Sporting Clays at the Brooklyn Sportsman's Club
ATTENTION
Winter Hours : 9:00am - 3:00pm December - March.
Summer Hours: 8:30am - 6:00pm April - November
Last group must be on course 2 hours before close.
All sporting clay shoots are open to the public.
WINTER HOURS
Tuesday
Sporting Clays: 9:00am - 3:00pm weather dependant. The last group out, 2 hours before closing
5 Stand Under the Lights 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm By request.
Thursday
Sporting Clays: 9:00am - 3:00pm weather dependant. The last group out, 2 hours before closing.
Saturday
Sporting Clays - 2nd, and 4th Saturday
Sign up starts @ 8:30am, first group on course by 9am. The course closes at 2:00 pm. The last group to sign in 2 hours before closing.
Saturday shoots are regular shoots open to everyone. (groups of 6 or less)
3 Bird Shoots are every 5th Saturday
March 29th
May 31st
August 30th
November 29th
Rates: Sporting Clays
- Member, 50 targets: $15.00
- Members only Promatic Card programmed with 500 targets $120.00
- Non-Member, 50 targets: $20.00
- Youth (17 and under) $7.00
Saturday Sporting Clay Shoots
- Member, Per Round $ 27.00
- Non -Member $30.00
3 Bird Shoots
- Member Per round, $27.00
- Non Member Per round, $35.00
5-Stand, upon request, unless scheduled on our events calendar.
- Member: $7.00
- Non-Member: $8.00
- Youth: $5.00
5-Stand Under the Lights
Tuesday evenings at 6:00 pm Winter hours only, upon request.
Special pricing:
- Members and non-members: $5.00
- Youth: $2.50
Christmas in July
supporting the Shop with A Cop program with a full day of shooting, we will be offering Sporting Clays, IDPA, USPSA, Steel Challange. Date to be determined.
Sporting clays is the closest thing to actual field shooting of all shotgun sports. Rather than having clay birds thrown from standardized distances and angles as with skeet or trap, sporting clays courses are designed to simulate the hunting of ducks, pheasants, other upland birds, and even rabbits. Since there is no set season and it can be shot at any time, many hunters shoot sporting clays to further their wingshooting skills during the off-season. Targets may be thrown from literally any angle or distance to simulate wingshooting, and six different sizes of clay targets are used to further give the shooter the experience of actual hunting conditions.
Sporting clays is typically shot in squads of two to six people and played over a course of 10 to 15 shooting stations laid around fields or around the natural features of the land. The course designer is not limited in target speed, angle, or distance, so every course is different.
The most common target used in sporting clays is the clay that is used in skeet and trap. But sporting clays also uses specialty targets to introduce the illusion of speed or distance in the eye of the shooter, moving at speeds or in the ways of game birds. All can be thrown as singles or pairs.
Any shotgun that’s in safe working condition, capable of firing two shots, may be used. Any gauge can be used, but the most popular are 12 and 20 gauge. Many shooters like to shoot an over/under because it gives them two choke choices. Shooters who tend to be sensitive to recoil might prefer gas-operated semiautomatics.
Source: What is Sporting Clays