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Skeet Shooting
North Star Sportsmans Club has one regulation skeet shooting range. During the summer months, leagues are formed for those wishing to compete against other locals in the area.
A membership or shooting on a league is not necessary to take advantage of the ranges. We are open for anyone wishing to shoot, or learn a new sport.

2010 Summer Leagues
The 2010 summer leagues have started June 1st. It's not too late to sign up your team or just come out by yourself and join one of the teams looking for a teammate. This is just a summer fun event for anyone wanting to keep a record of their increasing shooting skills. The league will run for 10 weeks.
We have leagues forming for trap, skeet, and sporting clays. What is particularly nice about this league is that it fits into everyone schedule. You do not necessarily need to shoot as a team. Many of us have unusual work schedules that would otherwise prevent us from shooting on a particular night. When you come out to shoot (anytime the club is open), be sure to tell the score keeper whether the score is for league or practice, PRIOR to shooting.
Thursday nights tend to be trap shooting night for many of the members. Along with their evening of shooting, many plan their supper at the club. Thursday nights are also known as "Pot-Luck Night", so if you wish to attend, bring along a favorite recipe of yours.
The North Star Sportsmens Club youth shooters, "TEAM NORTH STAR" have started their summer shooting. Currently we have 12 shooters participating in a more disciplined and structured approach to trap shooting. In just two weeks of shooting, everyone has shot better scores than the previous week. The youth shooting program will run for 10 weeks, and we will be accepting shooters for one more week (ends on June 17th). Currently we have openings for three more "young shooting stars" to round out to a team of 15. With 15 shooters, the club can have three full teams. Shooters do not need to their parents to be members of the club, but must accompany them each night.
Young shooters wishing to shoot and not participate in the program above can still shoot in a separate youth league, still sponsored by the club. The youth shooters will have their own page on the club's website very soon, keep an eye appealed.

Shooting Rates for Skeet Shooting
The following rates are for one round (25 targets)
Member.......................................................................$6.00
Member w/prepaid 10 round shooting card......$4.50
Non-member*..............................................................$7.00
*(non-member may not purchase or use prepaid cards)

Expert and novice shooters are always welcome. We have qualified instructors to help those who are new to the game.

Brief History of Skeet Shooting in the USA
The game of Skeet came a few years after trap shooting. It was invented in Massachusetts in 1920, by a man hoping to improve his wing shooting abilities. There have been many refinements to the game of Skeet since that time. Typically American Skeet is the variety played in the United States. A skeet field has 8 shooting positions and two traps. The targets are thrown from the "High House" on the left side of the field, and from the "Low House" on the right side of the field. These "houses " are simply structures that hold the traps, or target launchers. The targets have a distinct flight path. In Skeet, only one shooter holds the shooting position at a time. Each shooters shoots a sequence of birds from 8 stations from a "high house" and a "low house." Skeet also has a format where different gauge shotguns are used. Using 12 gauge, 20 gauge, 28 gauge and .410 bore guns lends a great deal of variety to the game.
For a little more history of skeet and shooting in general, please visit the following link.
http://www.wheretoshoot.org/docs/shooting_excerpt.rtf
For a more detailed explanation of skeet shooting fundamentals, visit Remington's link below.
http://www.remington.com/pdfs/skeet_fundamentals_2004.pdf





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