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Sporting Clays - Private Client Range – Idaho 25,000 acres – where to put it? Although there were acres and acres of land, the course had to be near, but not too near, the residence and accessible in the winter months – this is North Idaho by the Canadian border. After several days of surveying the land, several locations were proposed. The first was a clearing with a stream running through it. I proposed building a dam and flooding the area. This was completed, but the owner decided the newly formed lake was too beautiful to “pollute” with shooting, so it became a water feature of the estate. Another area had to be sourced. The newly flooded area. Too good for shooting. So we built a bridge across the dam, and ventured up into the hills. There I found the perfect plateau and managed to define six Sporting Stations and a Compact Clay “cabin” overlooking a valley. The plateau was around 150 feet higher than the lake and a carefully defined road was cut into the hillsides to allow access to the flat area. In the photos that follow I show the Sporting stations and TWO Compact Sporting Decks. The first was installed in 2006, followed by the second in 2010. www.shooting-academy.com

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Sporting Clays - Private Client Range – Idaho

25,000 acres – where to put it?

Although there were acres and acres of land, the course had to be near, but not too near, the residence and accessible in the winter months – this is North Idaho by the Canadian border.

After several days of surveying the land, several locations were proposed.

The first was a clearing with a stream running through it. I proposed building a dam and flooding the area. This was completed, but the owner decided the newly formed lake was too beautiful to “pollute”

with shooting, so it became a water feature of the estate. Another area had to be sourced.

The newly flooded area. Too good for shooting.

So we built a bridge across the dam, and ventured up into the hills. There I found the perfect plateau and managed to define six Sporting Stations and a Compact Clay “cabin” overlooking a valley. The plateau was around 150 feet higher than the lake and a carefully defined road was cut into the hillsides to allow access to the flat area. In the photos that follow I show the Sporting stations and TWO Compact Sporting Decks. The first was installed in 2006, followed by the second in 2010.

www.shooting-academy.com

http://www.shooting-academy.com/

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An Ariel view of the selected areas…..

The Sporting Clay Course.

The new flooded pond

New road cut into hill

Sporting Clays Area

Residence

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Forty Foot tower - 7 traps

16 Foot tower - 2 traps

24 Foot tower - 2 traps

2 Rabbits, one high, one low

3 Incoming targets

Compact clays 1

(see next photo)

Compact clays 2

TEAL

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Compact 1 – 16 Targets

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Forty Foot Tower with 7 traps.

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Traphouse for RABBIT Positioning the Traphouses. Two incoming traphouses. (Note: Sliding covers to seal windows.)

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Compact (1) Sporting Cabin – Three visible traphouse (of 12). Two stations with “switchable” traps. Four traps can be controlled from either station. (From tower)

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Two rabbits, one on the “high” berm, one below. And a sneaky, overhead from here.

The “ZZ” Bird layout. .

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Nice little station here, behind the tower… Two high targets from the LEFT hill

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Rear entrance to the “Clubhouse” shooting deck – COMPACT SPORTING 1

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Shooting Deck View of the target area in front.

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Now Compact Clays (2) Three “Wobble” traps below. And one “Wobble” trap in the roof. 24’ Tower with 2 lower Rabbits and a high bird, Compact (1) and Compact (2)