They had guns, but no sun, and they鈥檙e hoping this weekend is different. The Yorkton Wildlife Federation Trap and Skeet Club is hoping that the third time鈥檚 the charm, and are aiming to hold the Sun鈥檚 Out Guns Out trap shoot at the clubhouse at York Lake on July 13.
Club president Warren Thomson said that while the Ladies鈥� Night held the evening before had people shooting in the rain and having a great time, they wanted to put on Sun鈥檚 Out when the sun鈥檚 in the sky, because this event relies more on drop-in traffic instead of pre-paid tickets.
鈥淗opefully we have folks coming out, winning a gun, taking a few shots, enjoying some food and camaraderie,聽 and family trap shooting.鈥�
There are guns to give away as prizes, with a Winchester pump shotgun sponsored by Browning to be given away in a draw for people who participate in the trap shooting. Canadian Tire and Discovery Motorsports are sponsoring a
Remington Versa Max semi-automatic shotgun to be given away for a $10 ticket, to a maximum of 100 tickets.
鈥淵ou have to be here and participating in the trap shoot to buy one of those tickets.鈥�
Part of the goal of the聽 event is to get new people to go to the club and try out the sport. There will be coaching on hand and guns for people to use if they don鈥檛 own one of their own. They like to show off what they have at York Lake, said Thomson, and they want more people to know about it.
鈥淲e take pride in our grounds, and we want people to come out and take a look at it. Who knows? Maybe they will come back for one of our Tuesday night shoots. We鈥檙e always trying to grow the sport.鈥�
The event is for everyone, Thomson said, with coaches on hand to help novices learn. It鈥檚 meant to be a fun shoot for the entire family.
鈥淲ith some of the novices, we coach them, and what I find is once they hit one or two they connect the dots and they start hitting them.鈥�
New to the grounds is a 3D Archery Shoot, with ten targets that archers can take aim at. They鈥檙e going to be holding the shoot at the same time.
Tickets are $50, and will get attendees lunch as well as two rounds of shooting. Additional rounds are an extra $25, and come with more chances at winning one of the guns.
On Tuesday, it鈥檚 $12.50 a round, and they hope people get hooked on the weekend and keep coming on Tuesdays.
