I’m an average trap shooter. A bad day for me is when I shoot under 22 out of 25. 22/23 is about right for me. My two oldest sons wanted me to try 5 stand. What a disaster for me. I struggled to get 12. Am I ruined because of trap shooting? I obviously don’t have any idea on how to lead the birds from so many different directions. Am I the only one doing so badly in this transition. I almost feel it is a waste of ammunition!!
Shooting Trap vs 5 Stand
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I’m an average trap shooter. A bad day for me is when I shoot under 22 out of 25. 22/23 is about right for me. My two oldest sons wanted me to try 5 stand. What a disaster for me. I struggled to get 12. Am I ruined because of trap shooting? I obviously don’t have any idea on how to lead the birds from so many different directions. Am I the only one doing so badly in this transition. I almost feel it is a waste of ammunition!!
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I think you're on the right track to it being a waste of ammunition. To each his own though. 🍻
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Any type of clays games helps with shooting the others. You shot better than I did at 5 stand my first time. Working with different leads required for the different games can only make one a better wing shooter.Heck I even tried Skeet for the first time in forty years yesterday. Luckily, we forgot the score sheet inside.... 
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I love 5 Stand, and help run ours. It is fun, social, challenging, and you see a variety of target presentations. It’s a good idea to just practice on certain birds until you get those figured out. It is not fun, if you jump in the deep end of the pool, and just miss target after target. We have a covered, heated, lighted 5 Stand, and shoot all year long in any weather. I haven’t shot skeet in weeks because of the weather. I haven’t shot trap in years, after being the trap chairman for years. With 5 Stand, if it starts to seem too easy, I get out the little gauges. Whole new challenge shooting 410.
5 stand is a pretty tough way to learn how to shoot sporting type birds. First off the menu is confusing to beginners and many dont even know where to look. Then you only get 1 shot per round at a bird from that station and if you miss there isnt a chance to adjust in that round. Shooting sporting for fun gives you the ability to repeat the same bird over and over and alter your move a bit to get a better feel of the lead.
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Each shotgun sport has a different skill set. Ask for help so you can learn them.
I shot sporting and 5-stand intermittently when I was serious about trap. I hunted a lot, too- so different leads were a little more familiar to me. I wasn’t competitive at it then, but it was fun. I got burnt out on trap and now shoot registered sporting and love the 5-stand events. I agree if you aren’t familiar with sporting or 5-stand, 5-stand can be the hard one to learn on because the different menus at each station and not getting any repetition isn’t helpful when you are learning.
If you’re just out there to be with your sons, who cares what your scores are? Just have fun- but if you want to improve, go to a sporting clays course and shoot there for practice. Pretty soon easier birds will become like 16-yard line targets, meaning more natural for you. Intermediate targets will still be challenging but you’ll break more. Tough targets, most people have to work on those to get good at them, but if you stick with it and want to do it, they’ll come around for you, too.
If you’re just out there to be with your sons, who cares what your scores are? Just have fun- but if you want to improve, go to a sporting clays course and shoot there for practice. Pretty soon easier birds will become like 16-yard line targets, meaning more natural for you. Intermediate targets will still be challenging but you’ll break more. Tough targets, most people have to work on those to get good at them, but if you stick with it and want to do it, they’ll come around for you, too.
I agree with entropy. Any time you're pulling a trigger AND REALLY TRYING makes you a better shot. I mess around once a month shooting sporting and there's a 5 stand near me I take a stab at every once in a while. Just can't bring myself to shoot skeet!! I've got legs that look like they should have a message tied to em and would look just terrible in a tutu!! Lol.
I don't shoot anything but trap, I have shot skeet,sporting clays,5 stand,bunker. I just shoot trap because of price and lots of trap clubs close by. Back to your question,if you can shoot skeet it will help with your leads or at least it worked for me.
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A waste of ammunition because you are not good at it ? I find enjoyment in all shotgun shooting sports. Sporting clays is very challenging - much more so than trap or skeet.
As proof, there are rarely any 100 straights in sporting clays events.
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Can you hit a falling Annie Target???
If So, You can hit a incoming falling target just as well. Lower your gun barrel with your back. Not with your arms. Your head and "Eye" will not follow the barrel down when you use your arms!!! When the target speeds slow down its easy to just use our arms. The result will be lost target if you do. Different target presentations will find a weakness in your shooting abilities sooner or later. A good target setter will set targets to find every shooters weakness on every sporting clay course. If you have a issue with a target #5 on your 5--stand? When your squad is finished. Go back by yourself and try to shoot that target again. Have someone stand behind you, to watch and see what your doing wrong. Lifting your head, swing the gun with your arms, shooting behind a target (stopping the gun swing, when you pull the trigger) or bead checking are the biggest reasons why you miss a target. No Different than Trap or Skeet in this respect.
I agree with shooting all 3 games will just make you a better more well rounded shooter. Some Folks will try something, and if they miss to much will never go back again. While another will meet the Challenge head on until they work it out. Which Shooter are YOU??? break em all Jeff
I was a very good field shot a pretty good skeet shooter been shooting trap a long time. I shoot a very high shooting gun and float the target, I can’t do squat with a shotgun at any other game now. Trap forever for me!
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Five stand is a blast, IMO! It is a game that is a little more than what meets the eye. It took me a long time to really realize that even though there are normally 6-8 different machines, each and every station changes the angle and lead that each different target requires. One of the best examples of this is a target thrown directly over you from behind on station 3 then becomes a right to left quartering from station 1, to a left to right quartering from station 5. The same idea follows with every target as you progress through each stand. I wish you the best of luck with your shooting and enjoy spending time with your family!
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Took the day off and shot a round of sporting clays today on my own. Didn’t keep score - had a marvelous time.
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