The Heartland Public Shooting Park includes six lighted skeet shooting ranges.

One of the three major disciplines of competitive clay shooting, skeet was developed in the 1920s to mimic more accurately the erratic behavior of live birds. The goal is to hit two clay targets that are crossing one another.

Skeet uses two target machines stationed 40 meters apart. On the left, the high house is set at 10 feet high, while the low house, on the right, is at 3 ½ feet. Targets from both machines rise to a maximum of 15 feet by the time they reach the field’s center.

Shooters aim from seven positions on a semicircle between the two trap houses with an eighth station directly between them. A round of skeet consists of 25 targets, with 17 shot as singles and eight as doubles.

Skeet requires excellent reflexes, hand-eye coordination and discipline. Any gauge shotgun can be used, as long as it can fire at least two shots.