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skeet shootingShooting sport using moving targets. Marksmen use shotguns to shoot at clay targets (pigeons) hurled into the air by spring devices called traps. It differs from trapshooting in that skeet traps are set at two points on the field and targets may be thrown diagonally across the shooter's field of vision. Skeet shooting has been an Olympic event since 1968. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| The fact that the company dedicated 70 percent of that acreage to a buffer zone is commendable; how they chose to do so--incorporating into it a ranch, an entertainment pavilion, a skeet shooting range and a wild game preserve--speaks volumes about both TDS' approach to business and its public relations savvy. So Rhode will focus on either trap or skeet shooting, the latter of which she got a flavor of Thursday at the Markopoulo Olympic Shooting Centre. What good Catholic won't get a kick out of a nun skeet shooting or roller-skating? |
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