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| 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. |
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| 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 |
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| 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. |
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| 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. |
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| 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. |
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| 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. |
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| 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. |
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| Shooting Rates for
Skeet Shooting |
| The following rates are for one round (25
targets) |
| Member.......................................................................$6.00
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| Member w/prepaid 10 round shooting card......$4.50 |
| Non-member*..............................................................$7.00 |
| *(non-member may not purchase or use prepaid cards) |
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| 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 |
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| 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. |
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For a little more history of skeet and shooting in general,
please visit the following link.
http://www.wheretoshoot.org/docs/shooting_excerpt.rtf |
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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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