Caboolture Clay Target Club

Sporting Clays - 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 45 metres, however, the majority are a lot closer. The course is ideally set in a bush and scrub, just like field conditions and is shot within a safety stand. There are 5 targets per stand, with 3 single targets shot double barrell and 1 pair. The pairs can be simultaneous, trailing or on report. There are 5 stands set up to give a total of 25 targets per round. The even for the day is usually 75-100 targets. If anybody would like to see the discipline shot, call into the club on the 4th Sunday of the month, check into the office and arragements can be made to take you around the layouts.