[Pull & Mark]

Well Welcome to TS.com and to all the shooting sports as well. I see the shooting sports has hooked you pretty deep. Its easy to have happen. Shooting is lots of fun, and the whole family can join in. Youth can quickly learn that they can Reap the Rewards in Life if they work hard for them!!! They can also have fun while learning life's Lesson!!! So its a double Win Win!!!
The ammo shortage will not last forever. Do get your family involved with you ASAP. Get your family's name down on the waiting lists at all the gun clubs near you. Don't be in a hurry to get to AAA. You'll continue to learn little by little. It will not come overnight. Just keep up the good work, keep trying different things, and it will come. Don't forget its a hobby and to have fun along the way. I guarantee you will make some lifelong buddies in this sport. From all walks of life as well. Good Luck to Ya. break em all jeff

 

[Dustydoo]

Welcome to our greatest Freedom and the best forum for Trapshooting.
Glad you have a mentor teaching you the safety part of our responsibility.
I started competing at the age of 50, although I have been around firearms my entire life.
Enjoy yourself, and always remember Safety first!!!

 

[WadHopper]

I first shot trap in 1997 and immediately fell in love with the sport. By the end of 98 I simply couldn't afford to continue. Clay target sports are expensive, hence the return to the sport after many years or picking it up later in life. Not many young adults, myself included, could afford to shoot while raising a family. Other priorities take precedence as well.
20yrs later here I am. It is undoubtedly an obsession which has literally become my life and there's no other way I'd have it. Thankfully I have a good woman who only says "I'll be here when you get back". Can't ask for more than that!

 

[Steve12]

Welcome and enjoy. I am teaching a group in their 50-60 to just have fun for now and enjoy the sport. you need to be comfortable shooting at first.
Steve

 

[Jim Bradbury]

I was first introduced to Trap shooting a little over twelve years ago. I too fell in love with the sport. Twelve years later and several tens of thousands of dollars in trap guns later I am still enjoying the heck out of this sport. I remember growing up and driving by the Trap club in Paco Washington back in the sixties and seventies and thinking what are those guys doing out there? Why would they waste their time and ammo shooting clay targets, when we have/had some of the best Pheasant and Waterfowl hunting in the country at our back door. Fast forward to when I forty years, and now I know why. I really wish that someone would of introduced me to this sport when I was younger had better vision and reflexes. I have fallen head over heals for this sport and recently shot my 100,000 milestone target and did that in a little under twelve years. Would of done it in eleven, but along came this damn thing that they call Covid and that delayed it by a year.

It sure is a great time,

Jim Bradbury

 

[Chris C]

@Pull & Mark , oh I'm hooked alright. Hook line and sinker. It's pretty much all I think about now. I'm enjoying my newbie status at the club and I'm good enough not to embarrass myself, but not too good as to be a competitive threat so I still get good advice !! Gonna try and get my 20 yo daughter involved, but it's pricey hobby for one, much less two. And I'm afraid she will outshoot me !!

 

[hunter44]

Registered my first trap target at the age of 65 after 25 years of shooting sporting clays. Sporting got too expensive & clubs got fewer & farther apart. I'll never be as good as I want to be but no one has more fun or makes more really good friends than me! Best of luck to you!

 

[9manfan]

Welcome to TS.com........I didn't start shooting trap until I was 53, be 62 this year, meet alot of great people in this sport......

 

[Dogbest]

I started shooting clays when I was 58. I shot sporting clays for a couple of years, decided it was too expensive so I switched to trap.
Trap has become an addiction. Like many other people, it seems to be all I think about.

 

[I'dhitthat]

I didn't start trap until I was 50. I assume from your statement about getting into a club that you live downstate. Upstate you can walk into most clubs and join on the spot. Good luck with your new addiction.

 

[waverider]

My obsession has waned a bit. I still really enjoy the game. When I first started I had a goal of getting to the 27 yard line. Took me 20 years, but I got the pin. I tried for 2 years to get an honorary punch. I gave up and now I'll take any reductions if offered. In hind sight, I should have taken the reductions and played the money. Once I reached the 24 the punches were few and I stopped playing the money, except for the Lewis. I got a pleasant surprise a few times with scores in the low 80s.

Jason

 

[Starryder]

Hi Chris, like you and others I started late around 55, been shooting 4 years, wish I started sooner. Will be trying sporting clays this year. Really enjoy trap go out with my boys whenever we can even sometimes when they offer night shooting, really different perspective. Most accomplished shooters I've met are very friendly and helpful. Enjoy your new sport.

 

[DuckNut]

OK - now that you are hooked you are all ours!

By that I mean you need to recruit every person in your phone to join the ranks as Second Amendment supporters and to go buy a gun or three. Out of the many in your phone you should be able to recruit a few to shoot trap with you.

Welcome to the forum, stay a while and have some fun, and glad you opened your eyes

 

[redudley]

Welcome to trapshooting! It is an obsession as you described and nothing wrong with having one more priority in your life! Shot off and on for 7 years in my 30s and 40s with family and career having a priority. After retirement, took me 4 years to restart and reach the 27 and shoot singles 100s in competition so stay with it and you will hopefully enjoy success in meeting your goals!

 

[Savage99Stan]

Shot my first round at 15. And the last, for years. Auto 5 at for light loads shooting 1 1/4oz pheasant loads was not a good nite for a 130 pound kid. Fast forward to 1968 and my entry into muzzle loading. Shot rifle, handgun and shotgun. Hunted exclusively with b.p. guns. Our club installed a trap house and we shot m.l., BP cartridge and ultimately modern trap. In 1975 I bought a real trap gun and I'm still shooting it (along with several others). At 76 I'm in three leagues, holding about a 92-94% average and enjoying seeing my son starting to edge me out of the wins. Welcome and enjoy. I've persevered through some financially tough times, back and knee surgeries and even a pacemaker. Addictive, you bet.

 

[Township Chief]

Welcome to the best Trap shooting site on the web. I started at 65, I’m 70 now. My son got me into it. I became addicted, like most on here. I became the trap chairman and trap range master, at my small one trap club. It has been a journey for me, and I loved every minute.
Good luck with your new “addiction” have fun make lots of friends.
Good shooting
Enjoy yourself.
Chief

 

[plaw]

Been at this game since 1968, mostly shoot leagues at my local club, I do enjoy trips to the OHIO STATE and 'The GRAND' no matter what shooting sport you pick , you shall meet darn good people.

 

[Anton H]

Welcome Chris to TSC and to the sport of trap shooting . I also got into the sport at around the same age, but have been enjoying it for several years now . It is not an Inexpensive sport to do on a consistent basis and most people need to get there children raised and out of the house before they have the disposable cash to be able to afford to do this sport. One of the things that keep bringing me back to the sport is the people that I’ve met along the way. Great group of people.

Don’t get discouraged from the current prices of shells . I have seen this happen before but it will not last forever. Best of shooting to you and remember keep your head down and your eye on the target.

 

[rudolph]

Welcome. Now You Have The "Sickness". More shooting leads to more Guns, leads to more milage to shoots, leads to more practice shootings, leads to ?reloading?, leads to hoarding components, leads to more.............