The 4 Winnipeg Shooting Ranges to Keep Within Your Sights
After a zombie movie marathon, the first thing we usually do is head to a shooting range to practice our aim. You can never be too safe, folks!
Clay pigeon, trap, and skeet shooting help us practice our aim without the risks of actual guns, and Winnipeg’s ranges offer all three. We’ll help you go through all four shooting ranges, and pretty soon your aim will be crisp as a chip.
1. Winnipeg Trap and Skeet Club
The Winnipeg Trap and Skeet Club owns Winnipeg’s biggest shooting range—because it’s the only one there is. It’s the nearest range, but also the most expensive.
The prices are steep, but it’s also the most well-kept range near the city. With the other ranges on our list, you’ll often have a hard time seeing through the thick overgrowth, but that won’t be a problem here.
You don’t have to be a member to use the facilities, though you’ll be charged $80 per session. If you do decide to visit, you’ll be pleasantly surprised at the members’ sociableness, with some even taking the time to teach you alongside the staff.
When we first came here, we didn’t know squat. In just one day, we learned how to shoot, shoot fast, troubleshoot our guns, and even the schedules of all the upcoming events.
Overall, we’d say this range is kinda overpriced, but you won’t regret your visit.
2. Selkirk Game & Fish
Selkirk Game & Fish is a members-only clay pigeon range but at less than $80 a year, per person. Here you’ve got not just the usual shotguns, but pistols, rifles, and bows and arrows too!
For the trigger-happy among you, membership includes free unlimited ammo so blast away! Skeet shooters have to bring their own disks though, or you can wait for event announcements.
We do have to say though that there aren’t any staff available to teach you the basics or even watch over you, so try to bring an experienced friend along. Non-members are allowed to come anyway, they just can’t shoot.
3. St. Hubertus Range
The St. Hubertus Range is the place for privacy-driven individuals. This range is huge, so you won’t have any trouble finding secluded areas.
We didn’t really see anything special about this place when we first came, but after going through all of Winnipeg’s ranges, we’d say St. Hubertus has the best view.
The flat range is great but can get boring very quickly. Try doing what we did and bring some friends along, then have them hide along the dirt road area and randomly throw disks as you walk toward the forest.
The forest range is one-of-a-kind. You can try shooting between trees and big bushes to really test your clay-killing ability.
4. Brokenhead River Game and Fish Range
Being the cheapest range near Winnipeg, the Brokenhead River Game and Fish Range is the best range for beginners. If you’re still testing the waters with this sport, there’s no shame in going cheap to find out if skeet shooting is really your thing.
Non-members only need to pay 25 bucks, which is a deal so long as you don’t plan on coming back once a week. You’ll have to bring your own clay pigeons but you can rent the guns.
We’d also like to highlight how this place is equipped with so much despite costing so little. Aside from the usual rifles and shotguns you can borrow, you can also rent some cool disk-throwing machines like this one:
Renting the machines is for members only though, so do keep that in mind.