SPORTING CLAYS AT CGESC
The CGESC has the newest Sporting Clays course in western Oregon. The course begins on a hillside covered in black berries, and then meanders down into an open field with black berries as a backstop. This unique combination of terrain offers interesting shoot station placement, as well as unlimited target presentations. You will find each station fun and challenging, with everything from Rabbits, Battue’s, Midis, Incomers, Overhead targets, and combinations of all throughout the course.
We currently have 10 stations, with 2 additional stations to be added soon. In the winter we change the course often. During the Sporting Clays season the course is changed monthly for our tournaments. This keep’s the course interesting and our shooters challenged.
Our targets are thrown by Promatic Sporting Clay machines of various models that compliment the varied terrain and target zones. Dr. Steve Wilhite is our Sporting Clays Chairman. Dr.Wilhite is a world class FITASC shooter, traveling extensively around the country and the globe applying his skills in both FITASC and Sporting Clays event’s. Dr. Wilhite has also attended the National shooting Complex target setting school held in San Antonio, Texas. He and another of our directors, Dr. Dave Able are also certified Level 1 instructors.
We use the Long Range LLC target key system to control our Promatic traps. The system is state of the art. With either count up or count down keys available, it affords our shooters complete control of whatever they would like to do on the course. The computerized system and report capabilities are top shelf. As an example, with the shooter owning his / her personal key, we can generate a report that will tell you. When you shot, what time you shot, how many shots taken at any given station, as well as total birds shot to date. The system will also allow the shooter to shoot alone, by programming delays into the bug.
Come visit us and shoot a round in the “Fun Zone,” we bet you can’t shoot just one!
Dennis Crowell, Managing Director
Sporting Clays is a challenging clay target game designed to simulate field shooting. On a Sporting Clays course, shooters are presented with a wide variety of targets that duplicate the flight path of gamebirds, such as flushing, crossing, incoming and other angling shots.
