Lanai Pines Sporting Clays

Great range, superb staff and a great time shooting!

Mahalo to Syd for helping today. He is a great coach in helping with my timing. 3 years ago I came there and shot clays for the first time and got hooked. After shooting 2 years of skeet, he helped me get rid of old habits and be more confident in shooting. If you never shot any type of clays before this is the place to go. The facilities are excellent and Syd will help you.

Dennis coached my wife, 10-​year old daughter, and I, to be confident archers, all while having fun. They give you a small crystal pineapple if you hit the paper pineapple with 6 of your arrows after practicing for a while. I did it! No previous experience.
Expensive, I guess, but really fun! Dennis was fantastic, and we didn’t spend a lot of time waiting around. Though if we had, the grounds were really nice. Do it!

Excellent time with the sporting clays. Well worth the time and I would do it again and I did as this was the second trip here.

Had a wonderful time shooting my Browning at a huge variety of stations. Frankie and Dennis were super helpful. Can’t wait to try it again :)

Weeeee! Suffice to say that I’ve never done anything quite like it, and I’m psyched to do it again soon. We signed up for the clay pigeon intro course and it was a blast… literally. First step was to get suited up in a stylin camo vest and ear plugs. Pretty sure the clay pigeons couldn’t see us anyhow, but was nice to have the shoulder padding and extra pockets.
Our friendly, laid-​back guide loaded our shotguns on the golf cart — a slightly smaller one for me — and we were off to the first few «holes» on the 16-​stop course. He walked us through the basics of spotting, shooting, loading and unloading our guns, etc. and then we were shooting. Aim, «Pull,» Bam! Got my first one on the first try. Alas, it wasn’t a sign of what was to come. We practiced with the guide through the first 3 – 4 holes and then he sent us out on our own, which we thought was a little crazy. We ended up doing 8 – 9 total.
The clays at each hole mimicked the flight of a different bird — and one had rabbits that spun across the dirt. I did better than I thought overall, and it became more and more addictive. I was scared of the kickback, but my shoulder didn’t hurt at all afterward.
This is not a cheap activity, but it was totally worth it. They have kama’aina rates, so remember to ask if you’re a local. The team was exceptionally friendly and the woods were really pretty — a part of Lanai you might miss otherwise. Only 5 mins from the Four Seasons Koele via their van.

This rating is for the one hour archery lesson that my 9 year old son took. For kids’ archery there are two options, basically you can do the one hour lesson like adults do, or do a 45 minute ‘dinosaur hunt’ in the forest. He chose the former and the hour just flew by. Excellent instructors who emphasized safety (I was VERY freaked about his tendency to be a spazz and those sharp metal tips everywhere) and fun. My kid was hitting the target and even got a few bulls’eyes by the end of the hour. He wanted to go back again, hopefully next time when we are on Lanai!

How can I be the first to review this?
Anyway, this is so much fun! The instructor, Sid, was patient and helpful. Once you take an intro lesson they just give you a gun and shells and send you on your merry way.
Prepare to have a fantastic time and your shoulder will only be sore for a day or two.