Both Tom and eightbore's posts above are dead on. I don't know what Sam Ogle means either, but I shoot tight chokes, all the time on clays. Over half my targets on a typical round of 100 are smoked, with no visible chips. Never had anyone call a lost bird on one yet, and that includes many NSCA registered tournaments. But then, I don't shoot with idiots. Not calling you an idiot, Sam, just anyone who would call a smoked target lost. Amazing, the things that happen above the M/D line.
SRH
P.S. I think Sam meant dusted, rather than smoked. Dusted is when you see dust come off the target, but no chips. Smoked is when there is nothing but a puffball of dust left, again with no visible chips. What we have here is ............ failure, to communicate.
