Have fun while safely learning the basic skills of a shooting sports discipline!

Advance Registration:

• Youth must be 9 years old as of January 1, 2025 and not older than 19 by December 31, 2025
• Signup Genius, an online software tool, is used for registration.
• The link to access the signup will be posted on the county’s 4-H Blog at: https://u.osu.edu/washington4h/

and on the Bull’s Eye 4-H Club Facebook Page at:  https://www.facebook.com/groups/235865860279115

• The link will be posted in the morning and go live on Friday, February 28, 2025 and close March 11.

 Disciplines:

• Members can participate in one or two disciplines. Different disciplines are offered at different times.
• Air Pistol (all skill levels shoot together) Max of 12.
• Rifle (Beginner) & Rifle (Intermediate/Advanced) Max of 12 per class.
• Archery (beginning, intermediate, advanced). All skill levels shoot together. Max of 15.
• 3D Archery: Will be shooting at 3D animal targets and must be able to shoot at 20 yards. Minimum of 5 or Max of 8.
• Shotgun: All skill levels shoot together. Shotguns have a recoil and weigh between 6-8 lbs. We use both low recoil shotguns and ammunition. But recoil is still present. Participants are expected to be able stand, hold and swing the shotgun by themselves. We will be using 20 gauge shotguns. Max of 15.

Meeting Dates & Location: 

• Meeting Dates: March 16, 23, 30, April 13, and April 27. Orientation & Safety Procedures will be taught at Discipline 1.
• Discipline 1: 1:00 p.m.-2:00 p.m. Club Meeting: 2:00 p.m.-2:30 p.m. Discipline 2: 2:30 p.m.-3:30 p.m.
• Discipline 1 Options: Beginner Rifle, Archery, and Air Pistol.
• Discipline 2 Options: Int./Advanced Rifle, Shotgun, Archery, and 3D Archery.
• Hervida 4-H Camp, 1260 Camp Hervida Road, Waterford OH 45786
• Dress for the weather! You will be outside; no heated buildings; outside toilet.

Cost:

• $5 with completed enrollment, health, and release forms due at orientation
• Scholarship help is available to cover dues if needed
• All shooting equipment and supplies provided THANKS to our supporters:

The NRA Foundation, Inc. Whitetails Unlimited Hervida 4-H Camp Inc.

Mid-Ohio Valley Friends of NRA Jim’s Gun Shop LLC Marietta Gun Club

Information & Questions:

• For general shooting sports program information, go to: http://go.osu.edu/ssports
• For questions, call Misty Mason at 740-516-4046 or Amanda Warren 740-336-0183

The Spring Shooting Sports Workshop at Canter’s Cave 4-H Camp is now open. We are seeking new and current instructors to join us for a weekend full of learning, connection building, fun and much more to prepare them with updated teaching practices and policies to take to their county program!

Washington County 4-H budgets funds to help cover the registration fee – contact Bruce Zimmer for details before registering. zimmer.2@osu.edu

The registration link is below.

https://go.osu.edu/springssworkshop

The workshop is April 4-6 and the registration deadline is March 3. You can find information about this workshop on the state 4-H Shooting sports page (see link below). Junior Leaders are welcome to attend this workshop.

https://go.osu.edu/ssstatetraining

The Bullseye Shooting Sports Club has posted an update about the Fall 2024 Session. The club volunteers have decided as instructors to cancel the Fall Session. The instructors feel as a group they need to regroup and come up with some new ideas for the disciplines.

Also, they are still looking for Junior Leaders and Instructors in every discipline. This club could not be a success if it wasn’t for the volunteers. Please Misty Mason if you have any questions or would be interested in helping or attending a training session. mistymason86@yahoo.com

Please be on the lookout for an email and on Facebook around February with more details regarding Spring 2025 Session. We hope to see you all back then.

2024 Announcement

Greetings all,

The 2024 4-H Shooting Sports National Quiz Bowl registration portal is now open.  Quizzes this year are comprised of 50 new questions for Intermediate/Seniors and 25 new questions for Juniors as a mix of General 4-H, STEM, Rifle, Pistol, Shotgun, Archery, Hunting Skills and Western Heritage – hosted on a brand new, exciting, hopefully trouble free, platform.

Quiz Bowl registration price is the same as last year,  $10 for individuals and $40 for teams.  Team members are automatically scored as individuals and receive individual awards/recognition as well as team awards/recognition.

Upon registration you will be provided a link to the study materials and a personal quiz link.

The Quiz may be taken anytime between January 15-19, 2024.  You will only have one chance to take the quiz.  Quiz scores are based on the number of correct answers and the amount of time remaining in the quiz.

REGISTRATION LINKS

Junior Individual (Age 9-11) 

Intermediate and Senior Individual (ages 12-19)

Teams ( ages 9-19, uses oldest team member’s age)

2023 Team Champions

Junior – Virginia Trigger Time Juniors

Intermediate – Virginia Trigger Time Club #2

Senior – Missouri Mo Air Pistol Club

2023 Individual Champions

Junior – Ronnie Secratt, Oklahoma

Intermediate – Katherine Hennings, Oregon

Senior – Blair Dahl, Texas

Do you think you have what it takes to dislodge these champions from their podium?

Good Luck!!!

Please let me know if you have any questions.  Contact info below.

Sincerely,  Todd

________________________________________________

Todd Williver

4-H Shooting Sports Program Manager
Oregon State University
106 Ballard Extension Hall

Corvallis, OR  97331

Office Direct 541.737.7645

todd.williver@oregonstate.edu

The 2023 4-H Shooting Sports Fall Instructor Workshop Registration is now live. Please go to http://go.osu.edu/2023FallWorkshopCanters to register. This workshop will be held at Canter’s Cave 4-H camp, located outside of Jackson Ohio, September 15-17. The cost is $110. The workshop is open to any approved 4-H volunteer who would like to get certified as a Shooting Sports discipline instructor. Instructors must be age 21 by the time of the training and be an approved 4-H Volunteer in their county program.  Please talk to your county 4-H Educator to let them know you are planning to register. Volunteers should also talk to their county/club Shooting Sports Coordinator to determine the needs of their county/club program before registering. This workshop will offer all of the basic disciplines: Archery, Shotgun, Rifle, Pistol, Living History, Hunting and Wildlife as well as the advanced disciplines including Muzzleloader and Crossbow. We will also be offering Living History Level 2 training opportunity, which is a train the trainer level 2 program for Ohio. More information about the registration can be found on the Ohio 4-H Website under the Shooting Sports page.  https://ohio4h.org/families/members/events-opportunties/shooting-sports/state-training

Washington County 4-H will pay for the volunteer registration fee. Contact Bruce Zimmer, zimmer.2@osu.edu about these funds.

Assistant Instructors are also welcome to register for this workshop. Assistant Instructors are individuals who have aged out of 4-H (age 19-20) but who have not reached age 21. These individuals will receive an Assistant Instructor certificate allowing them to teach under the direct supervision of a level one Shooting sports Instructor. Upon reaching the age of 21 they can apply to have their certificate changed to a certification as long as they have had continuous service as a 4-H Volunteer in the shooting sports program.

Junior Leaders will be allowed to attend this workshop and thanks to the support of the ODNR Division of Wildlife the first 20 Junior Leaders will be able to attend the workshop for $55.00! This price is only open to those ages 14-18 by January 1, 2023. Junior Leaders will need a letter of recommendation from a shooting sports certified instructor in the discipline they are registering to take. They should have also completed this project either in 2023 or in previous years and have knowledge of the project. Junior Leaders in the Shooting Sports program are able to help adult certified instructors but must be under the direct supervision of a level one instructor. Junior Leader certifications will not be recognized as adult certifications.

Date: April 14-16, 2023
Location: Canter’s Cave 4-H camp 1362 Caves Rd. Jackson Ohio
Cost $110 Includes all lodging and meals for the weekend
Advanced and Basic Disciplines offered (provide class minimums are met)
For more information and to register go to
www.go.osu.edu/2023SpringWorkshop
Registration deadline: March 16, 2023, by 4:00 PM or until spaces are full!

Advance Registration:

• Youth must be 9 years old as of January 1, 2023 and not older than 19 by December 31, 2023
• Signup Genius, an online software tool, is used for registration.
• The link to access the signup will be posted on the county’s 4-H Blog at: https://u.osu.edu/washington4h/

and on the Bull’s Eye 4-H Club Facebook Page at:  https://www.facebook.com/groups/235865860279115

• The link will go live at 8:00am on Friday, February 17, 2022 https://www.signupgenius.com/go/70a094eada72ca1fd0-20223#/
  

 Disciplines:

• Members will participate in one discipline
• Beginning Rifle, maximum of 12
• Archery (beginning, intermediate, advanced): all skill levels shoot together, maximum of 15 in class
• Shotgun: all skill levels shoot together, maximum of 15 in class. Shotguns have a recoil and weigh between 6-8 lbs. We use both low recoil shotguns and ammunition. But recoil is still present. Participants are expected to be able stand, hold and swing the shotgun by themselves. We will be using 20 gauge shotguns. Please contact Brian Baker for further details 740-350-8155
• Living History, maximum of 10

Meeting Dates & Location: 

• Sunday, March 19—1:00 to 3:30—Orientation, Safety Meeting & Discipline Shooting
• Sunday, March 26, April 2, April 16, April 23, April 30—1:00 to 3:30—Club Meeting and Discipline Shooting
• Hervida 4-H Camp, 1260 Camp Hervida Road, Waterford OH 45786
• Dress for the weather! You will be outside; no heated buildings; outside toilet.

Cost:

• $5 with completed enrollment, health, and release forms due at orientation
• Scholarship help is available to cover dues if needed
• Each member will receive a free t-shirt
• All shooting equipment and supplies provided THANKS to our supporters:

The NRA Foundation, Inc. Whitetails Unlimited Hervida 4-H Camp Inc.

Mid-Ohio Valley Friends of NRA Jim’s Gun Shop LLC Marietta Gun Club

Information & Questions:

• For general shooting sports program information, go to: http://go.osu.edu/ssports
• For questions, call Brian Baker 740-350-8155 or Misty Mason at 740-516-4046.