Lake District Sports - Lake District Clay Pigeon Shooting
Perfect for combining with other activities in the area for an action packed visit, Cumbria's many clay shooting centres offer everything from
an hour's fun or an afternoon's competition with friends to a full days instruction or even a specially designed event for your party.
There's nothing more satisfying than discovering the right timing and hand-eye co-ordination to blow a speeding disc out of the sky! Most
centres are fully equipped with electronic traps in a variety of layouts, all-weather shelters and low recoil cartridges to make the day a big
hit for every type of shooter.
Lake District Clay Pigeon Shooting Operators
Holmescales Activity Centre, Pleasure in
Leisure Ltd, Rookin House Centre
Clay pigeon shooting, formally known as Inanimate Bird Shooting, is the art of shooting at special flying targets, known as clay
pigeons or clay targets, with a shotgun.
The terminology commonly used by clay shooters often relates to times past, when live pigeon competitions were held. Although
such competitions were made illegal in the UK in 1921, a target is still called a 'target' or 'bird', a hit is referred to as a 'hit' or 'kill',
a missed target might be described as a 'bird away' and the machine which projects the targets is known as a 'trap'.
Much of the material in this article was provided by the Clay Pigeon Shooting Association (CPSA) in their capacity of National Governing Body
for the sport of clay shooting in England.
Guns/Cartridges | Clay Pigeons/Targets | Traps/Disciplines
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