[Dakota teadybear]

Here in northeastern North Dakota we’re getting ready for the high school trap & skeet league starts on march 26 . A local farmer volunteered to come with is big snow blower it was a big task this year . The snow banks were from three foot to over six deep he got it done so are trap and skeet range is ready for shooters soon . Many thanks to him 👍

 

[CStuewe]

We start here on our high school team on March 27th. I'm excited to get out there, and work with a new group of youngsters starting their first year, but it's sure gonna be miserable! 2+ feet of snow at the range now, and no relief in sight!

 

[RRisumshake a lrg]

Great picture --Skeet league started on our trap overlay, second trap had 4 inches of snow when the high school kids showed up. Told them there welcome to shoot and handed them a shovel. Will show the them the picture and be glad you live in Wisconsin

 

[Perazzi_MX8]

I think the High School teams are great and my hat is off to anyone who volunteers to keep them going. I do think a bit more emphasis should be placed on explaining to youngsters that to keep shooting as an adult it costs money. Once dad, mom and grandparents stop paying for it, you need to do it on your own. I know several shooters who have completely stopped after finishing high school. Once they had to pay their way they stopped, like I’m sure the majority does now.

 

[Dakota teadybear]

I think the High School teams are great and my hat is off to anyone who volunteers to keep them going. I do think a bit more emphasis should be placed on explaining to youngsters that to keep shooting as an adult it costs money. Once dad, mom and grandparents stop paying for it, you need to do it on your own. I know several shooters who have completely stopped after finishing high school. Once they had to pay their way they stopped, like I’m sure the majority does now.

your 💯 right MX8 . The good thing is we’re selling targets to help keep the club going but your 💯right on MX8

 

[Dsplee]

I’ve never shot in the snow…. I bet you don’t have an issue seeing those clays though haha.

 

[Jon Arnett]

Our local high school teams began competing here in eastern Nebraska last Saturday. It was 32 degrees with rain for my son’s first meet. Snow would have been slightly preferable, but not three to six feet of it!

 

[rggaither]

My sons team had their first practice last night. First shoot is in less than two weeks.

 

[Hunternanomi]

Couple high school kids were out practicing the other night. One young man ran a 50 straight. Always good to see the youth and their coaches out on the trap fields. Believe they start up soon here in MI.

 

[RRisumshake a lrg]

I know several shooters who have completely stopped after finishing high school. Once they had to pay their way they stopped, like I’m sure the majority does now.

ur 💯 right MX8 . The good thing is we’re selling targets to help keep the club going but your 💯right on MX8

Not to throw cold water on high school Trap shooting --Bear facts are at what cost? At our club, high school shooter have doubled every year for the past three years.100% for teaching proper gun safety, exposing them to trap, skeet, sporting clay. But club is basically selling the birds for cost to get adult shooters down the road. My big question is how far down the road? After they pay off their college det or after their kids are out of the house? --Love the kids -- But if this trend keeps going we will be throwing more discounted birds than we throw for our cub members.

 

[CStuewe]

Not to throw cold water on high school Trap shooting --Bear facts are at what cost? At our club, high school shooter have doubled every year for the past three years.100% for teaching proper gun safety, exposing them to trap, skeet, sporting clay. But club is basically selling the birds for cost to get adult shooters down the road. My big question is how far down the road? After they pay off their college det or after their kids are out of the house? --Love the kids -- But if this trend keeps going we will be throwing more discounted birds than we throw for our cub members.

Here, at our local club where 3 high school teams shoot, the club has their handicap league on wednesday nights. Currently, i would guess that over 50% of the teams that shoot handicap league are people that are 26 and younger. I think there's only 2 teams that are atleast 50+ years old. The team i shoot on, has one of our high school coaches that's right at 51, me at 47, my daughter 20, a young man that's 21, and another one of the kids that shot in high school last year that's 19. There's another team that's 2 dad's and their 3 boys. A bunch of younger kids that are just out of high school. So the club is actually picking up teams of younger kids to shoot their handicap league.

 

[Labhunter]

This makes me smile. I live in Florida but grew up in Kansas so I get the cold and snow. Our kids, however . . . Well let me say this. We had a low of 49 degrees the other day and the kids thought they were going to die.

 

[243win]

Not to throw cold water on high school Trap shooting --Bear facts are at what cost? At our club, high school shooter have doubled every year for the past three years.100% for teaching proper gun safety, exposing them to trap, skeet, sporting clay. But club is basically selling the birds for cost to get adult shooters down the road. My big question is how far down the road? After they pay off their college det or after their kids are out of the house? --Love the kids -- But if this trend keeps going we will be throwing more discounted birds than we throw for our cub members.

We sell them at normal prices. It costs just as much to throw their targets as for anyone else.

 

[Grumpy one]

We discount our targets but not at a lose. Our teams have increased in size every year. I don't expect to see the kids back for years to come, but it helps kids that don't make the track, football, or cheerleading teams.

 

[BIGDON]

The naysayers of the kids shooting give me a pain. They are the greatest thing that has happened to our sport. You complain that they are gone after graduation BUT here comes a new group behind them every year. There are thousands of kids shooting every year High school, AIM, SCPT and 4 H and have made a difference as to whether clubs and state assoc. survive. You have planted a seed in that child that may bring them back to shooting in the future. If 1 or 2 percent come back that’s a whole lot more than you have new members joining now. Also how many family members take up the sport because of child shooting?

I know personally of two young men who have returned after years of being away from it and have brought their kids to the sport. Both are coaching a youth team today.

Quit bitching about them and work out some arrangement where they provide some free labor around the club therefore earning those discounted targets.

The youth is our and the country’s future.

Don

 

[Jake82]

We have seen a lot of our graduating high school shooters come back and join our rod and gun as adults. Many of them help coach our youth team now. We have seen a decent increase of shooters at all of our shooting events also. Overall our youth team has had a very positive affect on things.

 

[pheasantsgalore]

I’ve never shot in the snow…. I bet you don’t have an issue seeing those clays though haha.

Try shooting DURING a heavy snow fall- then its really challenging !!!

 

[Dsplee]

Try shooting DURING a heavy snow fall- then its really challenging !!!

I can’t imagine haha. Sounds difficult.

 

[whitem597]

The High-school trap teams are the best thing ever to hit clay target sports. Now we know the sport will be carried on!

 

[dbart1948]

The men and women who donate their time, energy, and patience to run high school trapshooting programs are in my opinion, the real heroes in the shooting sports. I appreciate and applaud your efforts.

Dave