Ben Avery Clay Target Center

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Be the sharpest shooter in the West in this skeet shoot-out. How to play Skeet Shooter Mouse = Aim & Shoot Spacebar = Reload Shoot as many clay pigeons as you can, reloading every 2 shots. In Tier 1-3 areas, organised outdoor sport and physical activity can continue. This includes all recreational shooting activities such as target shooting, deer stalking, wildfowling, rough shooting and driven game shooting. Driven game shooting and other group shooting.

5060 W. Skeet Street
Phoenix, AZ 85086
623 434-8119
bactc@azgfd.gov

One mile west of Interstate 17 on Carefree Highway behind Game & Fish headquarters.

ANNOUNCEMENTS

Ben Avery Shooting Facility Reopens

To ensure public health and safety protocols are observed, and to maximize opportunities for all recreational shooters, only online reservations will be accepted.

A face covering is required to enter any public restroom or building.
A face covering is required if you cannot maintain social distancing of 6 feet or more.

All shooters must have a reservation prior to beginning a round. Anyone without a reservation may be asked to leave the range.

There will be no public trap or skeet Wed., Oct. 28 through Sun., Nov. 1 due to the Arizona State Trap Shoot. Sporting Clays and 5 Stand are still available by reservation.

Desert Roses program has been postponed until further notice.

The Ben Avery Clay Target Center is a professionally managed public shotgun-shooting facility in north Phoenix offering games such as trap, skeet, sporting clays, and more. Fun for the whole family! It is also the check-in point for the Ben Avery outdoor archery ranges.

Shooters of all ages and abilities are welcome. New shooters will find rental shotguns and a courteous staff eager to offer informal coaching. Experts and competitive shooters will find top-notch challenges to match their skills in traditional games as well as advanced games like international skeet and Olympic (bunker) trap. The center hosts many well-known registered shoots and is a favorite venue for some of the world’s most accomplished shooters.

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Programs

Desert Rose Program – for beginners

The Ben Avery Clay Target Center is located on the grounds of the 1,650-acre Ben Avery Shooting Facility and is owned by the Arizona Game and Fish Commission and operated by the Arizona Game and Fish Department. Surrounded by scenic Sonoran desert landscape, it is easily accessed off Carefree Highway about 1.5 miles west of Interstate 17, just a short drive from popular tourist destinations like Scottsdale and downtown Phoenix. View Map

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Due to sanctioned registered shoots and other public or corporate events, on occasion, some field and course availability is limited. For future planning, visit our shooting events page for listings. For More information please call us at 623 434-8119.

Clay Pigeon Shooting Game online, free

Features

- Public range – no membership required

- 16 lighted trap/skeet fields

- 4 sporting clay courses for all skill levels

- Voice-activated trap releases

Clay Pigeon Shooting Games Free

- Wheelchair-accessible field

- Shotgun patterning board

- $15 rental Beretta and Benelli shotguns: Effective July 1, 2018 only ammunition purchased at the Ben Avery Clay Target Center may be used in rental shotguns. *Note: Due to current COVID guidelines, we are not renting shotguns at this time.

- Informal coaching

- Air-conditioned clubhouse, shade ramadas, water stations
- RV spaces with full hook-ups

The Ben Avery Shooting Facility has a Five Star rating from the National Shooting Sports Foundation and is has been named a Phoenix Point of Pride.

The Ben Avery Clay Target Center and Ben Avery Shooting Facility are open to the public and are funded by shooters’ fees and by federal excise taxes on firearms, ammunition and shooting sports equipment through the Federal Assistance in Wildlife Restoration Program. The Arizona Game and Fish Department does not receive dollars from Arizona tax revenues (general fund).

Skeet shooting is a recreational and competitive activity where participants, using shotguns, attempt to break clay targets mechanically flung into the air from two fixed stations at highspeed from a variety of angles. Skeet is one of the three major disciplines of competitive clay pigeon shooting.

Trapshooting is one of the three major disciplines of competitive clay pigeon shooting (shooting shotguns at clay targets). The other disciplines are skeet shooting and sporting clays. In trap shooting, the targets are launched from a single “house” or machine, generally away from the shooter.

Five Stand is a type of shotgun sport shooting similar to sporting clays, trap and skeet. There are five stations, or stands and six to eighteen strategically placed clay target throwers(called traps). Shooters shoot in turn at various combinations of clay birds.