Field Target club in Iowa

I have started the face book group Hawkeye Field Target Association. So far I have five members. One has a gun already and is a shooter. Three have never shot air guns before.
I think it is a great start. I am going to start by posting up introductory videos explaining airguns. There is so much I don’t want to flood the new guys.

I definitely don’t want anyone spending money on something then feeling like they should have waited. I think one video a week for a while and answer all there questions is a start .

This group is just getting started. When we get a number of people we can then look for a central location to get together. Please join the face book page
Thank you.

I changed the group status to public but had to start over to do so. You can’t go from a private to public group.

The new group is
IOWA FIELD TARGET ASSOCIATION or I.F.T.A.

Sorry about the confusion.

So I made the group public and I already have five people interested. Looks like this are going well.
I am going to be ordering a bunch of target next. I found crow targets in England . So I will order three or four of them.

Just an update on the club.

I have seven or eight members that have joined the Facebook group. They mostly live in the Cedar Rapids or south east Iowa area.
At this point I am just getting people interested in airgun activity together.

Once we have a group of enthusiasts we can approach a gun club about joining there club and using it for airguns.

Currently most clubs have airgun programs so it is just a mater of expanding an existing range from 10 yards to 60 yards.


For now I just post up videos and links to information about airgun.

Please join the group even if you don’t live it Iowa.

I’m trying to get people to join this Facebook group. That way we can see where everyone lives .
Once we get twenty people we can make a circle and start looking for a place to shoot.
We must have three things
1 safe place with parking.
2 a spot o pot
3 Insurance.
We can’t just go to someone’s house and have strangers shooting in the yard. To much liability . But a gun club is a safe environment.
Or maybe someone knows of a public area? But for now I am just getting people together.

I am making some progress with the field target club in Iowa.

The Facebook group is up to twelve members. I post up different content everyday. Just short videos about a specific topic. Last week was airgun history. This week is big bore airguns.
Just short videos to keep people interested.
I am joining a rifle range not far from my house. My plan is to go every Saturday morning. I think consistency is important when forming a club from scratch. Just being there and having a couple rifles to lend out and show other members will be a good start. Plus this club allows the public non members to pay for day range rentals. So friends can come and shoot if the don’t want to join the range.
I think once I get enough members in the Facebook group we can find a central location. But since it is just me the range twenty minutes away is a good start.

If anyone wants to join the Facebook group. It’s called the Iowa Field Target Association.
I would love to see other people’s rigs and equipment. And show the others. Most of the people in the group don’t have airguns yet. When I say club from scratch. I mean from scratch.

To join the range in West Liberty I will be renewing my NRA membership.

Updating the status of
The Iowa Field Target Association.

So the Facebook group has 15 members. That is a surprise to me.

I feel like an important aspect of getting the club going is consistency. So I post something every day. And that is getting tough for ideas.
Any help with that would be greatly appreciated.

I think I can take a step back from competition topics and look more at fun beginner topics . Just to get people interested without the big investment in time and money.
Currently I am taking each week and featuring different aspects of airguns. From antique guns and history , Co2 or big bore. Most people here don’t know much about airguns.

Now that winter is here I am focusing on indoor shooting . Building a range in the basement and all the safety precautions required.

Also I am starting an on line target competition. So if anyone wants to join that. It would help encourage people to participate.

Probably the 12 bullseyes at 10 meter. Will be the start. I’ll start in January with that. Just post up your best card from the month. Honor system what ever.


So please join to help bring airguns and field target Iowa.

I tried that and for me it was the drive. 2-3 hours then shoot was not that much fun then drive back another 2-3 hours. Took some of the fun out .

BABz58 said:

Great idea on the target competition!

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This is the target I’m going to recommend.

BABz58 said:

This one looks fun/aggravating lol

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I think that is a bit advanced for now. I am starting from scratch with this group. There are only a couple people that actually own air rifles at this point. We all know getting 12 perfect shots is impossible but beginnings won’t think so. Then they will be hooked.