The Turn In skeet shooting, and to a lesser degree in trap shooting, the turn you make toward the target is what will allow you to hit the targets with more regularity. The turn is how we place our bodies in the correct position to take the shot at the proper time and place so as to have room to follow through after the shot is taken. In skeet, the turn is made using the larger muscles of your body, the 'glutes' and leg muscles. A good turn only uses the upper body to hold the shotgun and see the target, and the upper body only turns when the lower body turns. If you watch … [Read more...]
Hartmann’s Hint #14: Unfamiliar Venues
Unfamiliar Venues Shooting skeet at different venues. We shoot skeet at the Tulsa Gun Club. We almost always shoot on a particular field. We know which tree we need to have our guns pointed at in order to ensure that we have a good hold point. We use the distance marker on one of the adjacent fields to make sure we have a good hold point for high 2 or low 6. We use the white box that frames the high house window to identify our hold point for high or low 8. We use the fences adjacent to the high and low houses for our hold points on stations 1 and 7. We try to use the trap … [Read more...]
Ask the Instructor: Gun Mount to the Cheek
Gun Mount to the Cheek A friend who only shoots skeet questioned the amount of drop on my gunstock. Both of the guns I shoot have parallel combs with 2 inches of drop. His thought was that if I mounted the gun securely under my cheekbone, I would not need as much drop. My thought is that as long as I mount to the cheek, my mount is consistent and my eye is above the rib, the comb does not have to be pressed into the cheekbone. I would appreciate your thoughts and comments. You are correct! With a practiced and consistent mount to the cheek (not the shoulder), your eye will … [Read more...]
Ask the Instructor: Routines
Routines I’m struggling this season. I seem to drop four times as many birds on third and fourth pairs as I do on first and second pairs. Until I fix this I am stuck in the mid-80s, which is much better than a year ago but not as good as I want to be. What do I do? This is purely a mental game issue. More specifically, it is an issue with your pre-shot routine. In order to achieve consistency, your pre-shot routine must be consistent. Your conscious mind seems to be wandering off during your third and fourth pair at each station. Sporting clays is a unique sport in that the … [Read more...]
Hartmann’s Hint #13: Peeking
Peeking Peeking is something we avoided doing when we were young and playing 'Hide and seek.' We learned to not peek at the answers when we were taking tests in school or to not peek at the answers that others were writing on their tests. Peeking was a way of cheating, we wanted to be fair and we avoided it. "What's all this have to do with shooting?" you ask. We, as shooters, must also avoid 'peeking' if we want our scores to meet our expectations. Peeking is where we look somewhere other than where we should be looking during the execution of a shot. In shotgun … [Read more...]
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