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I was looking for a place closer to home to shoot some clays and stumbled upon Pine Belt in Shamong. Never really heard much about it on these forums.

I'm in Cherry Hill and it's about an hour to Cedar Creek Sporting Clays (where I've been shooting). Pine Belt is about a half hour drive, so I stopped by today. Never saw so many people or a facility that large - they have something like 14 trap houses and 3 skeet fields, all nicely arranged and the entire facility looked top-notch. Maybe there was a tournament today, but it was packed. Lots of cars from out of state and campers, folks tailgaiting. 

I never shot trap, but I hung out and watched a few rounds. Very different from Sporting Clays. The squad action is rythmic, fast and very quiet (no chatter). Two other observations - while there was a good mix of men and women of all ages, there were a LOT of really old, really good shooters. That and I never saw so many Kreighoff guns in my life in one place. These were definitely no weekend duffers.

Anyhow, I'm not sure if trap is for me, but I'd be curious to learn anyone's first hand experience with the club. Can you just go out and practice or do you have to squad up and play every time?

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It's an excellent place to shoot trap, and seldom crowded. I think the Delaware state shoot was taking place this weekend, so that would account for the crowds. In general, no hassles. Just show up, sign in, and shoot. It's often possible that you'll be shooting a round or two solo depending on who's around, though if you prefer, you can usually jump in with some other folks. 

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Yes you came upon the Delaware State Trap Championship this weekend. If you thought it was crowded this weekend then check it out next weekend. They will be holding the NJ State Championship.    You will find Trap to be A tightly disciplined clay game. The key to Trap is A high shooting gun, Most shoot at least A 70//30 high gun some even more. Its A game of repetition and practice, practice, practice,  We shoot it on Friday nights at Quinton. 50 bird games from the 16 yd line and 10 bird from the 27 yard line.  Oh and if your shooting an auto loader, do yourself A favor and install A shell catcher or have A deflector installed. Easy way to upset the guy next to you with his 25K gun is to chuck your empties his way.

 

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