Your
Skeet Committee wants everyone to enjoy skeet shooting and trap
at our range. So the National Skeet Shooting Association has provided
us with guidelines of Skeet Shooting Etiquette. Please Follow them
and we will all have more fun.
- Skeet
Shooting is a sport. Have Fun. Enjoy. Relax
- Always
try to make new shooters/members feel welcome
- Don't
handle any else's gun without asking
- Use
only factory ammunition in a borrowed gun
- Never
be late arriving at the field
- Always
introduce yourself when shooting on a new squad
- Extend
professional courtesy to the referee
- Don't
put hold point markers on a competition field
- Don't
fire unannounced test shots
- Don't
subject other people to your bad reload
- Don't
waste time and targets on station #1
- Don't
call too loudly
- Don't
waste time unnecessarily while shooting
- Don't
ask for the trap to be cleaned unnecessarily
- Never
shoot twice at the same target
- Never
throw a tantrum on the field
- Don't
mess around after you miss
- If
you eject spent shells from your over/over, always watch them
land
- Do
not pick up your hulls during a round
- Don't
coach your squad mates unless specifically requested
- Always
stand out of sight of the person shooting
- No
talking while someone is shooting
- Try
not to distract shooters on adjacent fields
- Try
never to be late for a shoot-off
- Be
careful carrying your gun on your shoulder
- Be
reasonably quiet behind the shooting fields
- No
spectators on a shooting field
- Take
only 25 shells for a practice round
- Never
run anywhere at a gun club except in an emergency
