Well, I'm back, and it went well! I shot 30/50 on the first course, and 28/50 on the second, for a total of 58/100. My host shot 28 and 31, so he beat my by 1 in the overall. The third guy in our group, who hunts but has never tried any of the shotgun games, shot 39/100.
I think that as sporting clays courses go, this wan't a particularly difficult one. We only had one rabbit (shot four times, of course), nothing coming from overhead, and only a couple of stations had true pairs (lots of report pairs and a couple of singles). The rabbit wasn't actually that difficult, as you could see it clearly the whole way, and the one jump was pretty predictable. I was shooting 3rd in our group on the first course (with the rabbit), so I had plenty of time to observe it before having to shoot it.
Unfortunately, the fact that I had high score on the first course meant I had to shoot first on the second course, which may be part of the reason that my score dropped a little on the 2nd half.
For those of you who in the area, the club was the Minnesota Horse & Hunt Club in Prior Lake:
www.horseandhunt.com . We shot the "Uplands" and "Bluff" courses, which are supposedly easier than the other two courses.
Most important, of course, is the fact that we had fun. I'll definitely be going back, but I need to save my money. They charge $22/round for non-members ($16 for members). With shells at $7/box and 2 boxes per round, that means my two rounds this morning cost me $58. That's a lot of dough, so I probably won't be able to shoot clays more than a few times a year.