I got lucky Saturday with a bright sunny day where the rains that was predicted mostly didn't materialize. So, I decided to give the clay shooting range another try.
I was a bit concerned the range might be busy since this time I was going on a weekend. It was busy, but not unmanageably so. There was a group of 3 people there with a hand tosser. They seemed to be having a lot of fun but were having some difficulty getting the clays to go where they wanted them. So I set up as far as I could away from them down the shooting line. They cleared out maybe 20 minutes into my session and I didn't see anyone else until I was leaving.
My skills at clay shooting have definitely improved since my last session. I started out shooting singles and was hitting a very high percentage of them. I wasn't keeping score, but I'm guessing probably 17 of the first 20 shots were hits. Because it was going to so well, I switched to doubles. I was steadily hitting the first of the 2 shots, but missing the second Soon I was hitting the doubles as well, but only sporadically. This I think is video of one of my double hits. The video quality isn't quite good enough to see for sure. I think the falling objects you see after the shots are just the shotgun wads.
Later on I was joined by a crazy bird that showed no fear of gunfire. Here you can see me pausing to avoid shooting it.
I believe it was a vulture. In farm country, vultures are attracted to gunfire because it often means there is a newly deceased groundhog lying in the field.
