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Jefferson County is hosting a Hunting and Outdoor Skills Invitational on Saturday, May 15. It will take place near Morrison, Colorado and start at 8:00 a.m.

Try your hand in this unique contest featuring Rifle, 3D Archery, Shotgun Course, Hunting Skills Trail, Orienteering Course, Animal Identification Contests, and more. The top four competing seniors will qualify for the 2021 4-H Shooting Sports National Championships to be held in Grand Island, Nebraska in June!

Registration is limited to 30 participants and will close by May 12. Sign up on 4HOnline today! The $30 fee per contestant will be due the day of the event.

Please see the flyer for more information and contact Josey at jpukrop@jeffco.us with questions.

We are now able to loosen our restrictions a bit for outdoor Shooting Sports practices. Our SignUpGenius registrations have been updated to allow more than one adult to accompany members.

Please keep in mind:

• Contact information is required for 1 adult per member including name. phone number, and email.

• There is now a slot to list additional people who will come to practice with the member.

• Additional family members who will be attending must be listed, stay with their family group, and family groups must stay separated from other family groups

We’re looking forward to seeing everyone at practices!

We are happy to announce that we have added 5 practice dates for Air Rifle and Air Pistol. These practices will follow the same format we are currently using—14 lanes and 2 relays.

The new dates are:

• May 6,

• May 20,

• June 3,

• July 1,

• July 15.

There will be relays at 6 p.m. and 8 p.m. Please arrive 15 minutes early to help set up the backers and staple your targets. Shooters on the second relay will help take down the backers before leaving.

Please keep track of your practices. If you have any questions about how many you have, email Kerri Larson and she will respond to you directly. Four practices are required to participate in the county shoot. If you are shooting both Air Rifle and .22 Rifle, you can count two of your .22 Rifle practices toward your practice count for Air Rifle. (This does NOT apply to Air Pistol and .22 Pistol. These disciplines cannot be combined.)

A couple of new rules due to the limited number of lanes:

• Signup will open 30 days before each practice date in SignUpGenius. This is to give everyone a chance to sign up, allow those who do not yet have their 4 required practices to get slots, and still allow for additional practices for those who want them.

• Please only sign up for one relay per date.

• If you have already attended 4 or more practices, please wait until the day of practice to sign up. If you check after 10 a.m. on the practice day and there are empty slots, please sign up!

• Finally, if you sign up for a relay, please be there. If something comes up and you are not able to make it, please go to SignUpGenius and remove your registration.

Thanks!

Justin Mick and Kerri Larson

Mesa County is hosting an invitational shoot on Saturday, May 15, 2021 at the Cameo Education and Shooting Complex in Palisade.

Registration: Pre-registration is strongly recommended and must be turned in to the Mesa County Extension Office no later than May 7, 2021. Late registrations must be brought to the shoot and must include the $5.00 late fee.

Check-in: Registration and check-in begin at 8:00 a.m. The event begins immediately following remarks and range orientation.

Food: A concession stand will be available, but there is no scheduled lunch break. Competitors must plan their lunchtimes during their downtime.

Fees:

$5 Registration Fee

$10 per Discipline ($25 for Shotgun)

Payment must accompany entry forms. Checks made payable to Mesa County Shooting Sports.

Rules: The contest will follow the Colorado State 4-H Shooting Sports Rule Book. Contestants must possess a valid Hunter Safety Card. All participants are expected to know and obey all standard NRA & NFAA range rules and commands. All equipment is subject to inspection by range officers for safety function.

Equipment and Ammunition: Each contestant must provide his or her own firearms. Bring a ground mat, eye protection, hearing protection, and kneeling rolls. All contestants must provide their own ammunition and/or arrows.

Find all of the details and the registration form here.

We will be implementing a new payment process for Shotgun practices at Great Guns. We are going to have all participants pre-purchase rounds for each practice.

Go to the office cashier and purchase a card with the number of rounds you plan on shooting. You may be able to purchase multiple rounds and keep the card for multiple practices. These details are still being ironed out. Overall, this will make it easier for Great Guns to track.

If you have any questions, please contact the Shotgun superintendents: Cory Bensley at 970-690-1170 or Mike Conley at 970-218-8039.

Congratulations to our newly certified Shooting Sports leaders! The following leaders and members attended training this Spring to earn or renew their certifications.

• Cindy Buckardt / Archery

• Hunter Squibb / Archery (Junior Leader)

• Josh Buckardt / Archery

• Walker Cameron / Archery (Junior Leader)

• Rob Ryan / Muzzleloading

• Rod Bergstrom / Muzzleloading

• Nate Rogers / Pistol (Junior Leader)

• Darren Haun / Rifle

• Dave Buckardt / Rifle

• Kerri Larson / Rifle

• Jeremiah Hilgenberg / Shotgun (Junior Leader)

• Jordan Zick / Shotgun

Pictured are new junior shooting sports leaders Hunter Squibb, Walker Cameron, Nate Rogers, and Jeremiah Hilgenberg.

Thank you for volunteering your time for the Larimer County 4-H Shooting Sports program!

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Hello, everyone.

We have received permission to conduct Archery practice outside. When we practice outside, we will do it east of the East Pavilion on the east side of the fairgrounds. When you show up for practice, you will drive right beside it. You can’t miss it. (See the map below.)

Now it is early in the spring and weather may not cooperate. We will know where practice will be held by Tuesday afternoon. Just come as you usually do, but bring warmer clothes in case we shoot outdoors.

Once we go outdoors permanently, we should be able to have practice for more than 22 shooters and we may be able to do away with the one-hour time slots.

Thank you,

Scott Gillespie
Larimer County 4-H Archery Superintendent

4-H Nationals is moving forward in June. We’re excited for our county Shooting Sports members who will be going to compete: Carter Lyle for Recurve Archery, Walker Cameron and Nate Rogers for .22 Pistol, Nick Freeland for .22 Rifle, Charlotte Mick for Air Rifle. We also have two alternates: Heidi Acott for Recurve Archery and Tait Simpson for Air Pistol. Congratulations!

The National 4-H Shooting Sports Committee met on March 31 and made the decision to move forward to conduct the 2021 4-H Shooting Sports National Championships in Grand Island, Nebraska, June 20-25.

This decision was based on results of a survey of State 4-H Shooting Sports Coordinators in conjunction with a very healthy discussion of National Committee Members as well as Administration of the University of Nebraska Lincoln.

Please note that if health conditions in the state of Nebraska, Hall County and the city of Grand Island should change, it could affect our decision. As for now, it’s a green light and we will move forward with the planning.

In the next few weeks, we will make available all General Rules, Event Synopsis and Registration. In addition, expect to see Health & Safety Protocols for this event.