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| | The Skeet and Trap Program offers One Trap and Three Skeet ranges
which are available for use by shotgun enthusiast from beginners to veterans.
The Skeet Club Championship
will be decided during this event
BRIEF HISTORY OF SKEET: In 1920 in the town of Andover, Massachusetts, a
small group of upland game hunters took to shooting clay targets as a
means of practicing their wing shooting. As friendly rivalries started to
develop amongst the group, a uniform series of shots were developed to
keep the competition fair and even for all. It was from this crude
beginning that the modern day version of skeet shooting developed into
what is now an international sport practiced by hunters and non-hunters
alike.
Charles E. Davies, an Andover, Massachusetts businessman and avid grouse
hunter, is recognized as the inventor of the skeet game as we know it.
The word "skeet" is derived from the Scandanavian word for
"shoot." Credit for naming the game goes to Gertrude
Hurlbutt, a Dayton, Montana housewife, who in 1926 won a contest for
naming the new game. Among the thousands of entries in the contest were
"Bang" and "Bye Bye Blackbird."
Skeet Shooting today involves 10's of 1000's of people across North
America and the world. There is American Skeet, International Skeet and
English Skeet. Each form of Skeet Shooting varies slightly from the other.
The National Skeet Shooting Association is the governing body for American
Skeet. More than 20,000 skeet shooters shoot "registered
targets" that are sanctioned by The National Skeet Shooting
Association each year.
If you want to shoot better in the field, enjoy a day at the gun club, or
compete with the top skeet shooters in the Area for honor and glory
(notice that I left out money), then skeet shooting is a great sport for
you.Key Benefits
- Skeet "Polar Bear" League
- NSSA Registered-Events
- Carousel style Target Throwers
-
Trained Range Officers
For additional information regarding ORSA Skeet and Trap activities you may
contact Richard Stouder, Skeet and Trap President, at oakridger48@msn.com
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