I thought you were fishing for unreasonable excuses :lol: .Ensign said:
Excuses for missing!!!
Hi Guys:
I've heard a catalogue of excuses for missing clays over the years, so I thought a new topic would be amusing!!
I'll start it off with a couple which amused me: :lol:
"With the rain on my glasses, I could see 10 clays, and I shot at the wrong one!" :roll:
"Just as I was about to pull the trigger, I thought it was a sparrow, so I purposely missed it!" :shock:
Ensign:
I've heard a catalogue of excuses for missing clays over the years, so I thought a new topic would be amusing!!
I'll start it off with a couple which amused me: :lol:
"With the rain on my glasses, I could see 10 clays, and I shot at the wrong one!" :roll:
"Just as I was about to pull the trigger, I thought it was a sparrow, so I purposely missed it!" :shock:
Ensign:
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Are there unreasonable excuses???
Now I never said they were unreasonable, did I? Just amusing.
In fact, I'll use them myself, now you've given them credibility. Thanks boys. :shock:
Ensign:
In fact, I'll use them myself, now you've given them credibility. Thanks boys. :shock:
Ensign:
I was shooting L8 in skeet. I called "pull" and large chunk of a clay from the adjacent field flew right over the low house with perfect timing. I shot at the wrong one. I guess me and the other shooters did get a slight laugh out of it. The good news is my form looked good even if I was shooting at the wrong target.
Shooting in a tournament on a hot day I remember thinking wow look at the heat waves coming from my barrels, just before I called for the bird! Yep, lost pair!
Did you see that butterfly, dragon fly, whatever that flew between me and the target?
At a shoot once I ducked, or thought I ducked, a large bug that flew at me as I rode in the golfcart out to the first stand. While shooting the first stand I get angry as I thought someone was tapping me on the shoulder. On the second stand I realized it was a bug in my shirt, it had gone down inside the neck, so I swatted it, yep, splat! yuck. While on the third stand, (same round) I had forgotten to turn off my blackberry and I got a call from the wife. Needless to say I was not in contention that day!
The wind is always a good excuse. I have seen it do wierd things with a target but the weirdest was a high crosser that stopped dead in the air just before my breakpoint. I stood there thinking; if I shoot in front it will be in front, if I shoot at it now it will drop so I tried to shoot it as it fell. The whole squad behind me was laughing with me.
Did you see that butterfly, dragon fly, whatever that flew between me and the target?
At a shoot once I ducked, or thought I ducked, a large bug that flew at me as I rode in the golfcart out to the first stand. While shooting the first stand I get angry as I thought someone was tapping me on the shoulder. On the second stand I realized it was a bug in my shirt, it had gone down inside the neck, so I swatted it, yep, splat! yuck. While on the third stand, (same round) I had forgotten to turn off my blackberry and I got a call from the wife. Needless to say I was not in contention that day!
The wind is always a good excuse. I have seen it do wierd things with a target but the weirdest was a high crosser that stopped dead in the air just before my breakpoint. I stood there thinking; if I shoot in front it will be in front, if I shoot at it now it will drop so I tried to shoot it as it fell. The whole squad behind me was laughing with me.
I'll typically blame the rotation of the earth, solar flare activity, sunspots, lunar tides and so on.
I'll also use "Wow! I suck worse than usual today."
Or, "I thought I was going to flinch, but didn't."
An actual one which was kind of funny...
I had just switched from prescription shooting glasses to a pair of toric contact lenses and a pair of vermillion wrap-around shooting glasses. As my field of vision was greatly enhanced and my eyesight was corrected to 20/15, I could pick out every detail of the first clay of the day.
In fact, I spent so long marveling at my ability to see the rings and really focus that I completely forgot to move the gun until the target was out of sight in the trees.
I'll also use "Wow! I suck worse than usual today."
Or, "I thought I was going to flinch, but didn't."
An actual one which was kind of funny...
I had just switched from prescription shooting glasses to a pair of toric contact lenses and a pair of vermillion wrap-around shooting glasses. As my field of vision was greatly enhanced and my eyesight was corrected to 20/15, I could pick out every detail of the first clay of the day.
In fact, I spent so long marveling at my ability to see the rings and really focus that I completely forgot to move the gun until the target was out of sight in the trees.
Top stuff fella! :lol: :lol:trapperready said:I'll typically blame the rotation of the earth, solar flare activity, sunspots, lunar tides and so on.
Ensign:
There's always the mundane stuff, like "The sun was in my eyes" or "The wind caught it just as I shot".
One of my shooting buddies topped them all a few years ago..... he missed the single on low 7, and without missing a beat, turned to the rest of us and said, "I have issues.... my mother never breast-fed me."
One of my shooting buddies topped them all a few years ago..... he missed the single on low 7, and without missing a beat, turned to the rest of us and said, "I have issues.... my mother never breast-fed me."
That's the best one I've ever heard.wwb said:One of my shooting buddies topped them all a few years ago..... he missed the single on low 7, and without missing a beat, turned to the rest of us and said, "I have issues.... my mother never breast-fed me."
Bugger!! Can't use that one, as I distinctly remember sharing one of my mothers breasts with someone who smoked Marlborough. :shock:wwb said:One of my shooting buddies topped them all a few years ago..... he missed the single on low 7, and without missing a beat, turned to the rest of us and said, "I have issues.... my mother never breast-fed me."
Still, got weened off before I turned 12! :roll:
Ensign:
Somebody sprayed pepper spray in my shorts.
:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: ME 2 :wink:MRPOWER said:That's the best one I've ever heard.wwb said:One of my shooting buddies topped them all a few years ago..... he missed the single on low 7, and without missing a beat, turned to the rest of us and said, "I have issues.... my mother never breast-fed me."
LMFAO
"That clay was definitely in a different place to where I'm shooting."
When asked why he kept missing,
He replies, "Cause I keep pulling the trigger!"
He replies, "Cause I keep pulling the trigger!"
LMBFAO :mrgreen:He replies, "Cause I keep pulling the trigger!"
That's precious :s ^o^
I have missed a few second birds when I`ve smoked the first so hard it has broken my concentration and I`m not even joking :? .
I quite like "Well it's a cold windy day and my eyes are watering so I'm seeing double and obviously I shot at the wrong one"
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