Trap Shooting....

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Trap Shooting....

Post by SGTAnnounce » Tue Aug 13, 2013 8:00 pm

I went for the first time last weekend, it was a ton of fun. Thus I created this section on the site. I borrowed a shotgun from a buddy... now I need to find one for myself. :D How many Trap / Skeet guys do we have on the site?

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Re: Trap Shooting....

Post by Yaakattack3 » Tue Aug 13, 2013 8:00 pm

Glad to have another in the sport! :D

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Re: Trap Shooting....

Post by thumpar » Tue Aug 13, 2013 8:21 pm

I love it. I have a thrower and a couple of boxes of clays on hand. It is the one thing that am a decent at when it comes to shooting sports.
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Re: Trap Shooting....

Post by JasonH » Tue Aug 13, 2013 8:38 pm

I shoot at Landt Farms, great place!!!
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Re: Trap Shooting....

Post by BigDeeeeeeee » Tue Aug 13, 2013 9:59 pm

I shoot a little skeet, used to shoot more. Sporting clays is a hoot but I've only shot it a couple times. CDA has 5 stand and I think it could get addictive. :D
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Re: Trap Shooting....

Post by Wigeon » Tue Aug 13, 2013 10:32 pm

I do a little trick shooting (throwing up a handful of clays and blasting them one at a time), and have done trap formally a bit, and informally a lot. I am a bird hunter at heart and it is a great way to practice and stay in shooting shape for bird season. I also consider it an ethical responsibility to be able to cleanly kill the bird rather than cripple it with a bad shot. Practice on clays is a good way to get to that point.
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Re: Trap Shooting....

Post by hatchdog » Wed Aug 14, 2013 4:29 am

My labor union had a charity fundraiser trap shoot two weeks ago out at Spokane Gun Club. It has been 30 years since I last shot an organized round of trap. Two work buddies (both SGT members by the way), their sons and myself formed a team. We went out to the club the Wednesday prior to the shoot to better understand what to do and how the process worked. I shot (at :D ) 75 birds for practice and another 100 for the charity shoot. My goal was to be in the 80's out of 100 score wise but missed by one, shooting a 79. I was pretty happy with this score since I am a rookie and was shooting a field shotgun. It was way too much fun, I can see trap shooting getting addicting.

Should anybody want to organize an SGT trap shoot, count me in! I understand the gun club welcomes organizations to have shoots at thier facility.

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Re: Trap Shooting....

Post by RLHas » Wed Aug 14, 2013 6:17 am

We should do an SGT trap shoot!




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Re: Trap Shooting....

Post by roger » Wed Aug 14, 2013 6:29 am

I shoot trap at least once a month altho I try for twice a month. I have shot sporting clays at Landt Farms and Winterhawk however it has been years since I have been to either. Currently I'm a member at the Spokane Gun Club. I do not shoot in the competitions though, I only shoot for the fun of it with a field gun, you don't need a 2000.00+ over/under (altho you might "want" one...lol). Besides, shooting doubles with a pump is a lot more fun.

Anyone that has never shot trap and would like to give it a try, or just has questions feel free to PM me, I'd be happy to meet you out there sometime and explain how it works. They have a couple of 870s that they will rent out as well if you need to rent or you can use one of my shotguns if I am there.

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Re: Trap Shooting....

Post by roger » Wed Aug 14, 2013 6:33 am

RLHas wrote:We should do an SGT trap shoot!




we ain't doin much else!

I'd be in.

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Post by svytlana » Wed Aug 14, 2013 8:04 am

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Re: Trap Shooting....

Post by thumpar » Wed Aug 14, 2013 8:19 am

If you do want to do it we could use my thrower. It is not anything special but works great and is adjustable. It will throw 1 or 2 at a time. The guy I bought it from set it up so that it mounts to a tire and stands up on a pole so you don't have to sit on the ground to work it.
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Re: Trap Shooting....

Post by REMJR51 » Fri Aug 16, 2013 8:41 pm

will second Thumpar I have one of the throwers that you set on like a chair can throw a lot of clay ton of fun, when
I go out with friends to shot usually take at least 750 shells and about 5 boxes of clays. Landt farm is also great 30$ and 100 shells great way to spend an afternoon.

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Re: Trap Shooting....

Post by phatsmitty » Sun Aug 18, 2013 4:18 pm

Last fall and this spring - attended a few "novice" trap sessions at Spokanistan Rifle Club, got some great instruction from the guys who know what they are doing. It is a bit of a challenge when you don't know where that clay is going to go ;)

Just got back from a shoot at Scumcrest - went shooting with a high school friend / his folks, his kiddos, my kiddo / and his friend . Did some pistol, rifle, and brought my clay launcher - my shotgun shooting was very good today, I was hitting about 9 of 10 birds. Usually I'm happy to hit 5 of 10 :mrgreen:

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Post by targetshooter » Mon Aug 19, 2013 9:16 pm

Went trap shooting with my wife on Sunday in Hayden lake. Was a blast! We are looking into doing it some more on a "date" like basis for fun. We took a lesson from a Groupon, was a great value, very nice people at the Hayden Lake trap/skeet club.

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Re: Trap Shooting....

Post by dlhutch822 » Tue Aug 27, 2013 12:46 pm

Nice to see us clay sports lovers have a thread now! Hopefully we can get some sgt shoots going!
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Re: Trap Shooting....

Post by George » Thu Sep 26, 2013 8:32 pm

I shoot Trap a LOT! If a group of guys wants to get together at the Spokane Gun Club, let me know and I will contact the Club. Best on either Saturday or Sunday but Wednesday is also an option. All kinds of shotguns welcome - black, white, green..... The only requirement is safety and follow the range rules.

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Re: Trap Shooting....

Post by Spokvalleyguy » Fri Sep 27, 2013 5:19 pm

Im in as well.
I shoot at sgc alot. Bummed they were closed this thursday. Beautiful weather!

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Re: Trap Shooting....

Post by Gun Club at WSU » Fri Oct 04, 2013 8:42 am

Trap shooting is what we mainly do here at the Gun Club @ WSU. in the spring we compete against UI. If anyone knows of a gun club at Gonzaga, Eastern, SCC or SFCC, let me know, we are looking to expand our competition.
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