What is Sporting Clays?

It’s exciting! It’s challenging! And its popularity is accelerating faster than a pair of teal on opening day. With its roots coming from England, sporting clays is a shotgun shooting game in which clay pigeons are presented to the gunner in ways that mirror the flight pattern of game birds, or occasionally rabbits, in their natural habitats.

The shooting grounds are laid out in stations (also called stands) with each station representing one type of bird or a combination of game; a rabbit and a grouse.