Thread: Hosting a clay shoot

If one wanted to host a clay shooting day in a very rural community what are the rules around this? Can it be hosted on farm or at any safe venue or does it need to be at a gun club/ firing range?

You just need permission from the landholder.

Normal firearms safety, rules.and regs apply from there.

From the TTP shooting range manual. If what you want to do exceeds these requirements, then it'll need range certification.

Originally Posted by Chelsea

If one wanted to host a clay shooting day in a very rural community what are the rules around this? Can it be hosted on farm or at any safe venue or does it need to be at a gun club/ firing range?

I do it on my farm, maybe a couple of times a year, get a few friends around and blow away a box of clays with a slab of ammo.

Most important I think is your shot fall zone. If you're 200 metres away from your property boundary in the direction of shooting, you're OK (for lead). 150m shot fall zone for steel. Those are the distances prescribed in the NZCTA range design manual.

My "field" is only 20m off the road, but all clays and shots go away from the road, so it makes a good spectator opportunity for passing motorists.

You might want to give your neighbours' a heads-up if you care what they think.

Over here in Australia I put on an annual clay shoot on our property.
I’m sure the rules here are probably different , but no money can change hands for the shooting activity.
I harvest timber off our place occasionally, so everyone coming on the day buys a small bag of kindling wood for $40.00 .
Everyone stands around talking about the huge amount of firewood they got for such a small amount of money , after a BBQ breakfast strangely Clay targets start flying through the air and those that have remembered to bring a Shotgun and ammo are doing me a favour by shooting them .