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Just a poll to see what each of your local clubs charge for a visitor to shoot at your club? My club wants to raise the price for a round of trap , skeet or 5 stand from $5 to $10 . Normal members pay $3.25. If you work on a committe (work one 4 hours shift, 4 times a year) you get a break and can shoot for $2.50 a round. Some one suggested the board raise the price to $10 to encourage people to become members. They seem to think that due to the membership price of $150 per year, plus the first year inniation fee of $100, that non members just shoot as visitors rather than becoming a member because you would have to shoot quite a bit to off set the membership cost. (143 rounds the first year, 86 rounds the following years). There logic is to raise the cost for non members to encourage them to become members. My thinking is we will drive away possible new members to other clubs around that are cheaper.
At $10 for a round of trap /skeet /4 stand, a person could go to the local sporting clays course and shoot for the same price ($20 for 50 birds). Normally sporting clays is more expensive than trap or skeet. It is a further drive to most clays courses.
Our club is bought a paid for. Members dues go to maintance and insurance cost. We have a live in caretaker who cuts the grass and watchs over things for the exchange of living in the trailer on the grounds. Maintance, trappers and shop workers are all member volunteers. We have trap skeet, 5 stand , 3D archery, outdoor pistol range and a 10 acre lake. It's nice but not fancy. We do have a nice clubhouse members can use. And each year we have a members only shoot free day and pig roast.
I'm just trying to get a feel for what other clubs charge for members and non members to shoot. I feel like at the prices for visitors , we are not encouraging new people to shoot and making a greater divide between shooters and non shooters by driving up the cost to learn about the sport and participate.
APEXDUCK
At $10 for a round of trap /skeet /4 stand, a person could go to the local sporting clays course and shoot for the same price ($20 for 50 birds). Normally sporting clays is more expensive than trap or skeet. It is a further drive to most clays courses.
Our club is bought a paid for. Members dues go to maintance and insurance cost. We have a live in caretaker who cuts the grass and watchs over things for the exchange of living in the trailer on the grounds. Maintance, trappers and shop workers are all member volunteers. We have trap skeet, 5 stand , 3D archery, outdoor pistol range and a 10 acre lake. It's nice but not fancy. We do have a nice clubhouse members can use. And each year we have a members only shoot free day and pig roast.
I'm just trying to get a feel for what other clubs charge for members and non members to shoot. I feel like at the prices for visitors , we are not encouraging new people to shoot and making a greater divide between shooters and non shooters by driving up the cost to learn about the sport and participate.
APEXDUCK