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Project Title: Shooting Sports
Description: Designed to help youth learn how to care for, and safety of, shooting sports equipment. Also youth will learn the safe use of firearms through practice, talks, demonstrations and exhibits. Disciplines: Archery, Air Rifle, Shotgun, Muzzleloading, Air Pistol, Outdoor Skills
Cost: $100-$250
Project Manuals No project manuals
Project Length Short to Long
Contests 4-H Shooting Sports Contest; exhibiting at County and State Fairs; demonstrations
Educational Activities 4-H Shooting Sports Camp Out; State 4-H Shoot; Shooting Sports Ambassador Program; More info at:
Colorado 4-H Shooting Sports Web Site http://www.co4hshooting.org/
e-Record 4-H Project E-Record for Family/Consumer Science and General Projects
4-H Shooting Sports Record Sheet –one for each discipline taken
4-H Shooting Sports Inventory Record Sheet
Exhibit Requirements General Information:

Note: Please read 4-H Project Exhibit Rules on page 2.
Shooting Sports Inventory is required.
Discipline Score Sheet Record is required –fill out only for the discipline you are exhibiting. Example: If you are exhibiting Archery, then fill out the Archery Score Sheet Record only. If you are exhibiting Shotgun and Muzzleloading, then fill out a Shotgun Score Sheet Record and a Muzzleloading Score Sheet Record.

Project Exhibit Rules:
1. e-Record and Shooting Sports Inventory and Discipline Score Sheet Record are required for this project.

2. Display should illustrate a chosen aspect of skill areas. This is separate from the statewide State Fair Shooting Sports Event listed under Special Events. The standardized display board size of 4 ft. x 3 ft with sides that do not overlap is to be used for 4-H projects.

3. Counties may enter only one exhibit per class. No live ammo, broadheads, knives or functional firearms are allowed to be displayed.

4. Exhibits which address more than one discipline area or a skill or knowledge not readily categorized in a particular existing 4-H shooting discipline should be entered in miscellaneous.

Unit Requirements:

A. Completed e-Record presented in a sturdy binder/notebook
B. A Shooting Sports Inventory Record is required. It can be found at: http://www.colorado4h.org/project_resources/erecords/index.shtml
C. A Discipline Record Score Sheet is required. It can be found at: http://www.colorado4h.org/project_resources/erecords/index.shtml
D. Display items illustrating something learned in the project this year. Exhibit may be a display board or a stand-alone item, such as gun stocks, decoys. Display items are to be entered in specific discipline that the exhibit relates to (i.e. .22, air rifle, shotgun, etc.).
The standardized display board size of 4’ x 3’ with sides that do not overlap is to be used for 4-H projects

Updated Tuesday, January 29, 2008.