Congratulations to Larimer County 4-H members Dakota Taylor and Josh Rudd! They competed at the National 4-H Shooting Sports Championships this week in Grand Island, Nebraska representing Colorado.

Dakota Taylor competed in Muzzleloading and placed 65th in 50-Yard Bullseye, 13th in 25-Yard Novelty, 20th in Silhouettes, and 34th Overall.

The Colorado Muzzleloading team placed 13th in 50-Yard Bullseye, 5th in 25-Yard Novelty, 9th in Silhouettes, and 9th Overall.

Josh Rudd competed in Recurve Archery and placed 11th in Field, 12th in FITA, 2nd in 3D, and 4th Overall.

The Colorado Recurve Archery team placed 7th in Field, 9th in FITA, 7th in 3D, and 7th Overall.

And congratulations to Scott Barber, the coach for the Colorado Recurve Archery team!

Follow this link to find all of the results from the National Championships.

We’ve scheduled an additional shotgun practice for Saturday, June 30 from 10:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m. at Great Guns in Nunn. If you have any questions, contact Cory Bensley at 970-690-1170.

Our county shoot is fast approaching. We have one practice left on July 5 and county shoot on July 15th. If you have not signed up for the county shoot, please email Jackie so we can get your spot scheduled.

Jackie has scheduled two fishing outings on June 28 and July 12 at 6:00 p.m.

Meet at North Lake Park pond, just north of Loveland Lake and west of Loveland High School, at the corner of 29th and Taft in Loveland.

Anyone over 16 must have a Colorado fishing license. A one day license is $9.00 and can be purchased at any outdoor store or Walmart.

Please let Jackie know if you do not have any fishing equipment. She has some that can b borrowed for the night. Please call or text if you have any questions—303-548-6433.

To participate, please download and complete this permission form and bring it to Jackie.

Some of you are familiar with Orion scoring that was used at the State Shoot in 2017. Larimer County 4-H Shooting Sports now has an Orion Scoring System and we will be using it for the county shoots this year. This tool greatly streamlines both the scoring process and tabulation of results. 

For Air Rifle, Air Pistol, and .22 Rifle, the targets are scanned and scored by the software.

For Archery, Muzzleloading, .22 Pistol, and Shotgun, standard scorecards are used to record scores and then scanned to be scored and totaled by the software. We have scorecards for these shooting disciplines available for members to look over and use for practice, so you can become familiar and comfortable with them before the County Shoots and upcoming State Shoots.

Click to view and download scorecards here:

.22 Pistol Scorecards: Slow Fire, Timed Fire, Rapid Fire, Silhouettes, (Download All)
Archery Scorecards: FITA, 3D, (Download All)
Muzzleloading Scorecard: Combined
Shotgun Scorecards: Skeet, Sporting Clays, Trap, (Download All)

Here is a quick example of how to mark the scorecards. Fill in the inside, smaller portion of the correct bubble.

If you make a mistake or need to change a score, DO NOT cross it out. Leave the original, incorrect bubble and fill in the larger, oval bubble for the correct score. Then initial next to the shot.

If you have any questions about the scorecards or how to fill them out, please ask your superintendent or fill out the contact form on our home page.

It is time to start getting ready for the Larimer County .22 Rifle County Shoot. This year's shoot will be held on Saturday, July 14. We use SignUpGenius to get everyone scheduled for this event. County Shoot is, of course, more formal than practices. Members will need to be registered for a specific time slot and tell us what class they are shooting as this makes a difference for targets and scoring.

We have 4 classes to choose from. These are based primarily on what sights are on the rifle.

Hunt/Open: Open sight, 4 positions.
4P: Peep sight, 4 positions.
3P: Peep sight, 3 positions, wear shooting jacket and glove.
Scope: Scope sight, 4 positions.

If you are unsure about what class to shoot, please see the .22 Rifle Equipment page or have any of the leaders check your rifle at practice.

This event begins at 9:00 a.m. and we’re usually done by 3:30 p.m. It will end with the awards ceremony, so please plan on bringing pop-ups if you have them, food for the potluck, water, lots of sunscreen, and chairs. We'll send more detailed information as we get closer to the date, but for now we would like to open registration for the members.

Here is the link to SignUpGenius for registering:

https://www.signupgenius.com/go/4090d4ea5af2da13-2018

If you have any question please feel free to contact us by phone at 970-686-0832 or email irwebb@gmail.com or sammyjwebb@gmail.com. We look forward to nice weather as we get ready for this big event.

Shooting Sports falls under the category of General Projects. Click here to access a letter from the Extension office with details about how to help you prepare your projects, complete eRecords, fill out a fair entry form, and schedule your time online for Interview Judging.

Here are a few links to resources that are mentioned in the letter:

• 2018 Fair Entry Forms (Due by July 16, 2018)
• 2018 Shooting Sports eRecord
• Exhibit Requirements
• Schedule Interview (Open July 25–July 30 at 12:00 p.m.)

Due to the weather and cloud cover with strong possibilities for rain, we are canceling practice at Lon Hagler tonight.