Trap - Open to the Public
New TRAP shooters always welcome, any of our Member TRAP Shooters will be more than glad to help explain our Safety Rules and TRAP Shooting techniques and pointers.
Our Equipment:
- PAT-TRAP Automatic Doubles Machine with Wobble.- CANTERBURY Wireless Voice Release System. - High Output Flood Lights for Wed evenings - Well maintained Club House on each TRAP Field with wood burning stove. Ample parking and necessities.
Background Information:
Trap shooting is one of the three major forms of competitive clay pigeon shooting (shotgun shooting at clay targets). The others are Skeet shooting and sporting clays. The sport is in some ways a replacement for a game where the targets were live pigeons. Indeed, one of the names for the clay targets used in shooting games is clay pigeons. The layout of modern trap shooting is different from skeet shooting in that there is only one house that releases targets and the shooters only move through 5 different positions.
Trap shooting has been a sport since at least 1793 when it used real birds, usually the Passenger Pigeon, which was extremely abundant at the time. Fake birds were introduced around the time of the American Civil War as the Passenger Pigeon was nearing extinction and sufficient numbers were not reliably available. Clay targets were introduced in the 1880's.
For more Info, email us at msrandgc@gmail.com
Events:
Saturday morning Youth and Famiy Trap Clinic ended to resume Spring 2012
Regular Trap:
Sundays 9:30 AM to 12:00 PM
Wednesdays 5:30 PM to 8:30 PM
- April through October - Upper Trap Field - November through March - Lower Trap Field
Fees: Members: $3 per 25 shot round
Non members = $3.50 per 25 shot round
