Mounted my Clay Pigeon Thrower to my hitch today

by **Austin** on Sep 01 2010, 5:30am

My family and I enjoy camping. One of the activities we participate in is Clay Pigeon shooting. So I got creative and adapted a clay pigeon thrower to be able to mount it to my hitch. Before, the poor quality design of the thrower made it very difficult to use and never stayed staked into the ground like it was supposed to.

We're going camping this weekend so I'll let you know how it works out!

by **Hartski** on Sep 01 2010, 11:32am

That....is....AWESOME!!

by **Austin** on Sep 01 2010, 2:26pm

Thanks! I think it turned out pretty good. As you've probably guessed, the yellow part is the trap thrower that I purchased pre-assembled from WallyWorld and the metal part is the part I welded up. I designed it to extend just past the tailgate when it is down and be at a comfortable height for someone to be able to sit on the tailgate with a box of clays at their side.

Test fired it a few times without a clay and it seems to work pretty good. Nice and stable.

by **koolz71** on Sep 02 2010, 6:42am

Thats bad A$$ I actually have been working on a set up with my old charcoal grill and mounting it on the hitch..hopefully it turns out just as good as that did

by **ptoering** on Sep 02 2010, 2:47pm

that is about as cool as it gets. i need to try and set mine up like that. let us know how it works!

by **GMman** on Sep 05 2010, 12:15am

Looks like a winner, person could slide that into receiver on ATV or UTV and take it anywhere.

by **Austin** on Sep 06 2010, 1:18am

Well we're back from camping and I must say this thing was sweet! It was so much fun. I backed up my truck to nice a little cliff and we launched clays over the edge of the cliff. This little thrower contraption worked so well I had my 4 year old son sitting on the tailgate pulling the string. "Daddy, when you're ready just say PULL, okay?"