The most fun you can have with a shot gun!
This discipline was called simulated field and was designed
to hone the skills of hunters or wing shooters, before and
after the game season.
As wing shooting is controlled
and banned in most states, more and more shooters are
turning to this type of clay target shooting.
There are 25 targets per round in a sporting clays course and the shooter is competing against the course setter, who will have targets running along the ground - (rabbits), coming over your head, (pheasant), straight up in the air - (springing teal), and so on.
No two targets on the course will be the same.
The maximum distance these targets are shot is usually 45 metres, however, the majority are a lot closer.
The course is ideally set in a bush and scrub environment (we are lucky to have some of the best and most varied layouts in Queensland), just like genuine field conditions and is shot with the shooter standing within a safety stand. There are 5 targets per stand, with 3 single targets shot double barrel and 1 pair.
The pairs can be released simultaneously, trailing (one immediately after the other) or on
report (the second target is released immediately after the shooter has taken his first shot, the ‘report’ is the bang of the cartridge going off).
There are usually 5 stands set up to give a total of 25 targets per round. The event for the day usually consists of 75-100 targets.
As wing shooting is controlled
and banned in most states, more and more shooters are
turning to this type of clay target shooting.
There are 25 targets per round in a sporting clays course and the shooter is competing against the course setter, who will have targets running along the ground - (rabbits), coming over your head, (pheasant), straight up in the air - (springing teal), and so on.No two targets on the course will be the same.
The maximum distance these targets are shot is usually 45 metres, however, the majority are a lot closer. The course is ideally set in a bush and scrub environment (we are lucky to have some of the best and most varied layouts in Queensland), just like genuine field conditions and is shot with the shooter standing within a safety stand. There are 5 targets per stand, with 3 single targets shot double barrel and 1 pair. The pairs can be released simultaneously, trailing (one immediately after the other) or on
report (the second target is released immediately after the shooter has taken his first shot, the ‘report’ is the bang of the cartridge going off).
There are usually 5 stands set up to give a total of 25 targets per round. The event for the day usually consists of 75-100 targets.
If anybody would like to see the discipline being shot, call into the club on the 4th Sunday of the month, check into the office and arrangements can be made to take you around the layouts.