Trap Shooting Basics
		Safety while shooting a round of trap: - Ear and Eye protection must be worn on the trap field at all times. - Shotguns must be unloaded and breached open at all times, unless it is your turn to shoot. - Shotguns must be unloaded and breached open while rotating from one station to the next station. - When shooting Singles or Handicap targets, load only one shot shell when it is your turn to shoot. - When shooting Doubles targets, load only two shot shells when it is your turn to shoot. - Shotguns must only be shot from a shooting station on a trap field. - Shot size for trap shooting should be no larger than 71/2 shot size, 11/8oz, 3 dram equivalent loads. Trap Basics: - One round of trap shooting consists of 25 targets. - There are five stations to shoot from on a trap field. - Each shooter will shoot five targets from each station. - Once a shooter has shot five targets from one station, he/she then rotates to the next station. - Rotating consist of moving left to right. (If you are a shooter who begins on station five, after your fifth shot, you will rotate to station one.) - Shooters must shoot from all five stations. (Five targets from five stations equal 25 targets per round of trap.) - Most often used shotgun for a round of trap is a 12-gauge shotgun. Categories of Trapshooting: There are three different categories that a trap shooter can shoot: Singles, Handicap, and Doubles. - Singles - 16 yd line - All 25 targets are shot from the 16 yard line. - Handicap - All 25 targets are shot from different yardage groups. (Yardage groups: 19-21 yd line, 22 - 23 yd line, 24 - 25 yd line, and 26-27 yd line.) - Doubles - Two targets shot at one time. All targets are shot from the 16 yard line.