Ladies Day Will be Saturday, May 20 at The Ashe County Wildlife Club

Ladies Day Firearm Instruction will start at 10:00 a.m. on Saturday, May 20 at The Ashe County Wildlife Club at 3220 Big Peak Creek Road in Laurel Springs. This free event is meant to help women who rarely or who have never shot a firearm to become familiar with guns.

The instruction day is free, but women must bring their own firearms and ammunition.  The Wildlife Club is about 12 miles east of Jefferson off of N.C. 88 East. BRING YOUR GUNS UNLOADED.

“This year we have added shotgun instruction at the Pyramid Trap,” said Kelly Carson Diamond, the chair of the pistol committee for the Club. “Ladies can bring their shotguns and shells and we will give them basic instructions on how to shoot clay pigeons. The Pyramid Trap has five shooting positions with the trap machine always throwing the clays out from the same location underneath the shooters. It is the easiest way to learn how to shoot the shotgun sports.”

Ladies can start either at the Pyramid Trap or the Pistol Range at 10:00 a.m. Instructors will be at both locations to instruct and demonstrate safe gun handling techniques. Ladies can stay in the same location the whole day or rotate between shotgun and pistol instruction.

Pistol instruction will consist of loading at a table then moving forward to the 7-yard line and shooting at steel targets hanging on wooden posts. An array of steel knock-down targets is also available. Safety training of emphasizing “Muzzle (down range) Action (open) and Trigger (keep your finger off of it until ready to shoot)” will begin at 10:00 a.m., followed  by practice shooting.

Shotgun training will consist of the same M.A.T. rules. Shooters will then step up to the Pyramid, load their shotguns, and shout “Pull”, which  tells the trap machine operator she is ready to shoot at the clay. Once the trap operator hears “Pull!” the orange clay disc is sent flying.