This is the Iowa Field Target Association monthly report for August 2025.
The next field target competition with the Iowa Filed Target Association will be held Sunday September 28, 2025 starting at 1:00 pm.
At the West Liberty Gun Club.
The Facebook group now has 48 members.
Thank you, to all the people that are making this happen.
A lot has happened at the airgun range this month. .
The field target lanes has been expanded to five lanes. One lane for sight in. And there are twelve reactive targets permanently set up in four lanes for anyone to use when the range is open or during public hours.
To practice field target there is a Tupperware with score sheets and clipboards on the picnic table. There is also a bucket. Bring your own shooting bipod and fun. There are cement blocks set at 15 -25 -35 yards. If you set the targets next to the blocks that is level one course. You can move the targets around and then shoot any course want making it more difficult as you want.
In addition there is now a 75 yards benchrest lane West of the field target course. This is also the sight in range for doing work with sights and scopes.
There are a number of spinners and yard marker posts. Feel free to shoot the wood posts for sight in if you want. The target spinners are yellow and black. There is paint under the bench to touch up the targets please.
The weather is still hot. Sun screen / bug spray and pop up tent are still good to have. Definitely need a hat. And light weight long pants and shirt keeps the flys away. I go to the range at 8:00 am and shoot for an hour or so every Saturday and Sunday if anyone wants to join me.
The airgun range is open to the public and club members. The sight in range is set with permanent markers and you can move your own targets in that area.
There are animal silhouettes with open kill zones set in the field target lanes. These are operated by shooting the lower paddle then the upper kill zones is reset. Feel free to move the animal targets. Don’t push them in to the ground by the silhouette. It will bend or cut you. Hold the base and just push the spike into the ground. Make sure the paddles work.
Eye and ear protection are required at all time and a hat is strongly recommended at the range. Mosquitoes are pretty thick back in the wooded section so bring some spray.
If you live in the West Liberty Iowa area. And you want to shoot airguns or Airgun Field Target or bench rest. . Please consider joining the West Liberty Gun Club.
If you join the West Liberty Gun club you can use the Airgun range, pistol bays, 100 yard range and trap corse anytime the range is open. Unless there is a competition.
Public hours are Saturday and Sunday 1-5 pm.
CHECK THE SCHEDULE!
Public access is sometimes suspended during large competition events.
Report to the range officer building before going to the range.
Club members can shoot from 8am - dusk seven days a week. I will be at the range Saturday mornings.
If you are interested in getting together for Saturday or Sunday morning shooting matches . PM me or Email.
I will provide more details as things progress.
This is a link to the West Liberty Gun Club.
https://www.westlibertygunclub.org/members-page
This is the IFTA email address
[email protected]
Thank you all for participating and getting the sport of Field Target going in IOWA.
The next field target competition with the Iowa Filed Target Association will be held Sunday September 28, 2025 starting at 1:00 pm.
At the West Liberty Gun Club.
The Facebook group now has 48 members.
Thank you, to all the people that are making this happen.
A lot has happened at the airgun range this month. .
The field target lanes has been expanded to five lanes. One lane for sight in. And there are twelve reactive targets permanently set up in four lanes for anyone to use when the range is open or during public hours.
To practice field target there is a Tupperware with score sheets and clipboards on the picnic table. There is also a bucket. Bring your own shooting bipod and fun. There are cement blocks set at 15 -25 -35 yards. If you set the targets next to the blocks that is level one course. You can move the targets around and then shoot any course want making it more difficult as you want.
In addition there is now a 75 yards benchrest lane West of the field target course. This is also the sight in range for doing work with sights and scopes.
There are a number of spinners and yard marker posts. Feel free to shoot the wood posts for sight in if you want. The target spinners are yellow and black. There is paint under the bench to touch up the targets please.
The weather is still hot. Sun screen / bug spray and pop up tent are still good to have. Definitely need a hat. And light weight long pants and shirt keeps the flys away. I go to the range at 8:00 am and shoot for an hour or so every Saturday and Sunday if anyone wants to join me.
The airgun range is open to the public and club members. The sight in range is set with permanent markers and you can move your own targets in that area.
There are animal silhouettes with open kill zones set in the field target lanes. These are operated by shooting the lower paddle then the upper kill zones is reset. Feel free to move the animal targets. Don’t push them in to the ground by the silhouette. It will bend or cut you. Hold the base and just push the spike into the ground. Make sure the paddles work.
Eye and ear protection are required at all time and a hat is strongly recommended at the range. Mosquitoes are pretty thick back in the wooded section so bring some spray.
If you live in the West Liberty Iowa area. And you want to shoot airguns or Airgun Field Target or bench rest. . Please consider joining the West Liberty Gun Club.
If you join the West Liberty Gun club you can use the Airgun range, pistol bays, 100 yard range and trap corse anytime the range is open. Unless there is a competition.
Public hours are Saturday and Sunday 1-5 pm.
CHECK THE SCHEDULE!
Public access is sometimes suspended during large competition events.
Report to the range officer building before going to the range.
Club members can shoot from 8am - dusk seven days a week. I will be at the range Saturday mornings.
If you are interested in getting together for Saturday or Sunday morning shooting matches . PM me or Email.
I will provide more details as things progress.
This is a link to the West Liberty Gun Club.
https://www.westlibertygunclub.org/members-page
This is the IFTA email address
[email protected]
Thank you all for participating and getting the sport of Field Target going in IOWA.