Biodegradable Clay Pigeons

hey gents, im heading up to the hunting shack that my family owns with some friends for a weekend of 4wheeling and shooting. the guys want to bring up some clay pigeons for practice. The issue I have is that I don’t want to have to go around and pick up all the pieces off my land, as its family shared property and my other family members would be pissed to see all the orange clay pigeons around when they come up for deer camp. Ive read about biodegradable clay pigeons and I wanted to hear from you guys more about them. do they basically leave no trace after some time?

I solely use White Flyer Biodegradable Pigeons. When I hear the word Biodegradable, I think of the Bill Engvall camping comedy skit where he talks about “rapidly dissolving toilet paper” .

In my experience, they do not dissolve as fast as I would like, but they will eventually mostly dissolve. In my field, it can take 2-3 years for them to go away. I have not noticed a difference in flight or break-ability of them.

I try to buy the White Flyer biodegradable when available. I believe we shot 6 cases of them last year. I think I got them at Walmart of all places.

The bio-d clays do degrade faster, but it’s months, not weeks. I still see plenty of orange pieces out on our “trap range” from practice last fall. On average I would say it take at least 6-9 months before most pieces will be gone. That’s just a guess based on what I’m seeing now.

Grouse

Might want to stick with shooting rifles and pistols if you don’t want to leave a mess. I wouldn’t shoot clays at a cabin unless there was lots of land and an agreed upon place for the mess.

Set the mower low and they will be gone.

It helps if you walk the field afterwords and step on them. The smaller the pieces the faster they will degrade.