I Love Trap!

[Slim7]

Wow, thanks for the info. I tried the club website and there isn't any info regarding the state shoot. But, the shootata site is great.
Too bad to hear about the "surrounding neighborhood." I hate to hear about people moving to an existing thing and then complaining it out of existence. Some of my family are beef producers.
I'll bring my sons out and go watch the shooting next week at least.

[AmericanBob]

i shoot at the indiana gun club every chance that i get (which isn't very often as i have 3 kids 4 and under). the place is great. the staff has always been helpful and there is a man there by the name of bob self who gives lessons to the interested. they used to have a larger sporting clays course but thanks to the local lawyer neighbors (who built their houses after the club was well established) they had to stop using part of the course. now it's just 8 stands, but it allows you to go back and work on any shots giving you trouble. they only open till 6 on fri, sat, sun but i believe they're still open till 10 on wed. closed mon, tues, thur.

[Slim7]

Bob, your post leads me to a question about kids out there. I have two 10 year old sons that I would like to take along. Think that would work? Is there any restriction?

[AmericanBob]

not that i'm aware of. i've seen a boy about 8-10 on the clays course with a single shot. he was too short to stand in the box so he was shooting from in front of it. the kid was knocking them down too.

[Thundorr]

If you enjoyed shooting trap you should check out the Indiana Gun Club. They are located on 113th st east of Olio rd. It's open to the public and they have quite a few trap and skeet fields along with an eight stand sporting clays course. It's alot of fun there and everyone is very nice and more than willing to help a beginner.

[Benjamin]

There is no restriction on age. I competed in my first state shoot when I was 10 years old. They will let anyone shoot even if it's a 7 year old with a 410.

[chrisrock101]

and it's not even that much $$ great way to pass the time of day with great fun!

[mike4sigs]

Any form of clay shooting is fun !
Well actually any form of shooting is funn
JUST IMO

[mike4sigs]

Originally Posted by Benjamin

Reservations are not required. It's a huge club with about 20+ traps and a few skeet houses. The Indiana State Shoot is next week and I will be there along with literally a few thousand other people. That is a fun time to come. You can shoot practice during the state program on the practice trap. You could also join the ATA (shootata.com) and shoot in the state shoot. You might also drop by on a week day and shoot a practice. They don't throw particularly good practice targets and the background is terrible and the state shoot is moving because the surrounding neighborhood is pushing them out, but it's still a lot of fun and worth visiting!

Have they Said When or where the state meet will be moving !

[Benjamin]

I shot the main singles event yesterday at the Indiana State Shoot. There is talk about the state meet moving to Columbus, IN which is where I live. This would require a lot of work because we only have 4 traps and we would need at least 10 more. As of right now Columbus is the most likely location.

As far as a time frame no one is really sure. Most people would like to see the State Shoot moved next year but my guess is it will take at least 2 years to buy land and build a clubhouse, pour concrete for traps and stations, and install PAT traps. Another issue is there needs to be camping at the facilities for 100+ RVs because people spend the week there.

I wish I could be at the State Shoot right now. Yesterday they called the squads off the line 3 different times for lightening. Our trap house got hit by lightening and a PAT trap was fried which costs a few thousand dollars so we had to finish on a practice trap. It was still a great day. I hit 189 of 200 in the main singles event which is decent for me. I believe there was a 200 straight but he was out of state.