Trap league

 If you can’t commit, come on Tuesday nights and shoot open trap, we totally understand. Plan to be here if you’re doing this, work obligations, etc… we get it, still the idea is to be present! Past attendance is taken into consideration during registration and squadding.

Registration is not confirmed until payment is received, you are squadded and you have attended orientation.  We will attempt to squad you according to preference and we attempt to maintain competitive balance and fun teams.

We try some new things every year, some things work, some things don’t… this is what makes this fun. Don’t be surprised if you see something new, different or a little bit funny.

  The league has a no jerks policy, competition is friendly. Any concerns will be resolved at the sole discretion of the trap committee.

 Eye protection and hearing protection are mandatory. Be sure and bring a shooting bag or vest, a shell catcher is recommended.

The Ankeny Ikes reserves the right to ask you to leave the field for any reason if there are safety concerns.

 Squadding is split between an early and a late.  We try and accommodate schedules as best we can for each team. This should allow everyone to spend at most an hour on the range rather than all night. Be aware that we can’t make everybody happy but we’ll sure try.

Especially during orientation and week one we’ll probably run a bit slower, plan on things taking a little longer than usual.

We do strongly encourage you to stick around for our special events (sorry early squads).

In 2025 we'll be working on automated scorekeeping and event tracking, this has been an ongoing effort.

 Every week we will assign an early squad and late squad as volunteers to help load houses and clean up. Volunteering is mandatory and not optional, additional details provided during orientation.

This is a strictly volunteer organization and there is a ton of work that happens every week, this league doesn’t work if you don’t pitch in. If something needs doing the expectation is you’re the guy who’ll do it. We will provide training during orientation to anyone who needs it.

If you want to be more involved and/or help out more let us know and we’ll find a spot for you.

 We will shoot in all weather, if we see lightning all shooting will stop immediately. We will do the best we can to provide notice in case of severe weather.