Shells $11.00 Practice $11.00

Discussion in 'Trapshooting Forum - Americantrapshooter.com' started by Clayman, Nov 11, 2021.

  1. Clayman

    Clayman Well-Known Member

    At the Autumn Grand. Shells and practice rounds are both $11.00.
    So, $22.00 to shoot a round of practice.

    I know costs are up, yadda, but if this becomes the norm, won't it drive a lot of shooters to other sports?
     
  2. ljutic329

    ljutic329 Mega Poster Founding Member

    Wrong,

    Practice is 9.00 and shells are 9.60 per box for premium STS
     
  3. lord maker

    lord maker Mega Poster Founding Member

    shotgunning has always been an elitest sport. The 60s/70s our overlords let too much $ get to us, so the common man could feed his family on one job, and still shoot. They have realized their error and are making a correction.
     
  4. BT99&SKB

    BT99&SKB Active Member

    $9.00 is for members, $11 is non members.
     
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  5. Jack Olson

    Jack Olson Mega Poster

    I have been shooting since 62 but at these prices I'm about done.
     
  6. MOE

    MOE Mega Poster Founding Member

    This will be the death of our sport. I don't consider myself an elitist but yet could still manage to shoot about 15,000 rounds a year. But not at these prices, you can't hardly even save by reloading.
     
  7. BRAD DYSINGER

    BRAD DYSINGER The Philosophist Founding Member Member Trapshooting Hall of Fame Member State Hall of Fame

    "Let's Go Brandon"
     
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  8. ljutic329

    ljutic329 Mega Poster Founding Member

    At the Autumn Grand you do not have to be a member to get the 9.00 practice targets
     
  9. mudpack

    mudpack Mega Poster Founding Member

    Even $9 a round for practice targets is twice what most of us are used to paying.
    And $10/box target loads are twice what most of us are used to paying.
    If my situation is any indication, it just means most of us will be shooting half as many targets as we did pre-Cove/pre-Biden.
     
  10. Macdaddy

    Macdaddy Mega Poster

    Member targets at our club are $5 a round. Shells are $9 for members $10 for non-members……well for now anyway upload_2021-11-13_10-15-9.png
     
  11. THEUNLOADER

    THEUNLOADER Mega Poster Founding Member

    $11.00 non-members and the word is--It's going up---I just left there.
     
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  12. Roger Coveleskie

    Roger Coveleskie State HOF Founding Member Member State Hall of Fame

    Ljutic329, WRONG practice was $11.00 for none members. How many shooters that were from out of state do you think were members? Roger C.
     
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  13. Roger Coveleskie

    Roger Coveleskie State HOF Founding Member Member State Hall of Fame

    $42.00 per 100 targets, $38.40 for shells. $5.00 shooting fees.= $85.40 For first 100 targets shot. $160.80 next two events = $266.20 for the day of shooting.
    That is out of the reach for a man with a wife two kids and a house and car payment. Still wonder where our members have gone? Roger C.
     
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  14. Greeny311

    Greeny311 Member

    Cost are up but can't run away from shooting .
     
  15. THEUNLOADER

    THEUNLOADER Mega Poster Founding Member

    To old to 'RUN' away, but can sure as hell 'WALK' away !!
     
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  16. BRAD DYSINGER

    BRAD DYSINGER The Philosophist Founding Member Member Trapshooting Hall of Fame Member State Hall of Fame

    Our local clubs that shoot 50 bird meat shoots have been holding up well but some shooters are saying that they are about out of reloads so I don't know how next year will be.
     
  17. ljutic329

    ljutic329 Mega Poster Founding Member

    Roger,

    I'm from out of state and they only charged me 9.00.

    I'm not a member.
     
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  18. mpolans

    mpolans Mega Poster

    Heck, even $9.00 for members seems pretty steep. Around here, targets have gone up from around $5 to around $6 per round.
     
  19. Ron fisher

    Ron fisher Mega Poster

    Wow ! I guess we have it good at our club..$3.00 practice members....$4.50 non-members (going up Jan 1st .50 ) .
     
  20. ljutic329

    ljutic329 Mega Poster Founding Member

    Tucson will soon price themselves out of business in my opinion.

    9.00 for practice targets? Total bullshit along with 47.00 targets

    122.00 to stay at the Casino del Sol plus the driving distance and food.

    Good luck Tucson Trap and Skeet.
     
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  21. THEUNLOADER

    THEUNLOADER Mega Poster Founding Member

    Life member since 1964---Tucson Trap Club in my rear view mirror !!!!
     
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  22. Roger Coveleskie

    Roger Coveleskie State HOF Founding Member Member State Hall of Fame

    THEY ARE NOT VERY USER FRIENDLY. If you win a trophy on the sunday of champion day, they will not ship it to you. If you play the Martin lewis option you will not get a payoff sheet, no way to see what scores paid and how much. or if you were missed. They never have enough help to keep the shoot running smooth, to many interuptions. They ran off all of the local shooters. sad but true. Roger C.
     
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  23. ljutic329

    ljutic329 Mega Poster Founding Member

    I also noticed on the east end on 2 of the used to be practice traps, they have set up ZZ bird so we got to pay for that also.
     
  24. Roger Coveleskie

    Roger Coveleskie State HOF Founding Member Member State Hall of Fame

    The trap shooters are their cash cows. Get user to it the sporting clays have taken over. Roger C.
     
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  25. ljutic329

    ljutic329 Mega Poster Founding Member

    Roger,
    Good ,they can move the Autumn Grand and Spring Grand to San Antonio
     
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  26. Roger Coveleskie

    Roger Coveleskie State HOF Founding Member Member State Hall of Fame

    They should move one of them, no club was supposed to have more than one grand event. The Autumn Grand should be moved to Nevada. Roger C.
     
  27. THEUNLOADER

    THEUNLOADER Mega Poster Founding Member

    "MARTINS" money talks---Bullshit Walks !!!
     
  28. Roger Coveleskie

    Roger Coveleskie State HOF Founding Member Member State Hall of Fame

    Bill tried to make it a good club. He could not make the club have good people in charge. Remember every action has a reaction. Roger C,
     
  29. ljutic329

    ljutic329 Mega Poster Founding Member

    correct
     
  30. Clayman

    Clayman Well-Known Member

    Sorry, this is not wrong. 11 bucks a round if you are not a member.
     
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  31. ljutic329

    ljutic329 Mega Poster Founding Member

    They charged me 9.00 for practice
     
  32. THEUNLOADER

    THEUNLOADER Mega Poster Founding Member

    You got lucky----
     
  33. ljutic329

    ljutic329 Mega Poster Founding Member

    You can bet your azz I'll not even be paying 9.00 next trip.

    I'll do my practice when we shoot.

    Things are getting out of hand out there regarding their pricing.

    They cut their labor back to almost nothing for the practice traps.

    You had to hunt someone down to shoot practice.

    Same old story, we pay for the sporting machines and their overhead along with the ZZ fields.
     
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  34. THEUNLOADER

    THEUNLOADER Mega Poster Founding Member

    I won't be going back.
     
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  35. Oldman1949

    Oldman1949 Member

    How much are they charging for a round of Sporting or ZZ's ?
     
  36. ljutic329

    ljutic329 Mega Poster Founding Member

    I'd be afraid to ask.
     
  37. Oldman1949

    Oldman1949 Member

    Why would you be afraid to ask ? If the Trap shooters are paying for the Sporting a round (100 targets) would have to be less than $44 .
     
  38. ljutic329

    ljutic329 Mega Poster Founding Member

    I don't know. I don't shoot either one.

    Why don't ya call them and find out.
     
  39. Oldman1949

    Oldman1949 Member

    Because I don't really care . Seems like a lot of folks feel that trap shooters are supporting sporting shooters . But in most cases
    research shows that , now days , it's the other way around .
    I.E. - 4 rounds of practice trap @ $11 a round would be $44 . So a 100 bird round of sporting would have to be less if the trap shooters are supporting
    the sporting shooters right ?
     
  40. bobski

    bobski USN Retired Range Owner

    anyone up for 12.00 for a game for skeet or trap at bass pro cedar lodge mo? good news is you can bring your own shells.
    lol.
    hey but seriously...you can eat off the grounds and shoot from hand laid stone traps. that hull i dropped was gone in 5 seconds after the pic was taken.
    if you want to do the s.clays course, hold on to your hats or in this case your wallets.
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  41. mudpack

    mudpack Mega Poster Founding Member

    Are there other ways to lay stone??
     
  42. bobski

    bobski USN Retired Range Owner

    actually, wire assist is another.
    and cement chinked.
     
  43. LCH

    LCH Mega Poster Forum Leader

    Word around the campfire is lot rent went up as well at Tucson.
     
  44. Stl Flyn

    Stl Flyn Forum Leader Founding Member Forum Leader

    Even the lawn looks expensive.
     
  45. bobski

    bobski USN Retired Range Owner

    all the blades are going in one direction. every day EVERY clay chip is picked up.
     
  46. Paul in Mn

    Paul in Mn Member

    It's .40 per target for members sporting clays, .45 for non members. I believe 8% is added for look targets and breakage.

    I was told by a reliable source that practice trap targets are thrown at the members price for both Grands, which now $9.
     
  47. Roger Coveleskie

    Roger Coveleskie State HOF Founding Member Member State Hall of Fame

    Some one didn't tell the help at the club. they were charging $11.00 if you were not a member. Roger C.
     
  48. plaw

    plaw Mega Poster

    Next 3 yrs. We will see many quit and many clubs close!
     
  49. BRAD DYSINGER

    BRAD DYSINGER The Philosophist Founding Member Member Trapshooting Hall of Fame Member State Hall of Fame

    I don't think it will take three years. Every hunter that has came through Thorn Bottom this year has mentioned the ammo shortage. These guys for the most part aren't target shooters and they can't find even one box to hunt with. I have a limit of one box per hunter because I don't know when or if I'll be able to replace any ammo I sell.

    The hunters are shooting worse than normal too because they have no ammo to practice with. Normally I hear shooting all around at this time of year but for the last 2 Thanksgivings hardly any shooting at all. I can't see how an ATA week of registered shooting can happen with any regularity anymore. Also no reloading supplies to speak of and very expensive ammo if you do find it.

    Let's Go Brandon