Shooting Sports

Are You Into It?

4-H Safety and Education in Shooting Sports (SESS) uses skills and disciplines of shooting to assist young people and their leaders in obtaining knowledge and developing life skills. The disciplines include archery, rifle, shotgun, muzzleloader and wildlife skills.

• Learn safe and responsible use of firearms and archery equipment including sound decision making, self-discipline, and concentration
  
• Promote the highest standards of safety, sportsmanship, and ethical behavior
  
• Encourage understanding of our natural resources and the development of a personal environmental stewardship ethic through participation in shooting, hunting, and related activities

Here’s what you can do all year!

Starting Out Basic / Level 1

• Identify parts, uses and care of archery equipment and rifles
  
• Learn and practice range commands
  
• Learn and use safety rules such as eye and ear protection and correct behavior on the range
  
• Learn wildlife or hunting basics

Learning More Intermediate / Level 2

• Learn the differences and uses of a variety of equipment, such as types of archery equipment and rifle components
  
• Develop shooting skills using different techniques and positions
  
• Advance your shooting experiences by trying shotguns and muzzleloaders
  
• Learn and use hunter safety rules and hunter ethics

Expanding Horizons Advanced / Level 3

• Make archery equipment
  
• Do gunsmithing
  
• Demonstrate advanced skills by participating in higher level competitions
  
• Do and teach about conservation practices

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