Decorative Class Added for Shooting Sports Projects
This year, there is a new class for Shooting Sports projects: the Decorative Items class.
This class is for items that are used to decorate a room or building. Decorative item projects could include a board with antlers, using feathers to make a picture, a coat rack with an arrow, jewelry, etc.
“Decorative items are items that are made from materials from the different Shooting Sports disciplines but are for aesthetic value in decorating a room. All items from all the disciplines that are decorative will be included in these classes.”
In the past there have been two classes available for Shooting Sports projects: Display Boards and Stand-Alone Exhibits. Following are the project exhibit rules and requirements based on the 2019 Fair Premium Book. Read through the information to help you begin thinking about this year’s Shooting Sports project.
Project Exhibit Rules/Requirements
A member may only exhibit in one skill area/discipline of the shooting sports project. Therefore, youth enrolled in multiple shooting sports disciplines should choose only one skill area to complete a display board/stand-alone item and record book in. The display board’s topic should stay in close relationship with the discipline chosen. Please do not use topics outside the scope of your 4-H project. (Example; .22 Rifle Project – should not use the topic of different types of military machine guns.)
Completed e-Record that contains the inventory sheet and the discipline log record for all disciplines. Be sure to include the log for the discipline that you are exhibiting in a sturdy binder/notebook.
Your display may be a display board or a stand-alone display. The standardized display board size of 4’ x 3’ is to be used. No additional items may be included on or in front of the display board.
All stand-alone exhibits must attach a page explaining:
What is the project?
How is it used?
How was it made?
Please use a large enough font or handwriting large enough that an audience can read it from a distance when displayed.
No live ammo, tipped arrows, (including field points, broadheads), knives, functional or nonfunctional firearms, or bows will be allowed as an exhibit. Cardboard, paper cutouts, or décor resembling firearms or bows are allowed for display purposes in the display or stand-alone classes.
Exhibits showing safety violations will result in a lower placing ribbon level. Do not use the word weapon when creating your display. Make sure that there are no safety violations in your display. (Example: no earplugs visible, member not wearing safety glasses on a photo of a youth firing his/her gun.) Do not use pictures of firearms that are primarily tactical in design in your display, (example: AR platform or military-type firearms.
In order to represent Larimer County on a Shooting Sports Team at State Fair, the 4-H member MUST exhibit a display board or stand-alone item and record book at the Larimer County Fair and earn at least a red ribbon placing.
Display items illustrating something learned in the project this year. Exhibits may be a display board, a stand-alone item, or a decorative item such as gun stocks, decoys, etc. Display items are to be entered in specific discipline that the exhibit relates to (i.e. .22 rifle, air rifle, shotgun, etc.).
Stand-alone exhibits chosen for State Fair: There is a maximum size of 3’ in width and depth and 7’ in height. The item must be stable when standing in order to be displayed. Stand-Alone Exhibits chosen for State Fair that are larger than 35 lbs will be the responsibility of the family to take to the State Fair.