Shooting Opportunities

Clay Sport

There are four major disciplines of competitive clay pigeon shooting (shooting shotguns at clay targets). They are Sporting Clays, Skeet, Trap, and Five Stand. These are distinguished roughly as follows:

Sporting Clays includes a more complex course, with many launch points including open field and woodland. The course simulates upland bird and rabbit hunting. See the video of the 2026 VT State Warm-up/CAN-AM on the course: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6MFnP5xirEI

This project was funded in part by a grant from the Vermont Fish and Wildlife Department. 

Skeet shooting: Targets are launched from two "houses" in somewhat "sideways" paths that intersect in front of the shooter.  While we do not launch at Olympic Sport speeds, we do mimic the sport itself.

Trap shooting: Targets are launched from a single "house" or machine, generally away from the shooter at varying angles. Launching machine is controlled by voice.

Five-stand is implemented on a combination Skeet / Trap field. Shooting is from the sheltered shooting stand (five stations, with heated space to store your gear and gun bags!). Between 7 to 11 fixed traps are the nucleus of our throwers. Target presentations typically include: incoming targets, chandelle targets, rabbit targets, 40 yd crossers, overheads, and teals.

Rifle and Pistol Shooting

The pistol range is 25 yards.

We now have a variety of long-range target options set up, including new hanging steel plates ranging from 12” down to 4” at our furthest placement yet 425 yards — which isn't exactly 600 yards, but still a fantastic stretch.

Additional target distances include:
425 yards
390 yards
382 yards
355 yards
332 yards
300 yards
250 yards