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GTB · Posted: Sun Jun 17, 2007 10:05 am Post subject: Field Sports

My main hobby is field sports. I like the discipline of clay pigeon shooting which is a very addictive sport. I am also a member of a shooting syndicate which runs a walked up shoot of pheasants and other wild game.

I do like sea fishing but because I don't live that near the coast it is only a couple of times a year if I'm lucky. I am however going out wreck fishing on the 29th June from Weymouth. I will let you know how I got on. :wink:

Local lass · Calnetalk Oracle Joined: 05 Jun 2007 Posts: 2692 Status:

like the discipline of clay pigeon shooting

i have to ask gtb just where is the discipline in clay shooting?
Roll eyes

something a bit more active ie football,tennis i can understand but not clay shooting.

GTB · Posted: Sun Jun 17, 2007 9:52 pm Post subject:

The art of clay pigeon in not just about pulling the trigger. It's all about foot placement and stance in relation to the target, then you have to have a good swing and then give your target a certain amount of lead before pulling the trigger. When you consider that there is about a level teaspoon of lead shot (about 300 balls of 1.8MM shot in No8 size) in a shotgun cartridge and you are aiming at something which may be 40 yards away, imagine how big the gaps are in your shot pattern as it approaches the target - at 40 yards your shot pattern may well be 1.5m wide (dependant on what choke you are using). All this twaddle you see in the films where huge holes being blasted by shotguns is mostly hollywood stuff, it's a bit more technical than that in clay pigeon shooting.

Bear · Bentlian Oldboy Joined: 13 Jun 2007 Posts: 826 Status:

Sounds very technical. I think I would prefer a target that stayed still. Used to do tunnel shooting with the RNA in the Devizes League many years ago when my eyesight was better. That was good fun.

daffy · Posted: Tue Jun 19, 2007 3:08 pm Post subject:

i quite like archary but am not to good at hitting the target !
at lulworth castle i think ishot the gardener .
my arrow went over the safty netting and over a massive hedge to goodness knows where ,i coulnt hit the target again for laughing .

Local lass · Calnetalk Oracle Joined: 05 Jun 2007 Posts: 2692 Status:

have only done archary over at seend fate .and i nearly chopped my nipple off with my bow string. :?

GTB · Posted: Tue Jun 19, 2007 9:11 pm Post subject:

Archery is quite a technical sport as well. You have to have the correct stance and footwork to go with the correct posture for holding the bow. Aiming the arrow is an art in itself! :lol:

daffy · Posted: Wed Jun 20, 2007 2:22 pm Post subject:

:lol: my nipple was still intact it was just my aim that was rubbish .

Bear · Bentlian Oldboy Joined: 13 Jun 2007 Posts: 826 Status:

My first taste of Field Sports was with an old girlfriend on the Marlborough Downs but we wont go into that although I will say it was more fun than clay pigeon shooting or archery

GTB · Posted: Thu Jul 19, 2007 9:15 pm Post subject:

I bet it was! :lol: