Absolutely! I've shot at 20 or more different sporting clays courses in Texas, Louisiana and Mississippi. Tons of fun, every time. Well, except for a couple of times at Champion Lake in Houston when they set up extremely tough tournament targets...

I took my son out for his first shotgunning lesson last Sunday. We went to a local skeet range. Expectations weren't great, because he'd never done it before, and I hadn't been to a skeet range in over 10 years. He dusted his first target and finished with 5/25 for his first round, and then shot a 9/25 for his second round. I thought he did really well, as he really improved in the second half of the second round.

I figured, having had a long layoff, that I'd be happy shooting 15's. I wound up with an 18 and a 22, so I was quite pleased. On the 22, the only birds I dropped were the two at Station 8, and the first of the double at Station 2. I had nailed the first six targets, and the trapper said "So... going for a perfect round this time, right?" Of course, I immediately missed the next target...

Anyway, my son says skeet is now his favorite sport.