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Growth of the USA High School Clay Target League Year # of Teams # of Yearly Participants 2001–2008: 3: 30 2009: 6: 60 2010: 13: 340 2011: 29: 707 2012: 57: 1,715
Barack Obama shoots clay targets on the range at Camp David Small pile of clays next to some 20 gauge cartridges. 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.
The girls rifle team at Central High (now Cardozo Education Campus) in Washington, D.C. (1922). Supported by organizations like the Civilian Marksmanship Program, school-based gun education was routine for much of the 20th century.
The Pennsylvania State High School Clay Target League begins in April and the top shooters in the country are from southwestern Pennsylvania.
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.
Clay pigeon shooting are shotgun disciplines shot at flying clay pigeon targets.. The three Shotgun ISSF/ Olympic shooting events are all are based on quick reaction to clay targets thrown by a machines called "Traps".
Skeet shooting is a recreational and competitive activity whose participants use shotguns to attempt to break clay targets which two fixed stations mechanically fling into the air at high speed and at a variety of angles.
Down-the-line (DTL) clay pigeon shooting is a variation of trap shooting which is very popular in Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Zimbabwe, Canada, France, the United Kingdom, and Ireland.