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- What is trap shooting?
- What is skeet shooting?
- What are some typical terms that I will hear at the club?
- How do you translate the names for some animals that you can fish and hunt in Canada and Latvia?
What is trap shooting?
Trap shooting is one of the three major forms of competitive clay pigeon shooting (shotgun shooting at clay target). The others are Skeet shooting and sporting clays). There are many versions including Olympic Trap, Double Trap (which is also an Olympic event), Down-The-Line, and Nordic Trap. American Trap is most popular in the United States and Canada, primarily as sanctioned by the Amateur Trapshooting Association.
From Wikipedia; read more at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trap_shooting
What is skeet shooting?
Skeet was invented by William Harnden Foster, an avid grouse hunter, in 1915 as a sport called Clock Shooting and evolved to its current setup by 1923. In 1926 a contest was held to name the new sport, and Gertrude Hurlbutt named it skeet, which is derived from the Scandinavian word for "shoot". During World War II, Skeet was used in the American military to teach gunners the principle of leading and timing on flying target.
From Wikipedia; read more at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skeet_shooting
What are some typical terms that I will hear at the club?
English |
Latvian |
|
|---|---|---|
| bullet | lode | |
| cross-bow | arbalets, stops | |
| pellets | skrotis | |
| clay pigeon | māla balodis | |
| pull | dod | |
| rifle | šautene, plinte | |
| shell | patrona | |
| shotgun | bise | |
| target | mērķis | |
| sport shooting | sportings, sporta šaušana | |
| clay target shooting | stenda šaušana | |
| trap shooting | tranejas stenda šaušana | |
| skeet shooting | apaļā stenda šaušana | |
| double trap shooting | dubultais traps |
What are the Latvian, English and Latin names for some animals that you can fish and hunt in Canada and Latvia?
Animals |
Dzīvnieki |
Latin |
|---|---|---|
| badger | āpsis | Meles meles |
| bear | lācis | - |
| beaver | bebris (in Latvia) | Castor fiber |
| bebris (in Canada) | Castor canadensis | |
| boar, wild | meža cūka | Sus scrofa |
| carp | karpa | - |
| coyote | koijots | - |
| deer (doe) | stirna | - |
| deer (buck) | briedis | - |
| roe deer | stirna (in Latvia) | Capreolus capreolus |
| white-tailed deer | stirna (in Canada) | Odocoileus virginianus |
| duck | pīle | - |
| elk | staltbriedis | Cervus elaphus |
| eel | zutis | - |
| fox, red | lapsa | Vulpes vulpes |
| goose | zoss | - |
| grayling | alata | Thymallus thymallus |
| grouse, wood | mednis | Tetrao urogallus |
| grouse, black | rubenis | Tetrao tetrix |
| hare | zaķis | - |
| herring | siļķe | - |
| lynx | lūsis | Lynx lynx |
| mackerel | skumbrija | - |
| marten, pine | caune | Martes martes |
| moose | alnis | Alces alces |
| northern pike | līdaka | Esox lucius |
| opossum | oposums | - |
| partridge | irbe | - |
| pheasant | fazāns | - |
| pickerel (chain) | līdacēns | Esox niger |
| pigeon | balodis | - |
| ptarmigan | irbe | - |
| rabbit | trusis | - |
| raccoon dog | jenots | - |
| red snapper | asaris | - |
| salmon | lasis | - |
| sheatfish | sams | - |
| snipe | mērkaziņa | - |
| squirrel | vāvere | - |
| trout | forele | - |
| turkey | tītars | - |
| wolf, timber | vilks | Canis lupus |
| woodcock | sloka | - |
| yellow perch | asaris | - |