by MN PTCT on Wed Dec 14, 2016 7:54 am
You might take a look at Hudson Rod, Gun and Archery Club on the north end of Hudson, WI. If you haven't been there lately, there have been major improvements in the facility. 8 traps, 2 skeet, rifle, pistol and archery ranges. They offer daily memberships at $10.00 then $6.00 per round of trap. Annual memberships are $150.00 and allows you to buy 10 round punch cards for $50.00. Put in 8 work hours during the year and get half you membership fee back. Not that far from Oakdale.
I really enjoy shooting at Buffalo also. It's a 3 trap club offering trap only. Well run and maintained. They throw a lot of registered target as well if that is of interest to you. The first time I walked in there, I signed up for an ATA event. During the day, many of the members welcomed me by name. That impressed me and I've bee impressed ever since. Their ATA marathon rate was $20.00 per hundred for 2016.
Minneapolis, Forest Lake, Metro are all nice facilities but I don't think you will find $6.00 targets at any of them. I don't think any of them offer $10.00 targets to non-members. $11.50 is the number I seem to recall for non-members. You might find $6.00 targets at Beaverbrook if you find that handy to your location. The last I heard, South St. Paul has trap for non-members at $20.00 which includes a box of cheap shells.
Clubs within 100 miles that throw registered targets would be Minneapolis, Beaverbrook, Forest Lake, Buffalo, Winona, Owatonna, Del-Tone in St. Cloud, Monticello, Eau Claire and some smaller clubs that I have not yet visited. The registered targets at the higher priced clubs are usually cheaper than the non-member open shooting rates.
Have fun!!