The 66th Annual 4-H Carnival is coming soon on March 1, 2025 from 10:00 a.m.–4:00 p.m. Shooting Sports will host two booths: Skee Ball and Ammo Pull. Please volunteer an hour of your time to support 4-H Shooting Sports in Larimer County!

The Carnival is the largest fundraiser of the year for the Larimer County 4-H Foundation and the Shooting Sports program. The funds help support Larimer County members who qualify and travel to Nationals in June, as well as other Shooting Sports needs.

🍀 Members, please volunteer for a shift! Senior members can volunteer without a parent. Junior members should have a parent along to assist.

🍀 Leaders and Parents, we need adults to volunteer to monitor the booths, help with prizes, and count booth tickets.

The orientation process for Larimer County 4-H Shooting Sports includes a mandatory Annual Safety Meeting on Zoom for all Shooting Sports members FIRST.

New members must attend the new member orientation scheduled by each discipline SECOND. This applies to returning members adding a new discipline as well.

Members must complete the orientation process BEFORE attending any practices.

Please read the information below thoroughly to understand the process and know when to attend. If you have any questions, please ask now…don’t wait until after the dates have passed.

Annual Safety Meeting on Zoom

• Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 6:30 p.m.

• Friday, March 7, 2025 at 6:30 p.m.

Zoom Meeting Links

The link for each of the Zoom meetings will be emailed to enrolled Shooting Sports members. If you have questions, please email info@LC4HSS.org.

New Member Orientations

Members new to Larimer County 4-H Shooting Sports must complete the orientation process by attending an Annual Safety Meeting on Zoom FIRST, followed by New Member Orientation in person for each discipline in which they are enrolled SECOND.

Each Shooting Sports discipline will host its own orientations for new members. Go to each discipline’s page on LC4HSS.org for dates, times, and locations.

Returning Members

All Returning members are required to attend the mandatory Annual Safety Meeting on Zoom.

Returning members adding a new discipline must also attend the orientation for the new discipline before they can attend practices.

* To be considered a Returning member, they must have participated in practices for the discipline during the previous year.

** Members who participated in either Air Rifle or .22 Rifle in the previous year do NOT need to attend the new member orientation for Rifle to add the other discipline.

If you have any questions about this process, please email info@LC4HSS.org.

Training Agenda

Click here for the tentative agenda for the trainings. This applies to all of the locations.

2025 Locations and Dates

Following are the dates and the disciplines to be offered at each of the Shooting Sports Leader Certification trainings in 2025.

Morgan County
When: March 7–9, 2025
Registration Opens: January 24, 2025
Registration Closes: February 21, 2025
Disciplines Offered: Archery, Pistol, Rifle, Shotgun
Morgan County training information flyer

Weld County
When: March 14–16, 2025
Registration Opens: January 31, 2025
Registration Closes: February 28, 2025
Disciplines Offered: Archery, Pistol, Rifle, Shotgun, Orion training (Free, registration required)
Weld County training information flyer

Pueblo County
When: March 21–23, 2025
Registration Opens: February 7, 2025
Registration Closes: March 7, 2025
Disciplines Offered: Archery, Muzzleloading, Outdoor Skills, Pistol, Rifle, Shotgun, Western Heritage
Pueblo County training information flyer

Garfield County
When: March 28–30, 2025
Registration Opens: February 14, 2025
Registration Closes: March 14, 2025
Disciplines Offered: Archery, Muzzleloading, Pistol, Rifle, Shotgun, Western Heritage
Garfield County training information flyer

(All disciplines are NOT offered at all locations. Please see the disciplines listed under each date/location.)

Training Agenda

Click here for the tentative agenda for the trainings. This applies to all of the locations.

Enroll as a 4-H Leader

Our county has a large, successful Shooting Sports program, but we are in serious need of more certified Shooting Sports leaders to maintain and continue to hold safe practices and effectively teach our 4-H youth.

Enroll as a 4-H leader for 2025 now at v2.4HOnline.com. If you are a returning leader, you need to enroll before activities begin. If you are interested in becoming a new leader, we’d welcome you to the Shooting Sports program. Click here to find out how to get started with the process to enroll as a 4-H leader in Larimer County!

Re-Certification Every 7 Years

Certified leaders are required to re-certify every 7 years, per the National minimum standards. Leaders attend the same, three-day trainings to ensure that they are up to date on the safety training as well as the 4-H Shooting Sports curriculum. If you are currently a certified Shooting Sports leader, enroll now and be ready to register for training. If you have questions about when you need to re-certify, email info@lc4hss.org for information.

Certified Junior Leaders

Senior 4-H members (ages 14–18) can also attend these trainings to become certified as Shooting Sports Junior Leaders. Certified junior leaders receive the same training as adults. They can then assist the discipline’s leaders and coach other members at practices. Junior leaders cannot run a line until they are 21 years old, but they do not have to re-certify until they reach the 7-year re-certification mark.

Plus, the Larimer County 4-H Foundation covers the cost for junior leaders to attend the training!

Cost and Payment

The cost is historically $135. Rhe Larimer County 4-H Foundation reimburses the cost of the training after you have served the Shooting Sports program for one year and enrolled for the upcoming year. The Larimer County 4-H Foundation covers the registration fee for junior leaders at the time of the training.

Payment is due to the extension office. (Junior leaders will be funded by the Larimer County 4-H Foundation.)

Pay by check to the extension office or click here for the online payment form. One lump sum will be sent from Larimer County 4-H to the hosting county for all leaders attending.

Registration for Trainings

Registration opens 6 weeks before the start date of each training. Go to Events on 4HOnline. 4-H volunteers must be approved, enrolled, and active on 4HOnline before registering.

We have reset our Remind discipline groups to start 2025. All users now need to sign up to receive alerts.

Visit our Remind instructions to join the group for each discipline that is relevant to your family.

Each Shooting Sports discipline uses Remind to send time-sensitive alerts for cancellations and other important communication. You can choose to receive alerts via text messages, email, the Remind app, or any combination of the three.

(Please note: Remind will NOT allow members under the age of 13 to join.)

We’re starting the new 4-H year, but first let’s take a quick look back at 2024 BY THE NUMBERS. Learn more about our 4-H Shooting Sports program and enroll for 2025! The deadline for returning members to enroll is February 1. New members have until March 1!

Enrollment for the 2025 4-H year is open at v2.4HOnline.com and the deadlines to enroll are approaching. We wanted to mention a few items to note as you’re completing the enrollment process.

1. Upload your Hunter Education card.
   4HOnline does NOT save your hunter ed card from last year. Please upload it when you’re filling out enrollment. If you don’t yet have hunter education, no problem! You can email it to be added later.

2. Upload your Youth Handgun Form.
   If you are enrolling in .22 Pistol or Western Heritage, you will also upload your youth handgun form. (You can download a blank copy here.)

3. Click the “Pay by Check” button.
   Regardless of whether you want to pay online or via check, you will click the “Pay by Check” button. Larimer County 4-H does not use 4HOnline’s system for payments, so “Pay by Check” tells the website that you’re paying outside that system. Then you must go all the way through to the end and click the “Submit” button. Please see this instruction sheet for help with the steps to finish the enrollment process and submit it to Larimer County 4-H.

4. Submit Your Payment.
   Submit your payment of $50 per member for enrollment fees via either check or online as follows:

   1. Send a check made out to Larimer County 4-H to the following address:
      Larimer County Extension Office, 1525 Blue Spruce Drive, Fort Collins, CO 80524-2004

   2. Pay online:
      Click here to pay online via credit card or PayPal.

If you submit your enrollment without your Hunter Ed card or Youth Handgun Form, you will need to email them directly to Britney Filter for her to manually add them to the system.

Mark Your Calendar

Deadlines for enrollment are February 1 for returning members, and March 1 for new members.

All Shooting Sports members are required to attend ONE of these Annual Safety Meetings to be eligible to participate in Shooting Sports practices. We will be hosting the Annual Safety Meeting on Zoom on two dates:

• Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 6:30 p.m.

• Friday, March 7, 2025 at 6:30 p.m.

The Zoom links will be emailed to enrolled Shooting Sports members the week prior to each Annual Safety Meeting on Zoom date.

Enroll now to be ready for the upcoming Shooting Sports orientations and practices!

The next meeting of the Shooting Sports Council is on Wednesday, January 15 at 6:30 p.m. at the McKee 4-H Building at The Ranch.

We are offering the option to attend via Zoom for those who are unable to attend in person.

Click here for the Zoom link.

Achievement Night was held a few weeks ago and many of our Larimer County 4-H Shooting Sports members and leaders were recognized for their accomplishments in 2024.

• 10-Year Members

  • Daiton Crego

  • Dakota Fisher

  • Ian Foltin

  • Ele Hastings

  • Mason Hershman

  • Tyler Kesterson

  • Emily Richardson

  • Joshua Ryan

  • Jaydyn Simpson

• 11-Year Members

  • Walker Cameron

  • Jessica Laffey

• National Qualifiers

  • Mason Hershman – Air Pistol

  • Victoria Freeland – Air Rifle

  • Ian Foltin – Muzzleloading, Outdoor Skills

  • Wyatt Loos – Shotgun

  • Daiton Crego – .22 Pistol

• National Champion Shotgun Team

  • Blake Bohlender

  • Wyatt Enns

  • Wyatt Loos

  • Coaches: Mike Conley, Chuck Cross

• Special Shooting Sports Award

  • Walker Cameron

    • Qualified for Colorado’s national team in every discipline he competed in each year as a senior 4-H member (.22 Pistol, .22 Rifle, Archery, and Muzzleloading) and represented Colorado three times at the National 4-H Shooting Sports Championships in .22 Pistol, .22 Rifle, and Archery. He was a member of the Muzzleloading team for 2024, but was unable to participate due to an injury.

• 20-Year Leader

  • Mike Conley, Shotgun

• H-Award: Head

  • Sharel Cameron

    • This award is for a 4-H Leader who is always thinking of new ways to facilitate educational programming, has dedicated countless hours to teaching 4-H members in Larimer County, and is constantly growing their own knowledge.

Congratulations to you all!