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Archery & Trap

EESA maintains a large outdoor archery facility for area archery enthusiasts. Several target butts are located in the open field for sighting and practice use. A “game trail” network is provided in the woods to the south east of our clubhouse containing over 20 positions for realistic field shooting experiences. Target stands are provided at various distances for member use. A simulated tree stand is included in the course of fire to provide greater realism for shooters. Several times a year the club holds 3D shoots at the club and in allied facilities. Junior Archery: The EESA Junior archery program runs from May to October on Friday nights commencing at 6pm using the indoor range. Shooting is completed under the auspices of the Canbow program. This program provides an excellent series of levels and badges to encourage shooters to develop their archery skills. Several Club bows are available for use of newcomers. Certified instructors provide excellent coaching opportunities for shooters of all levels. Charges are $3 per shooter or $5 per family. Senior Archery: Is mainly involved in the organization and participation in 4 local 3D tournaments over the year. These shoots incorporate life sized 3 dimensional targets of various game species. Targets are engaged in realistic scenarios at various distances. Trap Trap is a shotgun sport (generally 12 gauge) in which up to five competitors attempt to shoot down clay targets (birds/pigeons). The shooters line up on five stations arranged like the fingers of a hand behind a concrete bunker containing the throwing machine. The machine is manually loaded and fired remotely by the scorer who is located behind the shooters. When all shooters are ready the scorer will launch one target to test the mechanism. The first shooter then yells PULL (or some signal ranging from “HUUUhhhh” to a guttural sound) and tries to shoot down the target launched by the scorer. The other shooters each shoot their individual targets in sequence. When all shooters have gone through 5 shots the line is rotated to the right (i.e. 1 goes to 2 and 5 moves to 1). Thus in the end all shooters have shot 25 times 5 at each station. Naturally the most birds shot down wins. A missed shot is indicated by the scorer declaring “loss”, a hit is not verbally indicated. A volunteer is required to go into the “house” to manually load the target firing mechanism during a shoot. EESA has several club owned shotguns available to newcomers to give it a try and shells are available for purchase. The current rates for a round of trap are $3 for 25 targets. Trap shooting is held at 1:00 pm on Sundays. Turkey Shoots: Turkey shoots are very popular special events. Various activities surrounding the use of shotguns are held with the winners of the events winning either frozen turkeys or hams. Activities may include: Turkey shoot: Participants shoot a single shot with their (or borrowed) shotgun at a paper target from a distance of 20 yards. The shooter who scores the most hits on the paper wins. Annie Oakley: This fun event involves large numbers of shooters (around 15) using the trap range. Shooters are arrayed in a line. The first shooter calling for a bird must shoot at it. If shooter 1 misses his target the next shooter MUST take a shot. If he hits it then shooter 1 is eliminated, if shooter 2 misses then shooter 3 may elect to shoot. If shooter 3 manages to break the bird then shooters 1 and 2 are eliminated. Shooter 2 will also be eliminated if he takes a shot AFTER shooter 1 has already hit the target (dead bird) or if shooter 2 fails to take a shot after shooter 1 misses. Once a series has been completed the onus moves down the line to the next group of 3 shooters. The last man standing wins a prize. Pickle-the-Paper: A single shot is taken at a paper upon which is drawn a large pie (12 sectioned circle) participants purchase sections of the pie (generally for 2 or 3 dollars). The section, which is hit by the most pellets, wins a prize. This game is often used as a fundraiser during other events as well.