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Jefferson County 4-H Shooting Sports Project
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Enrollment note
If you are enrolling in a Shooting Sports project, we will need to know the Hunter Education Certificate number on your child’s Hunter Ed card if they have taken a class in order for them to participate in Shooting Sports contests. You will also need to upload a scanned PDF of the Hunter Education Card in 4honline.
Shooting sports safety and training meeting
Each 4-H year every Jefferson County 4-H Shooting Sports member is required to attend one (1) official Jefferson County safety and training meeting (also known as ‘safety meeting’) for each discipline they shoot. Both Shooting Sports Safety Meetings have passed.
Colorado 4-H requires members to have completed a Colorado Hunter’s Education course and have a valid Hunter’s Education card to be eligible to shoot in any contests. (The Hunter’s Education requirement is a separate requirement and not counted as a county safety meeting and not counted toward the minimum number of practices. If your Hunter’s Education card isn’t uploaded to the new 4HOnline, please send it to Christine to upload for you!).
The purpose of the safety meeting is to teach, refresh and reinforce safe shooting and range rules and to provide training on the discipline to help advance shooting ability for the members as well as parents/guardians. The safety and training meetings are for parents/guardians just as much as it is for 4-H members. At least one guardian must attend any 4-H event with the member, including the safety meeting. It is highly encouraged that all parents/guardians attend the safety meeting to help everyone understand the project and the 4-H program. We require attendance each year the member is enrolled in a discipline. As members and their families grow each year in 4-H, they are able to gain new details from the safety and training that they may not have been able to grasp in the year(s) prior. The yearly meetings also allow us to share new rules or other changes from the year before. In order to receive credit for attending, you must be present and attentive through the entire meeting and complete the quiz at the end. More Information.
State 4-H Shooting Sports Project
Looking for more information on the 4-H Shooting Sports Project? Visit the Colorado 4-H state website using the button below to view project e-records, curriculum materials, and more.