Skeet shooting crown land

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July 18th, 2018, 03:53 PM
HuTy

Skeet shooting crown land

This has been a problem of mine for a bit now. I can't find any good spots to go throw some clays. Anyone know of any good crown land to go on?
July 18th, 2018, 04:26 PM
Rob Stewart

Up north! :-)

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July 18th, 2018, 09:48 PM
trimmer21

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Originally Posted by HuTy

This has been a problem of mine for a bit now. I can't find any good spots to go throw some clays. Anyone know of any good crown land to go on?

Once you're well off the beaten path,there's lots of open spaces where you could bust a few clays. It's extremely important,though,that you leave no trace you were ever there. Just don't bring unwanted attention to yourself and remember,there's zero tolerance for littering.
July 19th, 2018, 06:57 AM
Badenoch

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Originally Posted by trimmer21

Once you're well off the beaten path,there's lots of open spaces where you could bust a few clays. It's extremely important,though,that you leave no trace you were ever there. Just don't bring unwanted attention to yourself and remember,there's zero tolerance for littering.

I don't think it's possible for a backwoods clay target shooter to leave "no trace." Some might make the effort but too often you find broken clays, wads and hulls scattered in the otherwise pristine bush. If you want to break clays find a gun club and shoot there.
July 19th, 2018, 07:14 AM
welsh

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Originally Posted by Badenoch

I don't think it's possible for a backwoods clay target shooter to leave "no trace." Some might make the effort but too often you find broken clays, wads and hulls scattered in the otherwise pristine bush. If you want to break clays find a gun club and shoot there.

+1

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July 19th, 2018, 08:03 AM
trimmer21

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Originally Posted by Badenoch

I don't think it's possible for a backwoods clay target shooter to leave "no trace." Some might make the effort but too often you find broken clays, wads and hulls scattered in the otherwise pristine bush. If you want to break clays find a gun club and shoot there.

I agree. I didn't think it necessary to state the obvious.
July 19th, 2018, 09:46 AM
johny

"Up North" --- we used to do it in clear cuts. Wide open space and easy to access.
July 19th, 2018, 09:51 AM
johny

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Originally Posted by Badenoch

I don't think it's possible for a backwoods clay target shooter to leave "no trace." Some might make the effort but too often you find broken clays, wads and hulls scattered in the otherwise pristine bush. If you want to break clays find a gun club and shoot there.

Easy to say, but if you want to do a lot of shooting you can only do that with your own trap launcher.
If I go to our local skeet range I might shoot a maximum of three boxes of shells waiting for multiple squads of five to cycle through the range.
If I go out to crown land (clear cut or old abandoned gravel runway) I will often shoot 400 rounds in an afternoon. It would take 6 days to do the same at our local club.
When I want to practice I want to do a lot.
July 19th, 2018, 10:31 AM
HuTy

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Originally Posted by Badenoch

I don't think it's possible for a backwoods clay target shooter to leave "no trace." Some might make the effort but too often you find broken clays, wads and hulls scattered in the otherwise pristine bush. If you want to break clays find a gun club and shoot there.

All the clubs in the area are full for 2 years min. Haven't been able to find one
July 19th, 2018, 10:45 AM
Rob Stewart

Check your PMs OP

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July 19th, 2018, 11:11 AM
Sprite

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Originally Posted by johny

Easy to say, but if you want to do a lot of shooting you can only do that with your own trap launcher.
If I go to our local skeet range I might shoot a maximum of three boxes of shells waiting for multiple squads of five to cycle through the range.
If I go out to crown land (clear cut or old abandoned gravel runway) I will often shoot 400 rounds in an afternoon. It would take 6 days to do the same at our local club.
When I want to practice I want to do a lot.

Any "trap launcher" that you're hauling into the woods isn't giving you near the practice or variety that a club does. I've put many new hunters into the layout boat who have "practiced" and fired thousands upon thousands of rounds at birds thrown from a "trap launcher", and watched them empty box after box into thin air on decoying divers.

If you want practice, shoot skeet, five stand or sporting clays, and shoot it often.

-Nick
July 19th, 2018, 11:38 AM
jaycee

There are many clubs around that accept "guest shooters ", but you pay a little extra for a round of trap or skeet or sporting clays.
July 19th, 2018, 11:46 AM
Snowwalker

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Originally Posted by Sprite

Any "trap launcher" that you're hauling into the woods isn't giving you near the practice or variety that a club does. I've put many new hunters into the layout boat who have "practiced" and fired thousands upon thousands of rounds at birds thrown from a "trap launcher", and watched them empty box after box into thin air on decoying divers.

If you want practice, shoot skeet, five stand or sporting clays, and shoot it often.

-Nick

I've also had clients that were champions on the range but couldn't hit a dead duck on the water from the blind/boat.

I know they had great scores on the range because I saw them shoot on the range.
July 19th, 2018, 12:04 PM
jaycee

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Originally Posted by Snowwalker

I've also had clients that were champions on the range but couldn't hit a dead duck on the water from the blind/boat.

I know they had great scores on the range because I saw them shoot on the range.

I have watched video's of " Tom Knapp exhibition shooter extraordinaire " , miss a lot of ducks while hunting, and laughing at himself for doing so saying " this is definitely not like shooting clay targets ".
July 19th, 2018, 12:29 PM
HuTy

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Originally Posted by jaycee

There are many clubs around that accept "guest shooters ", but you pay a little extra for a round of trap or skeet or sporting clays.

Could you point me in the right direction of a club that offers this?
July 19th, 2018, 05:55 PM
jaycee

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Originally Posted by HuTy

Could you point me in the right direction of a club that offers this?

PM SENT.
July 19th, 2018, 10:52 PM
johny

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Originally Posted by Sprite

Any "trap launcher" that you're hauling into the woods isn't giving you near the practice or variety that a club does. I've put many new hunters into the layout boat who have "practiced" and fired thousands upon thousands of rounds at birds thrown from a "trap launcher", and watched them empty box after box into thin air on decoying divers.

If you want practice, shoot skeet, five stand or sporting clays, and shoot it often.

-Nick

Radio push button remote control Atlas Trap.
With it I can practice approach, oblique, crossing and away shots and anything in between
Plus continuous variable angle of launch so I can simulate anything from a jumping mallard to a Buffie coming in low and flat to the water.
July 19th, 2018, 11:30 PM
Snowwalker

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Originally Posted by jaycee

I have watched video's of " Tom Knapp exhibition shooter extraordinaire " , miss a lot of ducks while hunting, and laughing at himself for doing so saying " this is definitely not like shooting clay targets ".

It may just be my option but real birds seem to fly "slower" then clays. Maybe it's because I have more time to watch my target, or maybe it's because a real bird does not go from 0 to warp 7 in .45 seconds.

I've jumped a lot of pond ducks and a few pheasants, there is no clay thrower in the world that can recreate that classic vertical lift, hang, and shift to horizontal flight of a real bird. When you get it right then it seems like you have all day to make the shot.
July 20th, 2018, 09:31 AM
Badenoch

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Originally Posted by johny

Easy to say, but if you want to do a lot of shooting you can only do that with your own trap launcher.
If I go to our local skeet range I might shoot a maximum of three boxes of shells waiting for multiple squads of five to cycle through the range.
If I go out to crown land (clear cut or old abandoned gravel runway) I will often shoot 400 rounds in an afternoon. It would take 6 days to do the same at our local club.
When I want to practice I want to do a lot.

Do you clean up your halls, wads and target shards or just leave them there?
July 20th, 2018, 11:09 AM
johny

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Originally Posted by Badenoch

Do you clean up your halls, wads and target shards or just leave them there?

Hulls yes.
I shoot on an old abandoned gravel airplane runway. Clay remnants make no difference there.

Do you search for your wads when you hunt?
July 20th, 2018, 07:01 PM
Badenoch

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Originally Posted by johny

Hulls yes.
I shoot on an old abandoned gravel airplane runway. Clay remnants make no difference there.

Do you search for your wads when you hunt?

By your own admission you "often" shoot 400 rounds in an afternoon. Meanwhile, I wouldn't shoot one quarter of one of your 400 round sessions in a full season.

It's good you at least pick up your hulls. That is something. Bush country clay shooters who don't are slob shooters.
July 25th, 2018, 06:52 PM
Rob Stewart

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Originally Posted by johny

Hulls yes.
I shoot on an old abandoned gravel airplane runway. Clay remnants make no difference there.

Do you search for your wads when you hunt?

I prefer my O/U shotgun without ejectors because I don't have to go looking behind me for the shells. They go in my pocket the second they are taken out. Worst case they drop at my feet and get picked up later.

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