Trap and Skeet Shooting is a combination sport where the athlete uses a shotgun to shoot moving clay targets. The difference between trap and skeet shooting is in trap shooting the clay pigeon is flying away from the participant, and in skeet shooting the point is to hit two clay pigeons that are crossing one another. Trap shooting was created in the 1800s as a replacement for live pigeon shooting that simulates bird hunting; hence, the reason the clay targets are named clay pigeons. Skeet…
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