![]() However, women had a skeet world championship of their own, and in 2000, the Olympics reintroduced a female skeet event. This raised a lot of eyebrows given that the 1992 champion was Zhang Shan, a woman from China. ![]() It was a coed sport until 1992, when women were disallowed from the competition. Olympic skeet Vincent Hancock in the men’s skeet finals at the 2008 Summer Olympics They vary in the timing and size of the traps, the number of targets the shooter shoots, and way the shooter holds their shotgun, among other subtle differences. There are several different types of skeet. William Foster is known as the father of skeet, and in 1970 he was named one of the first members of the National Skeet Shooters Association Hall of Fame. The game was used in the military during World War II to teach gunners how to time flying targets. The first national competition was in 1926, and it wasn’t long before the National Skeet Shooting Association was developed. Gertrude Hurlbutt submitted the winning entry, for the word skeet, which comes from the Norwegian word for shoot. There was a $100 prize for anyone who named the sport. The game evolved quickly into what it is today and by 1923, there was a second trap at the six o’clock position.įoster was determined to make his game a national sport, and in February of 1926, the game was featured in both Hunting and Fishing magazine and the National Sportsman. They shot in all directions until a chicken farmer moved in next door, at which point they had to shoot in a semicircle instead. It was marked off like a clock and there was a trap at the twelve o’clock position. They decided to invent a game they called “shooting around the clock.” It was a full circle with a 25-yard radius. He authored a book called “New England Grouse Hunting.” Davis was a grouse hunter and Foster was a painter, illustrator, and grouse hunter. Skeet was invented in Massachusetts in 1920 by Charles Davis and William Harnden Foster. Photo Credit – Hethrir (talk) 18:10, 10 October 2011 (UTC) / CC BY-SA This last shot used to be called the shooter’s option, and the shooter could take it wherever he preferred, but in competition rounds, it speeds up the game to require the shooter to shoot two low targets from station 8. If they didn’t miss any, their 25th shot at a low house target from station 8. If the shooter misses any targets, they must go back and shoot the target they missed first. Then they must shoot another double, but shoot the low house target first.Īt station 8, the shooter shoots a high target first, then a low target. However, they must shoot the target from the high house first.Īt stations 3, 4, and 5, the shooter shoots single targets from the high house first, then the low house.Īt stations 6 and 7, the shooter must shoot single targets from the high house first, then the low house. Then they must shoot two targets that are launched simultaneously, called a double. At stations 1 and 2, the shooter must hit a single target launched from the high house first, then the low house. The shooter shoots from each of the eight stations for a total of 25 shots. Stations 2-6 are positioned around the outside of the semicircle from five o’clock to one o’clock. Station 1 is at the six o’clock position next to the high house while station 7 is at the twelve o’clock position next to the low house. The trajectory of the traps intersect at this point. ![]() These houses launch the targets, called traps, to a point that’s eighteen feet outside of station 8 and fifteen feet above the ground. One house is the high house and launches from ten feet above the ground while the other house is the low house and launches three feet off the ground. Two houses at either end of the semicircle launch targets into the air. ![]() There are seven stations around the outside of the semicircle and an eighth station in the middle of the two houses. The game is laid out on a skeet range which is a semicircle with a radius of 21 yards. Skeet simulates bird hunting and can be an effective way for hunters to practice. It’s a matter of preference for the shooter. However, some may choose slightly different specifications like a tighter choke pattern, a semi-automatic, or a break open shotgun. People generally use a double-barreled shotgun with an over-under configuration, 26- to 30-inch barrels, and an open choke. They are mechanically flung from two fixed houses at either end of a semicircle and fly for 62 yards. The American version of skeet uses clay discs measuring 4 and 5/16 inches in diameter and 1 and ⅛ inches thick.
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