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On the Skeet Field

The same True North Retreats day, on the skeet field: carts, wooden stands in the trees, and the clay going over the water.

Photographs by Will Fullerton 2 min read
A man shooting from a skeet stand above the trees
Photographs by Will Fullerton for True North Retreats

The same True North Retreats day, on the skeet field in the trees. The drive out, the carts, and then the stands: one man shooting, a few behind him, the clay going over the water.

The drive out
The drive out.
Arriving by cart
Arriving by cart.
The morning crew
The morning crew.
Guns racked in the stand
Guns racked in the stand.
A shell pouch and a scorecard
A shell pouch and a scorecard.
A portrait in the gun shed
A portrait in the gun shed.

A skeet stand is a small wooden room with one open side. The gun comes up, the call goes out, and for a second everyone is looking at the same piece of sky.

Watching the clay
Watching the clay.
On the stand, over the trees
On the stand, over the trees.
The shot, and the shell leaving
The shot, and the shell leaving.
Shouldering the gun
Shouldering the gun.
Calling the line
Calling the line.

Between rounds the men talked, checked their scores, and rode the carts to the next stand.

The duck stand
The duck stand.
By the lake between stations
By the lake between stations.
In the stand, between rounds
In the stand, between rounds.

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