The Corry Trap Team is for anyone that is able to shoot a gun safely, fast, and able to aim well. Every Monday and Thursday at 4:oo p.m., the trap team practices at the Corry rod and gun club. During those practices, each teammate signs up for a squad to shoot.

If you were to join the trap team and go to the practices, you never want to be late. They might not yell at you, but you don’t want to have to shoot last and have to stay really late. Once they have signed up for a squad they are on (depending on which squad they signed up for) they shoot when it is their turn. They like everyone to stay and watch their teammates shoot until the last squad is finished.

A squad is the time you shoot. The people you shoot with, in a squad are the people that signed up for the same squad. If you want to be on the first squad, be able to shoot first, and get your practice done, get there first and sign up before anyone else. The squads are always a squad of five, so you shoot with five teammates. Each practice you shoot 25 Clay Pigeons.

The Corry Trap Team is more of an individual sport rather than a team sport. Yes, you are a team, but it is not like playing football, where they rely on their teammates to help get that touchdown. You shoot for yourself. Although, when you go against other teams…well, that is another story. You need to be good altogether as a team, but also shoot the highest amount of clay pigeons to win yourself, first, second, or third place.

If you cannot get your gun up and ready to shoot those orange clay pigeons quick enough, you will not hit them. If you like to shoot guns or really just need practice for hunting or some other event, trap is a great way to achieve that goal.

I also got the chance to speak to two of the trap members. When Logan Clark was asked, “What is something a new member of the trap team needs to know?” Logan’s said, “If you miss a pigeon, don’t worry about that one pigeon.”

I also asked Kirsten Snyder and her response was, “Try your best and don’t get mad on the field.”