Trap Shooting Meeting
John Kyker
January 27, 2012
Remington, Mossberg, and Benelli; what do these names have in common? Shotguns. Coming soon is the next season of Trap Shooting. There will be a meeting for all who are interested in Trap Shooting this Thursday at Hebron Airport at 7 PM. Trap shooting practice is held in Fairbury and meeting are held all around the surrounding area. “Trap is a good alternative for track,” stated Amber Hartley.
There are not enough students out from Thayer Central to form their own squad. This year the students in trap hope more students will be interested in trap shooting this year. There are even many young students from the elementary out for trap. “It’s a great sport,” said Tanner Mumm. You don’t need to own a shotgun to compete in Trap. A person can be loaned a shotgun for the season and only needs to pay for the shells. Shotguns can have modifications to choke tubes, stocks, and triggers. Equipment other than the shotgun and 12 or 20 gauge buckshot shells is a vest or pouch to hold shells.
Trap shooting started in 1793 and used live pigeons. Clay pigeons were introduced in the 1880s. Clay pigeons are the orange disks shot in trap. Trap shooting is simply shooting clay pigeons out of the air launched out of a machine in either singles or doubles depending on the event the player is competing in.
