Updated May 9th, 2005
The game of Sporting Clays, often called
golf with a shotgun, is designed to more closely simulate actual hunting
conditions. While some courses actually
involve walking through the woods to stations for various target presentations,
DCWC offers a variant of Sporting Clays, "5 Stand Sporting
Clays". Five Stand Sporting Clays,
recognized by the NSCA (National Sporting Clays Association), is a quick reflex
game which will challenge any level of shooter while having fun.
DCWC 5 Stand Field is designed with
twelve (12)
machines. Nine machines use
standard
targets. These are two crossing, three quartering,
two tower from behind, one wobble, and one teal. Two machines use a rabbit targets.
These are one chondel/rabbit and one wheel rabbit. Lastly, one machine use a razor-thin target
called the Battue. Come out and take look at our selections and
arrangement.
Five Stand has five stations, one for
each shooter. These stations are
referred to as “cages”. For everyone......(Safety Is Our Number 1 Concern), the shooters are required to stay
inside the “cages” while shooting and until the Trapper gives the command to
step out. The shooters shoot in
sequence starting with station 1. The
shooter that starts the round, starts the sequence for rest the round after
each rotation (moving from one station to the next).
Each shooting station has a unique
combination of target presentations written on a program card. One program card is placed in front of the
shooter and a second program card with the same unique combination of targets
is placed behind the shooter for the trapper.
Rotating from station to station, the shooter is presented with targets
at different viewing angles of the target as in Skeet. In addition to different viewing angles of
the targets, eight of the twelve machines’ presentations are adjustable. This provides a nearly endless number of
possibilities. Therefore everyday can
be different, a place where routine does not exist.
The sequences are sets of target
presentations. The first set is a
single target. The shooter is allowed
by NSCA to fire twice at the single target.
The second set is usually a report pair (an “R” is placed after the
target numbers, for example “1-3 R”).
In the report pair, the first target is thrown and on the report of the
shotgun, the second target is thrown.
The last set is usually a true pair (a “T” is placed after the target
numbers, for example “1-3 T”). Both
targets are thrown simultaneously. The
shooter decides which target to shoot first.
If the shooter has special request, such as only singles or report
pairs, the trapper will honor that request.
The trapper wants everyone to have a good time.
Any gauge gun may be used, but by far,
the 12 and 20 are most popular. Choke
selection presents a challenge ... some shooters prefer a double barrel gun,
with one choked "skeet", and the other "modified" for
longer shots. A good all-around choke
of "improved cylinder" is used successfully here. Popular shot sizes are #7-1/2, and #8. Note that shot sizes LARGER than #7-1/2 are
prohibited at the DCWC facility. This
is because the larger shot sizes retain too much energy during flight, and
un-necessarily extend the hazardous "shot fall zone". As Always:
EYE AND EAR PROTECTION SHALL BE WORN WHILE ON THE FIELDS.
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