The Firing Line Forums - View Single Post - Sporting Clays, Skeet, Trap... what's the difference?

Technosavant · January 28, 2010, 02:48 PM

Short short version:

Trap: One thrower, the shooters remain behind the house (in one of five stations), the angle and elevation of the bird thrown will vary, usually one bird at a time.

Skeet: Two throwers, the shooters move around a semicircle between the houses. Trajectories (angle, elevation, speed) of the birds from the respective houses are fixed. As you move around the 8 stations, the shots change because the shooter moves.

Sporting Clays: Is across a large field, you walk to various stations, at each station there are a few different types of targets. Some run low (like rabbits) others higher and faster (like birds).

5-stand: Like Sporting Clays and Trap. You have a few stations spaced closely together like trap, but there's a bunch of clay throwers, each throwing a different kind of target. Kind of like Sporting Clays without all the walking/space required.

January 28, 2010, 02:48 PM	#3
Technosavant Senior Member Join Date: May 29, 2007 Location: St. Louis, MO area Posts: 4,040	Short short version: Trap: One thrower, the shooters remain behind the house (in one of five stations), the angle and elevation of the bird thrown will vary, usually one bird at a time. Skeet: Two throwers, the shooters move around a semicircle between the houses. Trajectories (angle, elevation, speed) of the birds from the respective houses are fixed. As you move around the 8 stations, the shots change because the shooter moves. Sporting Clays: Is across a large field, you walk to various stations, at each station there are a few different types of targets. Some run low (like rabbits) others higher and faster (like birds). 5-stand: Like Sporting Clays and Trap. You have a few stations spaced closely together like trap, but there's a bunch of clay throwers, each throwing a different kind of target. Kind of like Sporting Clays without all the walking/space required.