fabsroman
Ultimate Member
Not exactly. Sporting clays is whatever the course designer wants it to be.
I had shot crossing targets that were launched from 300 feet off the ground from a tower. Teals are throw pretty much straight up. Rabbits are rolled along the ground and hop. Squirrels are thrown up an inclined ramp. I have shot target crossing about 50 feet directly below me (off a platform off the side of a vertical wall). I have shot targets that appeared to be aimed at my head. Targets that float in from out of sight and settle into a clearing. Every angle from downhill to straight up. And every angle of the compass.
Then add in Midi targets (90mm versus 110mm for standard), or Minis (60mm, look like lfying aspirin tablets), Bateau (very thin). In all sorts of colors - orange, yellow, white, black, green, etc.
The ONLY sure thing about sporting clays is, you will have targets thrown, and they mostly can be hit.
They can all be hit. Doesn't mean they will all be hit. Some are just extremely challenging. I still remember one presentation on the eastern shore. There was a lane through the middle of some trees/brush in a field. The target was thrown from the left to the right on the far side of the trees. The shooter had to break it in that little alley through the trees/brush. It took me 6 attempts before I figured out that I had to pull the trigger right before it got to the clearing using a follow through method. Once I figured that out, it was easy to break it. When I first approached it, I said "This is freaking impossible."
Sporting clays makes you think. Trap and skeet just make you concentrate/focus.