The San Antonio area has a world class facility that will help you keep your eye on, and hit, the target!
SAN ANTONIO, Texas — I have always had trouble with passing shots. Sometimes I make them, but I know they’ve always been a weaker point of my shooting abilities. But there is a place in San Antonio where I can conquer that problem…The National Shooting Complex.
“We have right at 700 acres, 45 skeet stations, 47 trap stations, 5 sporting clays courses and room for lots more,” says Assistant Director Nathan Boyd.
The facility hosts state and national shooting championships, charity events, corporate events… and perhaps most importantly opportunities for youngsters to learn and properly participate in the sport. They hold experiences called “First Shot”, where you introduce youngsters and adults to sport of shooting.
The most challenging thing at the complex is sporting clays. Each course has 10 stations, where you fire 10 shots for a total of 100 shots peer round. Each station is set up to present different hunting presentations. Some may fly like dove, or ducks, pheasant, quail or a combination of hunting scenarios.
I used to shoot a lot and I like to wing hunt, so the sporting clays course seemed like a perfect fit. Once I started shooting…Something was off. Fortunately I had the Assistant Director, a former competetive shooter at my side.
“You’re stopping your gun. You have to follow through with the shot,” Boyd said.
Every time I would squeeze the trigger, I was not following the path of the target. I did it two or three more times… I finally felt what he was talking about. When i followed through I busted both targets.
The National Shooting Complex is a gem, for shooters. It’s tucked away on Rolf Rd, just off Culebra west of 1604. It’s open to the public on Thursday and Saturdays, but they also offer memberships which allow you to shoot 5 days a week. If you’d like to check out the facility, click on this link to their website here.
Barry Davis is a KENS 5 morning anchor and host of Texas Outdoors. Barry loves to hunt and fish anything, ride his Harley, tinker with his ’67 Formula S Barracuda convertible and do basically anything outside. Read more about Barry here.