'BAH'. Likewise i'm not sure Clay Sheep Shooting is quite right but it does have a certain ring to it. So the question is what do you say when at the peg/stand and whats the weirdest you've heard ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Devilishdave Posted August 11, 2007 Report Share Posted August 11, 2007 I shout pull clear, loud and as an order! I dont think it is important what people say as long as the traper get the idea to relese the trap. IT is more important that the shooters are safe and always a bonus if they burst the clay. Dave Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bagsy Posted August 11, 2007 Report Share Posted August 11, 2007 I shout pull clear, loud and as an order! I dont think it is important what people say as long as the traper get the idea to relese the trap. IT is more important that the shooters are safe and always a bonus if they burst the clay. Dave CLAP - haven't heard that for a while Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Devilishdave Posted August 11, 2007 Report Share Posted August 11, 2007 No pause though lol Dave Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
apbuild Posted August 11, 2007 Report Share Posted August 11, 2007 Pull is the usual term but if another trapper is within earshot on another stand, the call we ask for is 'Mark'. This stops any confusion. Rob. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrismpullbang Posted August 11, 2007 Report Share Posted August 11, 2007 the best i've heard was at mid wales. A rather stocky welshman was on the 5th peg with four others. All I heard as i got off the bus was: PULL!...bang...PULL!...bang...PULL!...bang.bang...PULL!...bang...BAA!!...bang very funny at the time, could have been one of those things where you have to be there but there you go another one is a teacher at the school i go to and when he shoots skeet he does a mix of a bark,. pull and buuuuuh lmao I tend to stick to a quick sharp PULL! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daddypigsaw Posted August 14, 2007 Report Share Posted August 14, 2007 When competing, particularly in trap disciplines, your 'PULL' can be an effective tool in regaining focus and steadying the nerves. A PULL with a well-pronounced P can sometimes upset the balance as more effort is required to push it out at volume, however it can also be used to release built-up tension. A soft PULL "aaawwwLLLLL" hardly enunciating the P at all can keep the shooter calm and steady prior to a shot. I did however, hear a DTL shooter the other week calling "****!". Not sure if it helped him or not. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Catamong Posted August 14, 2007 Report Share Posted August 14, 2007 If I'm shooting Sporting or Skeet, I call "Pull", but if I'm shooting above an acoustic release with the gun tightly pre-mounted, (ABT or OT), then I just grunt. I remember watching a Yank shooting the British Open Sporting a few years back, I think he expected to see live birds coming out of the traps, as his call was "Let 'em go!!". Cat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorfolkBoy Posted August 14, 2007 Report Share Posted August 14, 2007 There's a Portuguese guy at our local trap club that calls "OrrrrrrrrrrAAAAAAA" or something similar - sounds as though he's constipated - good shot though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wookie Posted August 14, 2007 Report Share Posted August 14, 2007 I thought you left Norfolk to get away from strange people? I tend towards a nice crisp "pull" that's loud enough for the person on the trap to hear. Probably deafens anyone nearer to me though! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dunkield Posted August 14, 2007 Report Share Posted August 14, 2007 A few old timers use the 'paaaaawwwwllllll' (in 'amshire type accent) type call, I think AJ Smith was one of them? The best one is when someone hasn't shot for long time and shouts like hell at the trapper, who is now of course these days is sat right next to him pressing the button on an auto trap Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zapp Posted August 14, 2007 Report Share Posted August 14, 2007 I used to shoot with a guy (now sadly passed away) who used to go "MEEehhhh" like General Melchit. It was always best to get him to go last on the peg or the temptation to either giggle or try to out MEeehh him would be unbearable. Many a clay would be lost due to a mid swing laughing fit. I think other squads used to be a bit baffled when confronted by us lot, each giving a louder MEEeeh than the last while the rest sniggered like idiots. Funny thing is, he never seemed to twig! ZB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jerico Posted August 14, 2007 Report Share Posted August 14, 2007 I shout pull, if nothing happens I shout pull again and again and again, getting louder and louder each time untill Evil_Elvis stops laughing and tells me that was my last pair Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ferret Master Posted August 14, 2007 Report Share Posted August 14, 2007 I say a short sharp 'pull'. One guy at my club says 'WAAAAYYYYY' FM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy W Posted August 15, 2007 Report Share Posted August 15, 2007 Who use to watch this ? I have just been on there website and bought a couple of tickets for there river cottage festival in Sept cant wait and Hugh will be there only cost 15 quid a ticket .... I have heard "yeeeeaaah" a "grunt" and "mark" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stu S Posted August 15, 2007 Report Share Posted August 15, 2007 Personally i just say pull, at dear old lakenheath the person you are shooting with operates the trap via button for you, so you haven't got to shout it at the top of your voice. Funniest thing i have seen in a while was a couple of weeks back at the weekly skeet competition, when an american who had been in aye-rack (sorry, thats Iraq) for a year, and got his gun out to come shooting. He showed up in flip-flops, light cream shorts, and a white t-shirt (and later complained he was getting dirty and that the broken clays were hitting his feet). When he took the stand for his first shot, he half squatted, moved the gun about in a robot style set of movements (up, left, right, down, right, up and so on) for a few seconds, and then shouted in the highest pitched voice i have heard from a man in a long time "paaaaalllllll" I nearly wet myself! Stu Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LEFTY478 Posted August 15, 2007 Report Share Posted August 15, 2007 No pause though lol Dave Do you use 'G R I T'* to indicate where the birds you've missed have landed? *If I told you what it meant, I'd have to.........................etc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Devilishdave Posted August 15, 2007 Report Share Posted August 15, 2007 Yeh but I dont go in for the whole FBID fire control orders though! Use grit for pointing out chicks in the pub as well, quite sad realy e.g. Lads 10m 12 oclock, left of bar Blond Chick big norks dont all look now Dave Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LEFTY478 Posted August 15, 2007 Report Share Posted August 15, 2007 Yeh but I dont go in for the whole FBID fire control orders though! Use grit for pointing out chicks in the pub as well, quite sad realy e.g. Lads 10m 12 oclock, left of bar Blond Chick big norks dont all look now Dave Sad? Nah, I heard worst! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bagsy Posted August 15, 2007 Report Share Posted August 15, 2007 Yeh but I dont go in for the whole FBID fire control orders though! Use grit for pointing out chicks in the pub as well, quite sad realy e.g. Lads 10m 12 oclock, left of bar Blond Chick big norks dont all look now Dave Sad? Nah, I heard worst! 14 years and still these mnemonics pop up from time to time - lads at work were reciting PAWPERSO the other day I went and hid before they realised I'd forgotten most of it :o Back on track - some lads shooting Olympic skeet kept saying 'Mark' on certain stands and said it was normal for that disciplin, not sure what that's about. Made no odds to me I still missed more than I hit Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonsey Posted August 15, 2007 Report Share Posted August 15, 2007 Back on track - some lads shooting Olympic skeet kept saying 'Mark' on certain stands and said it was normal for that disciplin, not sure what that's about. Made no odds to me I still missed more than I hit When I first starting shooting skeet I couldn't understand why, for the second bird all the old blokes were calling "muck" so I asked my friend......he couldn't stop laughing. I blame the Wiltshire accent. I've shot FITASC with people that call 'Ready' instead of Pull and i've heard various 'grunts' and 'marks' for skeet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Markio Posted August 15, 2007 Report Share Posted August 15, 2007 Wasn't 'mark' used for the high (or low) house and pull for the other? I think i read on here a while back that it was used in the days of manual trappers so they knew which trap was being called for... ...or did i dream that? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pin Posted August 15, 2007 Report Share Posted August 15, 2007 I use a northern P U L L followed by PULL followed by PULL *** I use pull/mark for skeet, no idea why but seen others doing it, wherever in the world you shoot it they know, so it can't be that bad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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