If you are looking for a fun afternoon of skeet or would like to practice for an upcoming tournament, the Freeland Conservation Club has a skeet field for you! If you are relatively new to the sport, this is a great way to get a feel for leading clays. Because there are only two throwers with fixed flight lines, you always know where the clays are coming from.
Our throwers are equipped with both a manual mode and a voice mode. If you would like to use the voice mode, we provide a microphone that clips to your shirt and is plugged into the remote, which can be clipped to your belt. Once the microphone is plugged in, voice mode is on. To throw singles, simply click either the Trap 1 or Trap 2 button and then say PULL. The same applies to throwing pairs, only you will click the Doubles button and say PULL.
For those that are new to skeet, below is how to shoot the course according to the National Skeet Shooting Association. While these may be the official rules we don’t hold you to them. If you would like to come out and practice a particular station or are just trying to get a feel for it, you get 25 clays, so shoot them your way!
- Start at the left most station, which is directly under the window of the high house. After you shoot this station, you will proceed around the half moon counter-clockwise until you end up with your back to the low house. The last station is located directly between the high and the low house.
- Station 1 & 2: Shoot a high house single, low house single, high/low pair
- Station 3 – 5: Shoot a high house single, low house single
- Station 6 – 7: Shoot a high house single, low house single, high/low pair
- Station 8: Shoot a high house single, low house single
- The first bird you miss, you will immediately reshoot the missed bird. If you do not miss any you will take an additional low house single on station 8
*Only 7.5, 8, or 9 shot may be used on the grounds and only two shells may be in the gun at any point in time. Both eye and ear protection must be worn when shooting.