doublegunshop.com - home Forums General Discussion DoubleGun BBS @ doublegunshop.com A wicked wind....

I'm sure most of us have shot some form of clay targets in adverse conditions at one time or another. Last night while shooting skeet we experienced a unusual wind change that resulted in some sporting targets!! High house targets would fly semi-normal to near the center stake but then take a 3-4 foot (or more) drop in elevation.I had one high house target that was near the ground when I shot it! That along with the added tail wind made some mighty exasperated shooters!! At least the low house targets were floaters. All fun no matter the conditions!!

I remember shooting skeet one night under the lights when the snow was blowing horizontal so heavy you could barely find the targets and they where jumping up and down 2 - 4 ft. and somehow managed to go straight which keeps with the old, sometimes its better to be lucky than good .......

Sounds like a normal (except for the snow) west Texas day on the skeet field! -- Ed

Heck, Anyone can shoot the normal ones...... A little wind gives them a chance and makes you think, or curse.

Wanna see what the wind can do to AAA class shooters? Check the scores posted last weekend in Dallas at the Metroplex Open. The score board spoke for itself.

FWIW, Skeet is probably the most unforgiving clay target game .. in that ANYTHING done wrong results in a miss. When the game is off in other disciplines the Skeet field can usually get it sorted out because one has to go back to the basics to produce consistent results.

Last weekend more that a few triple A's got caught unawares or off guard because of not paying attention to the basics. Sustained leads notwithstanding, at least not for the majority anyways.

Skeet, shot the way it was originally thot out and intended, is a great game & will have one in good shape for the next season. The only real fault is that the dog can't participate.

Several decades ago I shot at Bridgeport Conn., in wind that was a blast. If you did not shoot at the low bird as it went across the feild you could always shoot at it when it went back. The high house was into the drink just after the center stake and the low house went almost all the way across and then went back where it came from. To keep us honest it was the .410 event. "Lost" was often heard that day.

High score that day was a 98 that had been shot before the wind started blowing hard. Many a AA shooter was in the mid to low 80's. Many just did not shoot at all to protect their averages. Sissys. My 95 got me squat, but I was quite proud of it and high man on our squad by 10 plus birds. Gave me bragging rights for month and some claim years with my squad.

We shot when we were squaded, endured wind, rain, snow, fog and anything else that came along. It was and still is fun. My four squad mates are all dead now but I still have the memories, thank God. None of us were watching our averages as much as we were into just having a hell of a good time. While we were having fun we also shot if we had time. Wish I had been there in your wind.

Reminds me of shooting skeet on my old Wednesday night routine at the International in So El Monte. We kept at it yearound here in SoCal. In the winter, the cold fog would roll in and you could barely see half way across the field in the halogen lit fog. birds from the stations near the houses would disappear going away and the incomers came out of the murk. Trap would get shutdown if it got real bad.

KY Jon
My buddies and I shoot most every Wednesday night in any conditions except rain.The mood is relaxed to say the least!Our fields are lighted.If you or any of the BBS members are ever in my area it would be my pleasure to have you join me. I have access anytime.
There should always be time to make new friends and bust a few clays!

Best regards,
Ken