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A turkey shoot combines all the shooting disciplines — trap, skeet and five stand — combined into one competition. Trap is when the birds are flying away from the shooter. Skeet is when the shooter moves around to different stations. Five stand is when the clays come from all different directions.
Participants shoot two rounds of trap, one from the 15-yard line and one from the 27, followed by a round of skeet and a round of sporting clays. A complete turkey shoot consists of four boxes of clays, or 100 rounds.
“We call it a turkey shoot because we've got frozen turkeys there, and the winner gets a turkey,” said Lynne Johnson of the Blue Mountain Sportsman's Club, which hosts the competition.
The folks at the sportsman's club, located just past Heeney on Highway 9, has been putting on the Turkey Shoot for years, and participants say it's a great way to usher in the winter season.
The Blue Valley Sportsman's club is a nonprofit shooting group with members from all over the area. The rifle range consists of three benches and backstops at 100, 200, 300 and 400 yards. They also have several steel silhouettes at various ranges.
There are three trap ranges, two of which are overlaid with skeet and one overlaid with a five stand. Due to the layout of the new trap and skeet ranges, there are times that the longer rifle ranges will be closed while the trap and skeet ranges are in use. The 200-yard backstop is scheduled to be relocated further south so it can remain open when the trap and skeet ranges are in use.
The club also has pistol, rifle and kids' ranges out to 500 yards. The cost to join the club is $50 and a fall Skeet League runs for 10 weeks starting in August.
“I think a lot of people in Summit County do not realize there is such a great club a half an hour's drive away,” Johnson said.
The Sportsman Club was incorporated in 1955, after several years of less formal organization. The range is not open to the public, except during the three scheduled shoots. Members are welcome to bring up to two guests as long as they accompany them.
Members and non-members are welcome to attend the Turkey Shoot at 10 a.m. on Nov. 20 — no need to sign up, just simply show up. For more information, visit www.bluevalleysportmanclub.com.
A turkey shoot combines all the shooting disciplines — trap, skeet and five stand — combined into one competition. Trap is when the birds are flying away from the shooter. Skeet is when the shooter moves around to different stations. Five stand is when the clays come from all different directions.
Participants shoot two rounds of trap, one from the 15-yard line and one from the 27, followed by a round of skeet and a round of sporting clays. A complete turkey shoot consists of four boxes of clays, or 100 rounds.
“We call it a turkey shoot because we've got frozen turkeys there, and the winner gets a turkey,” said Lynne Johnson of the Blue Mountain Sportsman's Club, which hosts the competition.
The folks at the sportsman's club, located just past Heeney on Highway 9, has been putting on the Turkey Shoot for years, and participants say it's a great way to usher in the winter season.
The Blue Valley Sportsman's club is a nonprofit shooting group with members from all over the area. The rifle range consists of three benches and backstops at 100, 200, 300 and 400 yards. They also have several steel silhouettes at various ranges.
There are three trap ranges, two of which are overlaid with skeet and one overlaid with a five stand. Due to the layout of the new trap and skeet ranges, there are times that the longer rifle ranges will be closed while the trap and skeet ranges are in use. The 200-yard backstop is scheduled to be relocated further south so it can remain open when the trap and skeet ranges are in use.
The club also has pistol, rifle and kids' ranges out to 500 yards. The cost to join the club is $50 and a fall Skeet League runs for 10 weeks starting in August.
“I think a lot of people in Summit County do not realize there is such a great club a half an hour's drive away,” Johnson said.
The Sportsman Club was incorporated in 1955, after several years of less formal organization. The range is not open to the public, except during the three scheduled shoots. Members are welcome to bring up to two guests as long as they accompany them.
Members and non-members are welcome to attend the Turkey Shoot at 10 a.m. on Nov. 20 — no need to sign up, just simply show up. For more information, visit www.bluevalleysportmanclub.com.
