1. Participants will walk through a Hunter's Shotgun course. This course is not patterned after conventional skeet and trap shooting, but is designed to simulate hunting conditions and situations. The layout will vary depending on the available topography. The shooting stations will make use of available cover to best depict species hunted by shotgun in Iowa.
   
   
2. Targets will be the Hunter/Sporting Clays clay targets and/or life-size targets. Sizes of the clay targets may vary depending on different situations.
   
   
3. Each participant will shoot a variety of shots totaling a possible 300 points. Zero points will be given to each miss.
   
   
4. The ready position for calling for the target requires the gun to be off the shoulder with the gun butt plate below the shoulder level. The gun may not be shouldered until after the target is visible (this does not apply to stationary targets). In other words, in case of a delay pull the participant cannot call for the target and immediately shoulder the gun. The participant must wait for the target to appear. Color targets will be used to simulate protected (non-shootable) targets. Points will be deducted for shooting at protected targets. A legal target is a whole clay target that is thrown from the trap in a prescribed flight pattern within the five-second time limit after the participant calls for the target. Targets broken by the trap or another obstruction will not be scored. These are illegal targets and will be re-thrown for the participant, regardless of whether or not the participant fires at the target.
   
   
5. The following equipment will be used:
   
   
   • 20 gauge pump shotguns;
   • Ammunition will be provided and loaded only on the direction of the range officer.
   
   
   
6. Shooting Procedures: Only the participant will be allowed on the station or firing line while shooting each station. The scorer or range officer will hand shells to the shooter as required. All shooting will be done from a standing or sitting position. The shooter shoots his/her quota of targets and then returns his/her gun to the gun rack; the next participant steps forward and repeats the sequence until all individuals and team members have had their turn.
   
   
7. Scoring will be done by Iowa YHEC selected officials. Only legal targets will be scored and the scorer will be sole judge of whether or not a target is broken. Officials may ask assistance from the trap puller or the range official if they feel their assistance is required.

The scorers will call miss for any target they feel is missed. Any challenge to the call must be made immediately by the participant. The scorer will then make the final decision with assistance from the trap operator and/or the range official. Rule violations and procedure violations can be referred to the Iowa YHEC staff and officials for settlement but legality of targets and whether or not the target is broken is the responsibility of the scorer. Only targets with a visual piece broken off will be scored dead. Duster and even birds deflected in flight (but with no visible breakage) will be scored miss. Based on the scorer's judgment, if a target hits an obstruction such as a tree or limb of a tree before the participant has had ample time to fire at the bird, a new target will be thrown. However, if the participant has had ample time to fire in the scorer's judgment, and failed to do so before the target hits an object near the end of its flight and breaks, the target will be scored miss.