Welcome to Pines Sporting Clays
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A private shotgun-only club located in the Piney Woods of East Texas.
Our history
Welcome to Pines Sporting Clays, a private shotgun-only club located just under 3 miles from the loop in Lufkin, Texas
Our club was founded in 1961 under the direction of Dan Vines, and the property we are still on today was owned by the Vines Family. Pines Gun Club, as it became known, was down to a handful of members in 1988 until a group of local Wing-shooters took the bull by the horns and revitalized the club in 1989. This core group of people began an informal skeet and trap club and in 1989, the club gravitated to the “new” Sporting Clays Sport, purchasing new and used hand throwers. Pines Gun Club affiliated itself with the United States Sporting Clays Association (USSCA) until the National Sporting Clays Association (NSCA) superseded the USSCA in the early 1990s. In 2014, Pines Gun Club was officially changed to "Pines Sporting Clays". And today, our facility encompasses 115 acres of rolling hills and creek bottoms, with Skeet, American Trap, Wobble trap, and 5-Stand, to go along with 3 Sporting Clay courses.
OUR MASCOT - the pineywoods rooter
Pineywoods “Rooters” root around the base of trees in search of nourishment. Most of the original Piney Woods feral breed was long and lean with a pointed snout and tusks (pointed teeth projecting from the sides of the mouth, up to five inches in length, with knifelike sharpness).
The pointed snout was used to dig up soil to find bugs, roots, and plant bulbs at the base of trees. The ears were more heavily-haired than our domestic hogs are today. Most wild hogs back in the day had a straight tail instead of curled one with a clump of hair on the end.
These hogs roamed the woods and as a threat to man, they often wound up on the table.
The Piney Woods hogs could be any color. Some were black, brown, red, white, or a combination.
Thanks to William Wingard Rahn for this topic for the article. This was compiled by
Susan Exley of Historic Effingham Society. hesheraldexley@aol.com.
About Pines Sporting Clays
Our Mission
To provide a uniquely East Texas shotgun shooting experience by providing safe facilities and educational opportunities from local experts in the field and to grow and preserve the sport by promoting events for all levels of shooters: youth, novice, and advanced shooters.
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John Cobb
President
Steve hall
Board Member
Duane Choate
Secretary
Ben Moore
Treasure
About PSC
OUR BOARD
Pines Sporting Clays board members are elected annually every August. Collectively, board members have over 70+ years of shooting at PSC and continue to hand down the tradition of shooting to their children, family, and friends ensuring the tradition of shotgun shooting will continue for many generations to come.
Daryl Roff
Vice President
loUIS LLOYD
Keeps Things Running
HUGH COX
Jack of all Trades
Duke McCall
Board Member
Lance Kettering
Trap Setter
David Green
Board Memmber
Anderson, Randy
Baldwin, Ray
Barclay, David
Bisbey, Blair
Brookshire, William
Bowers, Jack
Bowers, Shaun
Burton, Gilbert
Butler, David
Byrd, Don
Chandra, Billy Bob (Doc)
Choate, Duane
Choate, Larry
Crawford, Dirk
Dupree, Ronnie
Fedun, Chris
Gilbert, Keith
Griffith, Chuck
Gray, John
Green, David
Johnson, Rex
Kettering, Lance & Gwen
Latham, Benny
Love, Bob
Lowery, Rex
Maroney, Travis
McClinton, Gary
McEntire, James
Morgan, Terry
Morton, David
Neill, Don
Parrott, Leon
Richardson, John/Glenda
Ross, Mrs. Joe
Ross, Scott
Semlinger, Scott
Smith, Douglas
Smithhart, Kevin
Snodgrass, Ronnie
Stafford, Monty
Stone, Wayne
Tayloe, Tom
Terstegen, Egbert
Treadwell, Vince
Vines, Danny
Vines, David
Werner, John
Winston, Simon
Membership Information
Here at PSC, we are a private gun club; we accept all people but reserve the right to revoke membership when the safety of all members is not maintained.
Annually, we host 4 to 5 NSCA shoots, 2 to 3 Charity shoots, and host Fall, Spring, and Summer leagues, each with varying and additional costs outside of the membership fees. Our Fall and Spring leagues are 6 weeks long and our Summer league is 3 weeks long.
Our memberships start at $300/year. This includes full use of the club when a scheduled event is not happening or when an event does not rent out the entire facility. Rounds are $10 per round. The sporting clay rounds are $40 per 100 birds. Please note, the Sporting Clays course is not set up year-round.
Any guest will need to pay non-member fees of $15.00/round. Students/Youth shooters pay half-priced for rounds; pricing for leagues varies. Remember this is on the honor system and regulated by you!
All membership inquiries can be submitted and questions regarding Pre-Paid Tickets questions can be submitted online using the form on the Contact Us page. Click below to submit your questions!
Membership Information
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Review the membership levels listed below and when you're ready, fill out the form on this page. Once you've completed the form, click 'Pay Now' below to send your payment via Venmo. If you have questions, visit the 'Contact Us' page and submit your question through the online form!
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We respect your right to privacy and will only process the Personal Information you provide us in accordance with all applicable privacy laws in the State of Texas. Your information will not be sold, shared, or used for purposes other than membership communication from Pines Sporting Clays.
Events at Pines Sporting Clays
2024 UPCOMING SHOOTS
5/18/24
8/24/24
10/5/24
10/12/24
12/8/24
Venue Rentals & Information
Rental Fees
The fee to hold an event date and secure the venue is $2,000.00 minimum (cost may vary during peak shooting season)
Rental Fees -
Deposit -
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GENERAL INFORMATION & GUIDELINES
Volunteers for charity shoot
Sign-in person (1)
Cashier (1)
Scorers and Trappers on EVERY station (+/- 26)
Troubleshooting/Shoot Liason (1)
Clay targets for all charity shoots and any specialty shoots - $50 per 100 birds
VOLUNTEERS FOR SIDEGAMES
Sign-in person (1)
Cashier (1)
Sidegame Monitors (2)
For side games, there will be a $10 charge per box of shells (25 shots).
after the shoot
An additional $1500.00 will be charged if any of the following are not completed after the shoot.