Sustained lead is a very common skeet shooting approach, especially on the long crossing targets engaged from the center stations (3, 4, and 5).

Targets offer crossing shots, overhead shots, as well as shots coming directly at you and going away. A round of skeet includes 17 single targets and four sets of doubles for a total of 25, and ...

Trap and skeet fields can be found at gun clubs all over the country. When it comes to trap vs skeet, both games are fun, and they make great target practice. For those who choose to shoot them ...

Clay targets are generally directed away from the shooter, who aims to hit each moving target. In skeet shooting, clay targets are launched from two "houses" in somewhat sideways paths.

After the invention of clay targets, Americans developed skeet shooting as a way to practice bird hunting by aiming at crossing targets.

Skeet shooting was designed for bird hunters, challenging sportsmen to shatter crossing targets. Sporting clays combines all of that, and adds special challenges.

More than a dozen years ago when I wanted to spend the warm months shooting at clay targets, there were no nearby clay target ranges open to the public. I spent years driving once and sometimes ...

Brad Kidd, a national champion at sporting clays, visited Waukesha Gun Club in August to provide instruction to local shotgunners.