English Skeet

English Skeet uses two traps set in traphouses 126 feet 9 inches apart. The left house is called the High house and the clay target emerges from this at a height of 10 feet above the shooting stands, and the right house is called the Low house and the target emerges from this at a height of 2 feet 6 inches.

Both targets cross at a point 18 feet behind a straight line between the two houses, and 15 feet above the ground. There are 7 shooting stands spaced equally around a semi-circle between the two houses, and this gives a wide range of target angles to be shot at.

A round of skeet consists of 25 targets shot in sequence from the 7 stand:

Stand 1 Single High, Single Low. Pair (shoot high first)

Stand 2 Same as Stand 1

Stand 3 Single High, Single Low

Stand 4 Single High, Single Low. Pair (you nominate which one to shoot first)

Stand 5 Single High, Single Low

Stand 6 Single High, Single Low. Pair (shoot low first)

Stand 7 Single Low, Single High. Pair (shoot low first)

That's 24 targets, the 25th is either a repeat of the first target missed, or if none are missed then you nominate either High or Low from the seventh stand.

Skeet is usually shot by a group of up to 6 shooters, each taking their turn on Stand 1 before the group moves on to the next stand and continues round to Stand 7.