La Junta Rifle Club has 2 Trap ranges and a Skeet range.
There are a few different disciplines of trap. Singles is just as it sounds, one shooter. In this game, the shooter stands 16 yards from the trap house. In a large competition, shooters are placed into groups of five people called “squads.” On each trap shooting course are five different shooting positions. Each one is going to give the shooter a different look at the clay targets as they leave the thrower. Shooters get five shots per position. Twenty-five shots are equal to one round.
Skeet shooting mixes things up a little in a round of 25 targets because eight of those targets are shot as doubles. Describing the sequence of a round is a little confusing. So, here is the sequence of a round of skeet as quoted from the National Skeet Shooting Association’s website:
Station 8: High house single; Low house single
Stations 1 and 2: High house single; Low house single; High house/Low house pair
Stations 3, 4, and 5: High house single; Low house single
Stations 6 and 7: High house single; Low house single; Low house/High house pair
