Our Location
2500 Wildlife Road
Vale, NC 28168
Mailing Address:
P.O. Box 544
Hickory, NC 28603
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Sporting Clays
Sporting Clays originated in the 1920s in Great Britain for the purpose of teaching wingshooting skills to wealthy sportsmen. Since then, it has expanded worldwide to become a huge tournament and recreational sport.
Unlike other clay shooting games that are built to rigid dimensions and specifications, sporting clays courses are designed to blend in with the environment. Eight to twelve stations are situated in fields or wooded locations (our course is predominately wooded) to simulate the flight characteristics of specific game animals (waterfowl, doves, rabbits, grouse, etc.). Targets may be presented singly or in doubles, high or low in the air, or along the ground.
"Speciality targets" are presented, such as batues, minis (60mm), standards (110mm), and rabbits. The great variety of landscapes, trap positions, trap speeds, shooting positions, and flight paths of the different types of targets makes this game very challenging. Sporting clays has been called "Golf with a Shotgun" for good reason: courses and shots are infinitely variable and no one is perfect!