Our History
Founded in 1958 as the “West Texas Sportsman’s Club”, Abilene Clay Sports continues to offer the best in clay target shooting. As one of Texas's oldest and longest-running sporting clays range, Abilene Clay Sports has a storied history reaching back over 65 years.
The sport of skeet shooting had been around only about 28 years before Abilene’s Ira Yaw decided the folks needed a place to shoot in Abilene. Ira and his son Alan owned Abilene Marine on Tredaway, and subsequently spent a lot of time around Lake Fort Phantom. So when Ira decided we need a place to shoot, the lake area seemed like a logical place. With his dealings with the City of Abilene and knowing the right people, he negotiated a lease for property on the east side of the lake, and our club, then called the "West Texas Sportsman's Club" was formed in 1958.
The West Texas Sportsman's Club remained in that location until 1967 when additional space was needed to add more skeet and trap fields, at which time the skeet and trap disciplines moved to our current home at Lake Kirby in 1967.
The West Texas Sportsman's Club changed to the Abilene Gun Club and eventually Abilene Clay Sports in 2007. Though the name has changed, our commitment to the shooting sports and serving the sportsmen and women of West Texas has not.

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Our Mission
Abilene Clay Sports Staff
Meet the people in charge of making Abilene Clay Sports the best shooting range in Texas! You can often find these folks in the clubhouse, or trying to break some clays. Come say hi!Joe roberson
Tiffani Shelburn
Jason Darby
David Mayes
Keith Glover
Bob Exum
Jody Peavy
Whitney Petree
Matt Smith
Home of Taylor Co. 4-H
Abilene Clay Sports is home for the youth shooters of Taylor County 4-H! We open the club up each Thursday evening at 5:30pm for the weekly 4-H meeting and shooting. If you have a young shooter, this is a great way to learn more and meet other fellow shooters!


Atlas Trap Company
Our Prairie Course is sponsored by Atlas Trap Company! Atlas Traps are used at every station on the course and offer some of smoothest throws we've ever seen. Based in Kansas, Atlas Traps is one of the fastest growing clay shooting companies with all machines being 100% made in the United States. Come shoot with us on the Prairie course to see Atlas Traps in action!
Atlas Trap Company
Our Prairie Course is sponsored by Atlas Trap Company! Atlas Traps are used at every station on the course and offer some of smoothest throws we've ever seen. Based in Kansas, Atlas Traps is one of the fastest growing clay shooting companies with all machines being 100% made in the United States. Come shoot with us on the Prairie course to see Atlas Traps in action!
