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| American Trap |
American trap is broken down into three categories: 16 yd singles, 16 yd doubles and, handicap which is shot between 19 and 27 yd.
In singles each shooter takes one shot at each of five targets in each of the five positions in sequence, while standing 16 yards (15.6 m) back from the trap house.
The trap rotates back and forth so it is impossible to know which way the target is going to come out.
Handicap is the same as singles but shot from further away.
No two shooters on the same squad should have a difference of more than three yards (2.7 m) between them.
Doubles is shot from 16 yards (15.4 m) and the trap is fixed to fire straight away with the left and right targets appearing to be straight away when
standing between positions 4 and 5; and 1 and 2, respectively. For doubles, two targets are thrown at the same time, with one shot per target allowed.
There is no second shot on any target in American trap singles or handicap.
When shooting American trap for practice or fun a squad of five will shoot 25 targets each for a total of 125.
A variant of standard trap is Wobble or Wobble Trap.
The main differences are a much more extreme target flight path than in standard Trap shooting (the trap oscillates up and down as well as side to side),
and shooters at stations 1 and 5 stand at the 18 yard (16.5 m) mark while positions 2-4 stand at the 17 yard (15.5 m) mark.
Although this version of trap is not sanctioned by the ATA, many shooters consider it to be both more challenging and engaging as well as a more realistic
preparation for bird hunting.
More experienced shooters will often shoot from the Skeet positions to increase the difficulty.
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