Popinjay

Popinjay or papingo, also called pole archery, is a shooting sport that can be performed with either rifles or archery equipment. The object of popinjay is to knock artificial birds off their perches. The rifle form is a popular diversion in Denmark; a Scottish variant is also known.

The archery form, called staande wip in Dutch language and papegai in French, is popular in Belgium, and in Canada among descendants of 20th-century Belgian emigrants; it is shot occasionally in the United Kingdom under the governance of the Grand National Archery Society.
In Germany a traditional shooting at wooden birds placed on a high pole is called "Vogelschießen".
These are carried out either with small bore rifles or crossbows.

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