The sport of clay target shooting originated as a way for hunters to maintain their marksmanship out of season. Targets, which these days are saucer-shaped discs of breakable pitch or ‘clay’, are thrown in varying trajectories, distances and speeds, with the shooter scoring points for each target they hit. The targets are sturdy enough to be thrown at speed from launching mechanisms, called traps, but are brittle and will break upon impact with shotgun pellets fired at them – sometimes with spectacular results.

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