Trap shooting
Trap shooting is the original clays sport. It involves shooting at 5 fixed stations 16 yards behind a “trap house”. In the trap house is an automatic machine which is oscillating left to right. The machine throws the targets out at 5 different angles from straight away to soft left, soft right and hard left, hard right. The shooter never knows where the target is going to be thrown but they do know it will be one of the 5 predetermined angles above.

A perfect score is 25 out of 25. The average league shooter breaks about 18 to 22 out of 25 targets. The beginner can expect to start out breaking 2-6 targets if they have never shot before. If they have hunted and are experienced with a shot gun they can expect to break in the teens. Many shooters have never broken a 25 and others have done it 100’s of times. Once the mechanics of the sport are learned it is the mental part and the effects of Mother Nature (mostly wind) that often determine if you hit or miss the target. Boxhorn’s offers year round trap leagues and open shooting.

Sporting Clays
Sporting clays is the most difficult of all the three clay shooting sports offered at Boxhorn. We have a 13 station course. It is shot as 50 targets or 100 targets. You should use an automatic or a double barrel shotgun to shoot it proficiently. A pump shotgun will work but you will miss many second targets. You receive 4, 6, or 8 targets per station depending upon if you are shooting a 50 target event or a 100 target event. The targets not only vary in speed, distance, and angle but also in size. From the minis which are about 2 inches in diameter, to the middies which are about 3 ½ inches to a full size trap target. We have “rabbits” which roll along the ground. A great score in Sporting clays is a 45 of 50 or 80+ of 100. This event is great practice for hunting and is a bit more casual than trap or 5 stand with many shooters talking “smack” as their fellow shooters are about to shoot or have finished. Boxhorn’s offers league and open shooting in sporting clays year round.