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The USA Clay Target League is the largest youth clay target shooting program in the world, with over 50,000 participants yearly. [1] The organization's high school program - USA High School Clay Target League - runs high-school trapshooting leagues in states nationwide, the largest of which is Minnesota, where 12,000 students from nearly 450 ...
Clay pigeon shooting, also known as clay target shooting, is a shooting sport involving shooting at special flying targets known as "clay pigeons" or "clay targets" with a shotgun. Despite their name, the targets are usually inverted saucers made of pulverized limestone mixed with pitch and a brightly colored pigment.
Trap shooting is one of the three major disciplines of competitive clay pigeon shooting.The other disciplines are skeet shooting and sporting clays. [1] [2]Trap shooting is distinguished by the targets being launched from a single "house" or machine, generally away from the shooter, compared with skeet shooting where targets are launched from two "houses" crossing in front of the shooter.
Shooting sports is a group of competitive and recreational sporting activities involving proficiency tests of accuracy, precision and speed in shooting — the art of using ranged weapons, mainly small arms (firearms and airguns, in forms such as handguns, [1] rifles [2] and shotguns [3]) and bows/crossbows.
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Sporting Clays was originally used with live pigeons in the early 1900s, until they started using clay targets. When clay target began being used the sport became more popular. Rather than using standard distances, target angles and sizes, sporting clay courses are designed to simulate the hunting of ducks, pheasants, and even rabbits.
Compak Sporting is a "compacted" form of sporting clays, which is a shotgun sport usually spread over 12 to 36 stations (shooting areas) occupying around 200 acres (0.81 km 2), presenting 2 or 3 different clay targets at each. One shooter will shoot the targets, followed by the next and so on.
Starshot is a huge "half-circle target" that was designed as a new way to enjoy clay target skeet shooting. Invented in Scotland in the 1980s, the structure stands almost 9 m (30 ft) high and is divided into 12 scoring segments. Clay targets are released on command and the shooter's score is valued according to the zone in which the target is ...