A Visit To The Juneau Gun Club - Good Job Tina

The below post was made by the Juneau Gun Club after one of Pennfield's members made a lasting impression...

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Canadian Visitor

Gary
is from New Brunswick, Canada and shoots at the Pennfield Skeet & Trap Club, but had just gotten married 2 weeks prior to coming to Juneau, and his mother & father in-law had given them a cruise as a gift for their honeymoon. So, when Gary found out he would be docked in Juneau for a bit, he told his wife that he wanted to go up to the Juneau Gun Club and shoot a couple of rounds. She acted upset at him and proceeded to get in touch with Wayne Bertholl to make arrangements for this to happen, at some point she told him that he was going to get to shoot at our facility. Gary was so happy, it was like seeing a kid in a candy store.

Atlantic Shoot Schedule

Atlantic Canada 2012 Shoot Schedule

Legend:  Skeet - sk Trap - t Sporting Clays - sc Registered Targets - Reg

January

1 Dartmouth New Years Day 50 sk - 50 t

8 Kentville New Years Shoot 50 sk - 50 t

April

6 Dartmouth Good Friday Shoot 50 sk - 50 t

14 Lunenburg Clay Target Challenge 25 sk - 25 t - 25 sc

21 Stewicake Maritime SC Championships - 100 sc

28 Fredericton George Lindsay Memorial Shoot 200 Reg

May

5 Pennfield Don Stevens Memorial 100 sk - 100 t

6 Lunenburg Nova Shoot Series - 75 sc

19 Miramichi Sporting Clay Shoot - 50 sc

26 Fredericton Ruffed Grouse Society - 75 sc

27 Kentville Nova Shoot Series - 75 sc

June

1 - 3 Charlottetown Targetdust 400 sk & dbl’s Reg

2 Tennants Cove 5 Stand Shoot - 75 sc

3 Kentville Apple Blossom Shoot 50 sk - 50 t

9 Yarmouth Nova Shoot Series - 75 sc

8 - 10 Moncton Maritime Trap Challenge - 700 t Reg

10 St John’s NFLD Sportman’s Shoot 50t - 50 sc

10 Kentville VDD Shoot - 50 sc

16 Fredericton Winchester Ammo BBQ Blast - 75 sc

23 Weymouth Nova Invitiational Open - 200 sc

24 Weymouth Nova Shoot Series - 75 sc

29 - 30 Dartmouth Giambrone Skeet Clinic

July

1 - 2 Dartmouth Giambrone Skeet Clinic

6 – 8 Waterford, Ont Cdn Skeet Championships 500 sk Reg

7 Fredericton Beretta Sporting Clay Challenge - 100 sc

12 Upper Humber NL Trap Championships 100s – 100d Reg

14 Yarmouth Al Williams Memorial 100 sk – 50 t

August

10 – 12 Moncton Atlantic Skeet Championships 500 sk Reg

11 Fredericton Browning Summer Classic - 100 sc

12 St John’s Memorial Shoot ATA Reg 100s – 100d

12 Lunenburg Langille/Zinck Mem 50 sk - 50 t

18 - 19 Yarmouth Western NS Sk & Trap 200 sk (4 ga) - 300 t

18 Tennants Cove 5 Stand Shoott - 75 sc

26 Stewicake NAVDHA - 50 sc

31 Dartmouth Atl Prov Trap Championships 700 t Reg

September

1 - 2 Dartmouth Atl Prov Trap Championships 700 t Reg

9 St John’s Hunter’s Challenge - 75 sc

16 Lunenburg Morris Nowe Mmemorial - 75 sc

16 Fredericton RNBRA Championship 25 sk - 25 t - 50 sc

23 Stewiacke Nova SC Championship -100 sc

October

14 St John’s Fall Handicap – 100 t Reg

20 Lunenburg Skeet Night Shoot 50 sk

November

4 Weymouth Bayside Autumn Classic - 75 sc

December

2 Fredericton Christmas Charity Shoot -50 sk

8 Pennfield Christmas Turkey Shoot 100 sk - 100 t

26 Moncton Boxing Day Shoot 50 wt - 50 sc

January 2013

1 Dartmouth New Years Day 50 sk - 50 t

6 Kentville New Years Shoot 50 sk - 50 t

Club Contact Phone Email

• Annapolis Valley Sports Club (Kentville, NS) Steve Grover 902 679 1868 sgrover@alliedinsurance.ca
• Bayside Sporting Club (Weymouth, NS) Barry Faulkner 902 837 7452 barry.faulkner@ns.sympatico.ca
• Charlottetown Skeet Club (Charlottetown, PEI) Derrick Egan 902 672 4909 derrickegan@hotmail.com
• Dartmouth Trap & Skeet Club (Cole Hbr., NS) Scott Melanson 902 827 2770 scottm6@hotmail.com
• Fredericton Trap & Skeet Club (Fredericton, NB) Laurence Gilbey 506 458 2707 gilbey2707@rogers.com
• Greenwood Rod & Gun Club (Greenwood, NS) Winston Dominie 902 825 2544 mawin@eastlink.ca
• Hampton Shooting Club (Hampton, NB) Luke Coleman 506 832 0373 luke.coleman@moosehead.ca
• Labrador City Trap & Skeet Club (Labrador City) Gordon Parsons 709 944 5521 gparsons@crrstv.net
• Lunenburg Rod & Gun Club (Lunenburg, NS) John Mosher 902 634 8870 lrgc@ryehill.ns.ca
• Miramichi Sportsman Club (Mirmaichi, NB) Paul Nowlan 506 773 3192 nowlanpb@nb.sympatico.ca
• Moncton Gun Club (Moncton, NB) Ron Whitehead 506 372 9396 nbwfrw@nb.sympatico.ca
• Nova Sporting Clays (Stewiacke,NS) Greg Sullivan 902 899 1556 gcsullivan@eastlink.ca
• Pennfield Trap & Skeet Club (Pennfield, NB) Paul London 506 672 7166 londonj@nbnet.nb.ca
• Pictou Co. Trap & Skeet Club (Stellarton, NS) Eril Christensen 902 922 2911 mikehaynes@hotmail.ca
• St John’s Rod & Gun Club (St John’s, NL) Andrea Bassan 709 437 1379 aabassan@gmail.com
• Tennants Cove Trap & Skeet Club Vince Rourke 506 633 5968 brourke@nb.sympatico.ca
• Yarmouth Trap & Skeet Club (Yarmouth, NS) Douglas Blades 902 745 0484 dougeblades@hotmail.com

Skeet: Foot Positions, Hold Points, and the Field Layout

Skeet - How to Play the Game

The Skeet Field

Today’s skeet field varies little from its 1920 beginnings. It has eight shooting stations and two trap houses. Seven of the stations are arranged in a half moon between the two trap houses, and one station is directly between them. The high house, on the left side of the field, throws its targets from a trap 10 feet above the ground. The target rises to a height of 15 feet by the time it travels to the center of the field. The low house target, on the right side, leaves the trap house just 3-1/2 feet from the ground. It also rises to a height of 15 feet by the time it reaches the center of the field.

A Round of Skeet

A round of skeet consists of 25 targets, with 17 shot as singles and 8 as doubles. The first miss is repeated immediately and is called an option. If no targets are missed during the round, the last or 25th target is shot at the last station, low house 8. The shooting sequence is as follows:

• Stations 1 and 2: High house single; Low house single; High house/Low house pair
• Stations 3, 4, and 5: High house single; Low house single
• Stations 6 and 7: High house single; Low house single; Low house/High house pair
• Station 8: High house single; Low house single
• Skeet is shot in squads of up to five shooters. They move from station to station around the half moon, ending up in the center, at the end of the round.

Any gauge shotgun may be used, of any type, as long as it can fire at least two shots. The preferred shot size is #9, but nothing larger than 7-1/2 should ever be used. Since strength is not a factor, women are able to compete equally with men. Left handed shooters do just as well as right.

Shooting a Practice Round of Skeet at Your Club

You’ll need to take the following equipment to the field with you:

• Shotgun – any gauge – any type, as long as it fires at least two (2) shells
• Ammunition – One box of 25 shells, same gauge as your gun
• A shell holder you wear to carry your ammo as you move around the field
• Ear Plugs – MANDATORY
• Eye Protection – MANDATORY