The Shooting Sports leaders are scheduled to meet on Tuesday, November 12 at 6:30 p.m. on Zoom. All leaders interested in being the key leader for a discipline need to attend! We will choose key leaders and determine what disciplines our county can offer for the 2025 4-H year at the meeting.
Following are the dates and the disciplines offered for each of the Shooting Sports Leader Certification trainings in 2025.
Morgan County
When: March 7–9, 2025
Disciplines Offered: Archery, Pistol, Rifle, Shotgun
Weld County
When: March 14–16, 2025
Disciplines Offered: Archery, Pistol, Rifle, Shotgun
Pueblo County
When: March 21–23, 2025
Disciplines Offered: Archery, Muzzleloading, Outdoor Skills, Pistol, Rifle, Shotgun, Western Heritage
Garfield County
When: March 28–30, 2025
Disciplines Offered: Archery, Muzzleloading, Pistol, Rifle, Shotgun, Western Heritage
All disciplines are NOT offered at all locations. Please see the disciplines listed under each date/location.
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!
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.
Senior 4-H members (ages 14–18) can also attend these trainings to become certified as Shooting Sports Junior Leaders. In the past we have received a donation from the Larimer County 4-H Foundation to cover the cost for junior leaders to attend the training.
Senior 4-H members (ages 14–18) can also attend these trainings to become certified as Shooting Sports Junior Leaders. Certified junior leaders go through the same training as adults, and they can 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 need to re-certify until they reach the 7 year re-certification mark.
The cost is historically $135, and the 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. In the past we have received a donation to cover the cost to all Junior Leaders. Payment via check should be submitted to the Larimer County Extension Office.
Registration for each certification training will open approximately 6 weeks prior to the start of each training via 4HOnline. 4-H volunteers must be approved, enrolled, and active in 4HOnline prior to registering for the trainings. Do not delay your volunteer enrollment or re-enrollment process.
Enrollment for the upcoming 4-H year is OPEN NOW!
Returning Members: If you’re a returning member, the enrollment deadline is February 1. Go to v2.4hOnline.com.
New Members: The deadline for new members to enroll is March 1. Click here to learn more about joining a 4-H club, choosing your projects, and completing your enrollment!
If you have any questions about Shooting Sports, email info@lc4hss.org!
The state invitationals for Western Heritage and Outdoor Skills will be held at the Eagle Valley Gun Club in Gypsum. Western Heritage will be on Saturday, September 21 and Outdoor Skills will be on Sunday, September 22. Members who are enrolled in these two disciplines of the Shooting Sports project and have met the requirements for Larimer County are eligible to participate.
The Outdoor Skills Invitational will serve as the National Qualifier for senior members for the 2025 4-H Shooting Sports National Championships held in June 2025.
Registration is open through 4HOnline. The cost of each contest is $30 and will be made payable to Garfield County Shooting Sports Council and sent to Garfield County Extension, 4-H Shooting Sports, PO Box 1112, Rifle, CO 81650.
The meeting on September 13 has been POSTPONED. Please watch for updated information.
The Shooting Sports leaders are scheduled to meet on Friday, September 13 at 6:00 p.m. at the McKee 4-H Building at The Ranch. All leaders interested in being the key leader for a discipline need to attend! We will choose key leaders and determine what disciplines our county can offer for the 2025 4-H year at the meeting.
We are always working to improve! We want to hear from 4-H Shooting Sports families to help us make the program even better for next year.
Please follow the link and submit the survey by Friday, August 9.
Every year we have a special Larimer County shirt to celebrate and support our Shooting Sports program. Shirts are available for all Larimer County 4-H families and friends to order. This shirt is not required for state team members but is a fun way to show your Larimer County spirit.
We are offering Gildan 100% cotton shirts as well as Sport-Tek moisture-wicking shirts in youth and adult sizes.
Color: True Red.
Imprint: With each shot, I'm striving to become a better version of myself. Larimer County (4-H logo) Shooting Sports.
Cotton shirts are $11 each.
Moisture-wicking shirts are $13 each.
Payments are accepted online only—no cash or checks.
Payments are accepted from Credit Card, Apple Pay, Google Pay or Link.
All orders MUST be placed by 9:00 p.m. on Monday, July 22.
(No late orders will be accepted.)
Shirts should be picked up at 4-H Project Pickup Day on August 7 at the exhibit hall in the McKee 4-H Building at The Ranch. Otherwise, special arrangements will need to be made for pick up.
If you have questions, please email info@lc4hss.org.
We are so proud of the Larimer County Shooting Sports members who traveled to Grand Island to participate in the 4-H Nationals Shooting Sports Championships from June 23–28, 2023.
The championships consist of three days of competition for nine disciplines including Air Rifle, Air Pistol, Compound Archery, Muzzleloading, .22 Pistol, .22 Rifle, Hunting/Outdoor Skills, Recurve Archery, and Shotgun. Members are busy all week beginning with equipment check-in, state team pictures, practice time at the ranges, teen socials, and ceremonies. It’s an amazing week for the members and their families!
In Colorado, senior 4-H members qualify at the state shoot the previous year to represent our state on the national level. Members are only eligible to attend in each discipline once—it really is a once-in-a-lifetime experience.
Here are the individual results for our Larimer County members:
Daiton Crego, .22 Pistol
Day 1: Slow Fire = 14th Place
Day 2: Silhouette = 25th Place
Day 3: Camp Perry = 17th Place
OVERALL = 15th Place
Ian Foltin, Muzzleloading
Day 1: Bullseye = 62nd Place
Day 2: Novelty = 34th Place
Day 3: Silhouettes = 61st Place
OVERALL = 57th Place
Blake Bohlender, Shotgun
Day 1: Sporting Clays = 3rd Place
Day 2: Skeet = 1st Place
Day 3: Trap = 8th Place
OVERALL = 2nd Place
Wyatt Enns, Shotgun
Day 1: Sporting Clays = 52nd Place
Day 2: Skeet = 3rd Place
Day 3: Trap = 6th Place
OVERALL = 9th Place
Wyatt Loos, Shotgun
Day 1: Sporting Clays = 7th Place
Day 2: Skeet = 23rd Place
Day 3: Trap = 10th Place
OVERALL = 6th Place
The Colorado teams placed as follows for each discipline overall:
Air Pistol = 14th Place
Air Rifle = 13th Place
Compound Archery = 1st Place
Muzzleloading = 6th Place
Outdoor Skills = 7th Place
Recurve Archery = 11th Place
Shotgun = 1st Place
.22 Pistol = 8th Place
.22 Rifle = 10th Place
Colorado placed 4th in the Sweepstakes, the overall award for states with full teams in all shooting sports disciplines.
Please join us in congratulating our members on this accomplishment. We encourage you all to set your sights high and aim to qualify to attend this awesome event!
