Glow-in-the-dark clay shooting?

[theophys]

Winter is coming, and it gets dark early. I know there are trap/skeet fields with lighting, but has anyone considered glow-in-the-dark clays?
Sounds scary and unfamiliar, but it is really? If you paint the clays with glow-in-the-dark paint, and light the inside of the trap house very brightly (maybe even with a UV black light to reduce light bleed), the clay will be charged enough to be very visible for the duration of its flight, right?
There's the issue of being able to see the barrel / bead / assume proper waiting position etc but this can be easily mitigated by lining the outside of the trap house with an LED strip and lighting the stations moderately dimly - bright enough to see the bead but not too bright to overwhelm the vision (maybe with a red floodlight?) Fiber optic beads should make it even easier, and with tritium beads one would make do without stage lighting whatsoever (sic!) provided everyone has excellent muzzle / trigger discipline.

(If we make it a bit mode sophisticated: add some triboluminscsent compound to clays that has a different color than your glow-in-the-dark paint, and you will be able to see your smoked clays even more clearly than in the daytime.)

Sounds like great fun. I am, however, a very novice shotgunner. Am I missing some caveat?

 

[Ashcroft]

Orange clays present very well on a regulation lit trap field at night. They look like a small pumpkin against a black background.

 

[Falconflyer]

I’ve heard that white targets show up well with blacklight, in fact we are planning to try that out this fall.

 

[stripperclipper]

I saw a video recently about a couple guys doing just that.
Can't remember if it was a new product, or jut some guys making their own glow in the dark targets.
It's probably on YouTube if a guy was bored enough to look for it...

 

[Thanos2022]

Does any range offer this?

 

[Maritime Storm]

TGS Outdoors had a video a while back, EJ Churchill club, has a set up. h ttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MZSxRf2u3iA

 

[Arietta]

Shooting white targets under the lights during the winter is pretty common. The problem with glow in the dark targets and black lights is you are shooting into the dark and have no idea what else might be out there. Be sure of your target and what's behind it.

 

[the spank]

I’ve heard that white targets show up well with blacklight, in fact we are planning to try that out this fall.

Shot lots of skeet and trap at night on a lighted field with white targets. They show up much nicer imo than orange. White targets exploding under the lights on the skeet field look like something out of a star wars movie, lol. Shoot-offs at The Grand are conducted at night under the lights in front of the grandstands.

 

[sharp shooter]

I have wanted to try shooting under the lights so badly. I can't wait for when it happens.

 

[HurtinBertan]

We have done this multiple times. I own one of those portable diesel powered generator/light towers that we use. Any colour of clay will work but the pink and yellow white flyers really light up nice. Puts on a better and funner show than the Calgary Stampede fireworks in my opinion.