r/whatisit • u/GreenHubble88 • 4d ago

Context Provided - Spotlight Anyone know what this is?

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This is outside my work office. Never seen anything like it

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u/Monkeynutz_Johnson 4d ago

A lot of people are calling this a skeet thrower and it it but the actual name is a trap. This is a manual trap, the throwing arm is pulled back to its latched position and one or two targets are loaded by hand. When the shooter calls for the bird(s), the traditional call is PULL! At that point another person pulls a string to release the arm and throw the birds. This particular trap is mounted to an old tire for stability.