Safety first!
NRA Certified Range Safety Officers on hand to answer any questions and instruct as needed. If you are unsure, ASK ! Personal Shooting/Safety instruction available upon request for those that require it.
It is each shooters responsibility to know the range rules, and handle his/her firearm in a safe manner by always keeping firearms pointed in a safe direction and keeping your finger off the trigger until ready to shoot on the firing line! Absolutely NO sharing firearms on the line.
Minimum age to shoot is 12 years old and accompanied by parent or guardian until 18.
Please refer to Facilities page for specifics on firearm/ammo guidelines for use.
The Club adheres to range safety / shooting rules as documented by the Amateur Trapshooting Association (ATA) and listed below:
A full current copy of the rules may be found on the ATA Website
It is the shooter’s responsibility and shoot management’s responsibility to conduct a shoot in a reasonable and safe manner.
It is Shoot Management’s responsibility to remove any competitor who is conducting himself/herself in an unsafe manner. (Repeat violators should be reported to the Executive Committee for further action.)
It is Shoot Management’s responsibility to instruct the trap help in the proper and safe conduct of their respective duties.
All trap help must have a flag or other warning device to warn of any person(s) exiting from the trap house.
Trap personnel should be thoroughly instructed of the potential danger if the trap (particularly the target throwing arm).
Movement and exposure on adjacent traps should be kept to the minimum.
The practice of tracking targets behind a shooting squad is unsafe, disconcerting to the shooters, and is not permitted.
Alcohol and drugs impair judgment and the ATA Rules pertaining to the usage of alcohol and/or drugs must be enforced by Shoot Management.
A gun, which for any reason fails to fire as intended, must be promptly opened without any subsequent determination by the referee/scorer of the cause of the Failure to Fire.
All guns must have the action opened and contain no live or empty shells at any time, except while the shooter is on the firing line. A break open gun’s action may be closed when it is in a gun rack but it shall not contain a live or empty shell. Repeat offender(s) of these Official Rules will be given a 30 day suspension upon a second violation of these Rules; a third violation of these Rules will result in a 90 day suspension; and further violations will be reviewed by the Executive Committee for further disciplinary action.
As a safety precaution, test shots will not be permitted under any circumstance.
A contestant shall place a live shell in his/her gun only when on a post facing the traps. In Singles and Handicap shooting he/she may place only one (1) live shell in his/her gun at a time and must remove it or the empty shell(s) before moving from one post to another. In Doubles shooting he/she may place two (2) live shells in his/her gun at a time and must remove both live or empty shells before moving from one (1) post to another. In changing from one (1) post to another, the shooter shall not walk in front of the other competitors.
Snap caps or recoil reduction devices may be excluded from the above only if colored a safety orange as to permanently identify them as not being a live or empty shell.
A contestant may hold his/her gun in any position when it is his/her turn to shoot. The contestant must in no manner interfere with the preceding shooter by raising his/her gun to point or otherwise create an observable distraction.
All guns used by contestants must be equipped, fitted and utilized so as not to eject empty shells in a manner that substantially disturbs or interferes with other contestants.
All persons including competitors, referee/scorers, and trap personnel must wear appropriate eye and hearing protection while on the trap field. Failure to comply may result in disqualification.
No shooter shall be permitted to participate in any ATA event while seated in or otherwise using a golf cart on the firing line. Single passenger conveyances are the appropriate means for participating should one require assistance due to permanent or temporary disability.
While not prohibited, the practice of resting the muzzle of a shotgun on a shooter’s toe is ill-advised and is discouraged.
Only competitors competing on a field at that time, referee/scorers or other shoot officials may be on an active trap field during a registered shoot, unless a safety or emergency concern arises.