
Gate #2 Info
For all upcoming Forest Lake Sportsmen’s Club Events please see our calendar located here.
Set in the natural terrain North of the Twin Cities our beautiful shotgun range is open to the public from April through September. We have 4 Trap Fields, 2 Skeet Fields, a Five Stand Field and a Sporting Clays Course. Heated Five Stand is also available in the Winter.
Open to the public hours:
Tuesday – Thursday 4PM – 9PM
Sunday 12PM – 4PM
Please check the Calendar to confirm dates and times as they are subject to change
Cost (non-members):
Trap and Skeet $10.50
5-Stand $12.50
Sporting Clays $25.00 10 stations, 50 clays
Spring Trap League
The Spring Trap League starts April and runs for 20 weeks.
- 16 Yard Trap League
Spring Combo League
The Spring Combo League starts April and runs for 18 weeks. The teams compete in the following venues:
- 16 Yard Trap – 6 weeks
- Skeet – 6 Weeks
- 5-Stand Sporting Clays – 6 weeks.
Spring Skeet League
Spring Skeet starts April and runs for 20 weeks.
Spring 5-Stand League
Spring 5-Stand starts April and runs for 20 weeks.
Summer Youth Trap League
The Summer youth League starts in June, and continues each Monday night for 8 weeks.This program is fully supervised with seasoned shooters for safety and instruction. There are two categories:
- Sub-Juniors – Ages 11 through 13
- Juniors – Ages 14 through 18
Gate #2 Blog Posts
Veteran’s introduction to trapping day
Veteran’s introduction to trapping day Sunday July 14, 2019 Forest Lake Sportsman’s Club 4648 240th St N, Forest Lake, MN 55025 Purpose: Introduce Military Veterans to modern trapping fundamentals and trapping regulations in Minnesota. Process: [...]
2019 FLSC Youth Shooting Program
Monday June 17th, 6-8 PM Program will run for 7 weeks each Monday through July 29th Open to ages 11-18 with various skill levels Cost: $80 Program includes introduction to a variety of shooting/hunting sports [...]
What is Sporting Clays
Sporting clays is the closest thing to actual field shooting of all shotgun sports. Rather than having clay birds thrown from standardized distances and angles as with skeet or trap, sporting clays courses are designed [...]
Trap is usually shot in squads of five shooters. A round of trap consists of 25 targets per shooter. A trap field has five positions, or stations, numbered consecutively from left to right. Five clay targets, sometimes referred to as “birds,” are thrown for each shooter at each position, with one shot being fired at each bird. After firing five rounds in rotation, each squad member moves one station to his right, with the shooter on station five moving over to station one.
Descriptions provided by NSSF
Skeet is usually shot in squads of five shooters. A skeet field has eight positions, or stations, seven of which are numbered consecutively from left to right in a semi-circle around the field. Station eight is located in the center, almost directly between the trap houses, offering very challenging-and very exciting-targets.
A round of skeet consists of 25 targets. Some stations offer single targets, others doubles. There are 16 single targets, two from each station. A round also includes eight shots at four double-targets from stations 1, 2, 6 and 7. The first target missed is repeated; the repeat target is called “the optional.” If no miss occurs in the round of 24 shots, the optional is taken as a single target; usually shot from station eight.
Descriptions provided by NSSF
Courses are laid out in natural surroundings and typically include five or more shooting stations. Like golf, shooters move from one station to the next to complete the course. At any station, targets may be thrown as singles, simultaneous pairs, following pairs (one target right after the other) or report pairs (the second target launched at the sound of the gun being fired at the first). To further challenge shooters, target size may vary from the standard trap/skeet clay bird to the smaller “midi” and “mini” targets, or a flat disc-shaped “battue” target. There are also “rabbit” targets, special clay disks that are thrown on edge to roll and skitter unpredictably across the ground.
Sporting clays allows for either a pre-mounted or low gun approach, and a full round usually consists of 50 or 100 targets (depending on the number of stations), with several targets normally thrown at each station.
Descriptions provided by NSSF