: trapshooting in which clay pigeons are thrown in such a way as to simulate the angles of flight of birds
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Hunting season is still a few months away, and the skeet range and sporting clays course can only fill the void for so long.
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M.d. Johnson, Field & Stream, 11 July 2024
Derrick Mein will be favored in men’s trap, and Vince Hancock has a strong shot at his fourth skeet gold.
—John Powers, BostonGlobe.com, 26 July 2023
After winning final environmental approvals last month, the way was cleared for the decaying green towers that formed the bygone-era skeet range to meet the wrecking ball.
—Sam Whiting, San Francisco Chronicle, 8 Feb. 2023
All Californians benefit from these programs — not just law-abiding hunters, skeet shooters and people worried about their own security.
—George Skelton, Los Angeles Times, 25 Sep. 2023
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M.d. Johnson, Field & Stream, 11 July 2024
Derrick Mein will be favored in men’s trap, and Vince Hancock has a strong shot at his fourth skeet gold.
—John Powers, BostonGlobe.com, 26 July 2023
After winning final environmental approvals last month, the way was cleared for the decaying green towers that formed the bygone-era skeet range to meet the wrecking ball.
—Sam Whiting, San Francisco Chronicle, 8 Feb. 2023
All Californians benefit from these programs — not just law-abiding hunters, skeet shooters and people worried about their own security.
—George Skelton, Los Angeles Times, 25 Sep. 2023
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skeet
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: trapshooting in which clay targets are thrown in such a way as to simulate the angle of flight of a bird
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