This sport looks impossibly difficult to me. Is it as hard as it looks?
No it is not. You will meet great people as well. Just go visit a club and asked to be shown around. Minimal investment to get going.
Visit trapshooters.com and read a little.
Have fun, and get your wife involved
I think so. I’ve just watched but my husband and son who have been shooting all their lives started Trap & Skeet with my grandson and he smokes them. I think you really have to have the talent, my BIL has shot them all his life and buys 20K shotguns and my grandson smokes him too.
He went to a shoot in AZ and he beat most of the Master shooters even though he was still a D level shooter because he hasn’t competed in enough sanctioned competitions.
The reaction and awe he gets from the old guys has made me know how hard it is.
Some people are naturals at this little game. The rest of us have to work REALLY hard at it. It’s still fun and it really improved my pheasant and duck hunting skills.