4-H Shooting Sports Program
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To join a 4-H Shooting Sports Program, contact your County Extension Office. The Tennessee 4-H Shooting Sports Program is a volunteer-led program that teaches life skills through shooting sports. Youth learn safety and shooting techniques in the disciplines of shotgun, rifle, archery, muzzleloader and hunting. This program is affiliated with National 4-H Shooting Sports. Contact your County Extension Office for more information on joining 4-H. Volunteer Instructors Be a Certified 4-H Shooting Sports Instructor. "4-H Certified" means that you are versed in the areas of youth development AND shooting sports. If you want to lead a group of young people in the 4-H Shooting Sports Program, you must become certified through a Tennessee 4-H Shooting Sports Instructor Certification Workshop. Click here to see a job description. The schedule for the 2012 4-H Shooting Sports Instructor Certification Workshops is below.
State 4-H Shoot The 2012 Tennessee 4-H State Air Rifle and BB Shoot will be held on March 24, 2012 at Dickson County High School in Dickson, TN. The 2012 State 4-H Shotgun Shoot will be held at the Montgomery County Shooting Complex on April 21, 2012. The 2012 Tennessee 4-H State Archery Shoot will be held on April 27-28, 2012 at the Rutherford County Extension Complex. See more info on the State 4-H Shoot website.
4-H Target Smart Camp is a program of Tennessee 4-H Shooting Sports. It is for youth who are enrolled in grades 5-12 on January 1 of the current calendar year. This resident camp is located at the W.P. Ridley 4-H Center in Columbia, Tennessee. At camp youth learn appropriate skills to succeed in a variety of shooting sports and related areas such as archery, riflery, shotgun use, muzzleloading, and outdoor skills. Programs emphasize safety, correct form, and responsible use. Campers should receive prior training before attending this camp.
To sign up for camps, contact your local county Extension office. Participants in 4-H Shooting Sports should be keeping records of their participation. Completing a portfolio is the way to do this. Click here for forms and instructions. In addition, you may also use archery, rifle, muzzleloader, and shotgun scoresheets to monitor your progress. Tennessee Delegation at the 2011 Daisy Nationals in Rogers, Arkansas See images from 4-H Target Smart Camp! See the 4-H Shooting Sports Promotional Video.
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