CRGC has six electric traps, which are only used during organized shooting, and one manual trap machine, located between trap houses one and two. (Trap houses are numbered from west to east.) The manual trap machine is available to club members and their guests during normal hours of operation.
Tuesday and Thursday Evening Shooting
Trap shooting is open to club members and the public every Tuesday night from 6:00 PM to 10:00 PM, and there is open shooting on Thursday evening as well. There are six trap houses with Beomat trap machines which can be set up to throw standard practice, doubles, or Continental. The cost for 25 clay birds of trap practise (singles, doubles, or continental) is $3.00 for members and $3.50 for non-members. Five stand shooting (25 targets) costs $4.00 for members, and $5.00 for non-members. 12 gauge (#7 1/2 and #8 shot) and 20 (#8 shot) gauge shotgun shells are available for purchase at the clubhouse, as are foam earplugs.
Shooters who wish to participate can sign up at the cashier's window for practice or money shoots. Payment for practice, shotgun shells, and earplugs is made while signing up. Shooters may sign up for as many rounds as they wish at one time.
Shooters who participate in the money shoots on Tuesday evening must sign up at the window to get a shooter number. After getting a number the money shooter may participate in as many games as they wish. The person pulling targets on the money trap (usually trap #2) will record the number of each shooter at the start of each game. Money shooters must check out at the cashier's window to pay for their games, or collect their winnings, before they leave the club. Each game costs $1.50, and there is a $2.00 range fee for non-members which is charged with the first game. There are no money shoots on Thursday evening.
There is a Spring league which starts in April, and runs for 8 weeks, and a Fall league which runs for 4 weeks in September. A Junior trap program starts the first Thursday in March before Spring league, and the Junior shooters are then organized into teams to take part in the Spring league.
The CRGC kitchen and grill sells refreshments, snacks, and a selection of food for supper on Tuesday and Thursday evenings. The kitchen is open from about 6:15 PM to about 9:00 PM.
Other Shoots
CRGC also holds other trap shooting events which are open to the public and members alike. Two events which have become traditional at CRGC are the Turkey Shoot, held the Saturday before Thanksgiving, and the Elwood Faist Memorial Shoot, which is held the Sunday before Christmas. In addition, there is a 30/60 bird back on the last Sunday in August, and the Dave Thompson Memorial Shoot is held the last Sunday in September. The doors open for these shoots at 8:00 AM, and the shooting goes on all day. Prizes are awarded, and meals are available. These events, and others which occur during the year, are publicized ahead of time in the Canby newspaper, the CRGC newsletter, and this web site.
Trap Field