Shooting Disciplines

A practice or competition event will consist of shooting two 25 target rounds for a total of 50 targets from the 16-yard station. Up to five athletes (squad) will occupy the stations on a trap field. Station one is assigned the “squad leader”.

Trap Field

The trap field is the area of a shooting range where trap shooting occurs. Each field contains shooting stations (typically concrete walkways with yardage markers) and a trap house.

The trap house is the structure in front of the stations from which the clay targets are launched. Only facility personnel shall enter and maintain the trap house. A cone or flag will be displayed when the trap house requires maintenance and shooters are required to exit their shooting station and make firearms safe until the trap house maintenance is completed and the cone or flag is removed.

Targets At Each Station

Five shots are taken at each of the five stations. After the first five shots are completed by the entire squad, each shooter will move to a new station by:

• Verifying the gun is unloaded.

• With the action open and the shotgun pointed in a safe direction, rotate in a clockwise manner to the next station.

• Station one will move to station two, two to three, three to four, four to five, and five to one.

• Station five will rotate to their right moving away from the station four shooter who is moving to station five and continue to walk behind the other shooters to station one.

• Await the “START” command from the scorekeeper.

• The squad leader is the first to shoot in each round.

• Repeat process until all shooters have each shot 25 targets.

• No shooter will move to the next station until the last target in a round is completed.

A practice or competition event will consist of shooting two 25 target rounds for a total of 50 targets from eight different stations on a skeet field. Up to 5 shooters (squad) will occupy the stations on a skeet field. Station one is assigned the “squad leader.

Skeet Field

The shooter shoots from seven positions on a semicircle with a radius of 21 yards, and an eighth position halfway between stations one and seven. There are two houses that hold target throwers that launch the targets, one at each corner of the semicircle. The traps launch the targets to a point 15 feet above ground and 18 feet outside of station eight. One trap launches targets from 10 feet above the ground (“high” house) and the other launches it from three feet above ground (“low” house).

Targets At Each Station

Shooting procedures for skeet are very similar to trap shooting except for station assignments, number of targets shot, and station rotation. All squad members take turns at the same station and then move together after all squad members have shot the assigned targets at each station. Squad members need to stand at least at least five feet behind the shooter and always behind the shooter’s muzzle.

At stations one and two the shooter shoots at single targets launched from the high house and then the low house, then shoots a double where the two targets are launched simultaneously but shooting the high house target first. At stations three, four, and five the shooter shoots at single targets launched from the high house and then the low house. At stations six and seven, the shooter shoots at single targets launched from the high house and then the low house, then shoots a double, shooting the low house target first then the high house target. At station eight the shooter shoots one high target and one low target. No shooter will move to the next station until the last target in a round is completed.

Optional Shot

The shooter must re-shoot his/her first missed target from the same station and at the same house immediately following a lost target. If no targets are missed in the round, the shooter must shoot his/her 25th shell at the low house station eight.

Overview

An event will consist of shooting two 25 target rounds for a total of 50 targets. Athletes compete in turn taking five shots at clay targets from five separate stations (stands)

5-Stand Field

A 5-stand field’s target throwers are strategically placed throughout a large field. Each of the five stations that are aligned in a row are partially enclosed by a cage that limits the angles of shooting at targets. Each athlete can view the targets from all stations from the station they are shooting from. Once all athletes have completed a station they move in a clockwise rotation to the next station.

Targets At Each Station

Five shots are taken at each of the five stations. After the first five shots are completed by the entire squad, each shooter will move to a new station by:

• Verifying the gun is unloaded.

• With the chamber open and the shotgun pointed in a safe direction, rotate in a clockwise manner to the next station.

• Station one will move to station two, two to three, three to four, four to five, and five to one.

• Station five will rotate to their right moving away from the station four shooter who is moving to station five and continue to walk behind the other shooters to station one.

• Await the “START” command from the scorekeeper.

• The squad leader is the first to shoot in each round.

• Repeat process until all shooters have each shot 25 targets.

Each station has a menu card notifying the athlete where each target is being thrown. Targets are thrown from a pre-determined sequence with a variety of flight angles and consistent speed settings. Targets may be thrown from left to right, right to left, fading away, incoming, rabbit (along the ground), vertically, and from a tower or elevated platform. Generally, the first target thrown from each station is a single target followed up with either a report pair or true pair to round out that station. A report pair is defined as a single target thrown followed by another single target thrown upon the completion of the athletes first shot. A true pair is defined as two individual targets being thrown at the same time by multiple throwers. No shooter will move to the next station until the last target in a round is completed.