Trap

We met at Alpine Shooting Range in Fort Worth to try out Trap and Skeet.  Trap was first introduced into the Olympics in 1900, and skeet was added in 1968.  Both events were co-ed from 1968 until 1992, and a woman won gold in skeet in 1992.  Today there are separate events for men and women.

Some of us had never fired a shotgun before, so Sandra from Alpine coached us.  She was a lot of fun to work with, and really helped us to understand the proper stance, feel comfortable with the gun, and how to lead the clays.  There was a trap tournament that day, so we only shot manual trap, not an actual game.  We were still able to get a feel for it, and some of us did quite a good job at shooting those little clays out of the air.

R taking a shot, while Buster sits a safe distance away.

M is pleased with her hit.

Some of us did not do so well with the manual trap.  J kept aiming with the wrong eye.