Trap/Skeet Shooter Numbers

[Falconflyer]

There's no question that shooting is expensive but when you compare it to other sports then it's not really any worse. Ammo, targets and travel are expensive but you can be happy with a $500 gun or a $50,000 gun, your choice! It's pretty easy to spend $2 or $3 K on golf clubs and then $50 to $150 every time you play. Of course you'll need all the latest in golf fashion to wear on the course too. Downhill skiing, $2 to $3k on equipment, a long drive to the hill plus a couple hundred dollars for a lift pass. Motorcycling, a couple grand on riding gear and $5 to $60k on a bike plus gas and insurance! Nothing is cheap these days but Canadians are also feeling the pinch with all the extra taxes that we pay. Over 40% of your hard earned dollars goes..... well it goes somewhere and we have less disposable income with every year that goes by and that equates to less play money.

 

[bluelynx]

And "Poverty Acres Sporting Clays"? I can't tell if your joking or not.[/QUOTE]

Hint: Think LaPorte.

and God Bless the new Canadians who are settling in Alberta from the British Isles.


Also, you should see some of the weird angles we can produce off my south 40 with manual machines.

 

[Falconflyer]

Think I got you now.

 

[canuk]

We are in the same situation. We had several new younger members show up this summer, but most aren't showing up regularly. I tried to run a junior program last spring, but there was very little interest.

Hi, are there regular hours at your club? would like to take my kid (10) there some time. Not sure how it works in Camrose in terms of 'showing up' for a couple rounds of skeet.

 

[stubblejumper]

Hi, are there regular hours at your club? would like to take my kid (10) there some time. Not sure how it works in Camrose in terms of 'showing up' for a couple rounds of skeet.

Yes there are regular hours 1pm Sunday all year, and 6pm Thursday for the summer, ending this week. We don't allow drop ins but we do allow a person to shoot twice as a guest of a member.

 

[canuk]

thanks Stubble.

 

[stubblejumper]

thanks Stubble.

I was just made aware of a notice from our insurer, that they no longer cover guests that shoot at our range. Until we can resolve the issue, guests are no longer allowed to shoot at our ranges.

 

[brucey]

You need a new insurance company, pronto.

 

[RUNSWITHGUN]

I have a nephew that is a call of duty nut but has never fired a real gun. I stopped asking if he wants to try the real thing at the club.

 

[stubblejumper]

You need a new insurance company, pronto.

We are looking into it, but we aren't the only club in the area that does not allow guests to discharge firearms.

 

[TJspeller]

I belong to a club that is located about 40 miles from Toronto. Toronto has been closing ranges over the last few years which has resulted in a large number of new members wanting to relocate. As a result our trap ranges are busier than they have been in years. Skeet fields are in steady use. Sporting clays are also busy. Our club has increased its size three times over its previous size and we are turning away potential members every week as we have reached our self imposed limit. Observations seem to suggest there are large numbers of new shooters trying to join the fraternity.
With regard to members who dislike shooting with new members who are learning the ropes, I would suggest they be kept away from the newcomers and a willing member volunteer to pull for them and instruct them as they go around. No sense in ticking off both old and new members - keep them separate!

Jim

Trap club 40 miles out of Toronto? Where? TITS?

 

[northern skies]

I recently moved. Calling around to clubs nearby, they are full. Waiting lists, etc.
For now, I'm driving back to my old town to shoot as a guest.

 

[North of 7]

Gave up. When I went to renew at Grenville I was told they have a waiting list now for members to renew. Pretty ridiculous, but hey, farmers fields are free and not as much hassle. I have been in different types of clay shooting for over 17 years.

North

 

[Falconflyer]

We are looking into it, but we aren't the only club in the area that does not allow guests to discharge firearms.

Insurance through the NFA have no such restrictions. They used to charge $3/day/guest but have since dropped that requirement, only record shooter name and date.

 

[brucey]

How do you get new members ? Have to join before they can fire a shot ?

 

[RUNSWITHGUN]

Insurance through the NFA have no such restrictions. They used to charge $3/day/guest but have since dropped that requirement, only record shooter name and date.

My club just switched from the CSSA to the CCFR insurance coverage, both plans allowed guests also.

Are none of these other clubs using the gun orgs for insurance?

 

[stubblejumper]

How do you get new members ? Have to join before they can fire a shot ?

The other club that I belong to doesn't even allow non members to handle firearms at the range, and they turn away hundreds of applicants every year.

 

[the spank]

I can’t imagine turning away members? Any club I’ve ever been a member of was always trying to boost membership. No wonder the sport suffers.

 

[stubblejumper]

I can’t imagine turning away members? Any club I’ve ever been a member of was always trying to boost membership. No wonder the sport suffers.

They have a membership cap of 4500 range memberships, so the ranges don't get overcrowded. If there was no cap, there would be serious overcrowding issues.

 

[the spank]

A club with 4500 members?! Thats almost one 1/5 of the entire NSSA membership!!