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The Weld County 4-H Shooting Sports Council is sponsoring an invitational on June 4, 2022 at South Platte Historical Society Range in Fort Lupton, Colorado. Registration and check-in will begin at 8:00 a.m. and shooting will begin at 9:00 a.m.

Registration and Cost:

• Pre-register at this SignUpGenius link. Classes are $7 each before June 1. Any changes or new registrations after June 1 are $14 per class. Members can participate in a maximum of 4 classes.

Disciplines:

• Archery – Classes: Compound & Recurve

• .22 Rifle – Classes: Hunt, Scope, Sporter, 3P

• .22 Pistol – Intermediates and Seniors Only, Modified Camp Perry Round Only, No Silhouettes

• Muzzleloading

• Air Pistol

• Air Rifle – Classes: Utility, Sporter, 3P, Off-hand

Divisions:

• Juniors

• Seniors

Directions:

Take Hwy 85 to the north part of Ft Lupton, to WCR 14 ½ (stoplight) and turn west. Go west a short distance and then turn right on Historic Parkway. Follow the gravel road down to the range.

Questions:

Contact Ray Sagehorn at 720-244-0238 if you need more information.

Yuma County 4-H is hosting a Western Heritage, Muzzleloading, Outdoor skills Camp on June 14–16, 2022 at the Beecher Island Battleground historical site south of Wray, Colorado.

Registration will be via 4HOnline, and the deadline is June 1. Please see the attached flyer for more information.

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Do you want to get your hunter education card? Have you had trouble finding a local course with openings?

We are gauging interest to help us decide whether to host another hunter education opportunity.

The first half, the internet course, would need to be completed prior to the in-person portion, held on Saturday, June 25 and Sunday, June 26.

To be eligible to compete at state shoot, should the member qualify, a hunter education card must be uploaded by July 1, 2022. This course would fulfill that requirement. And we will turn in the hunter ed cards to the extension office by the deadline.

Please click here to visit the poll and let us know that you are interested.

Park County is hosting a 4-H Western Heritage Invitational on June 4th and is inviting Western Heritage families to attend.

Registration opens on May 6 on 4HOnline, and will close on May 29. The registration fee is $25.

It will begin at 8:00 a.m. on June 4th at the Park County Shooting Range, 22535 County Road 15, Como, Colorado 80432 and try to complete four stages around 12:00 p.m. Then we will go to Fairplay so families can get lunch on their own. After lunch everyone will meet at the Fairplay Community Center at 880 Bogue Street, 80440, on the Fairgrounds for the Persona Interview and History Knowledge Exam. The results will be announced and families will be able to leave or take part in an optional tour of the South Park City Museum. South Park City is centered right in the sweet spot of the 4-H Western Heritage Project time period. It is a lot of fun and they have great artifacts from the era.

Keep your saddle oiled and your gun greased.

Darin Smith
Park County 4-H Extension Agent

Larimer County members: Reach out to Jackie Easthouse if you have any questions or are interested in attending.

Due to the large number of members participating in the archery program this year, we need to make some adjustments to our indoor practice schedule to accommodate the shooters safely in the limited space available.

Beginning with the Tuesday, April 26 practice, we are splitting the group by last name and assigning an hour practice time. Please only attend your designated hour so all will have an enjoyable, safe practice.

April 26

• 6:00–7:00 p.m. Last names beginning A–K

• 7:00–8:00 p.m. Last names beginning L–Z

May 3

• 6:00–7:00 p.m. Last names beginning L–Z

• 7:00–8:00 PM Last names beginning A–K

May 10

• To be determined

If you are in the 6:00 time slot, please arrive 15 minutes early to help set up the range. If you are in the 7:00 time slot, please remain to help tear down the range. It should take only about 15 minutes for each set-up and tear-down.

Once we move outside on May 19th, we'll have plenty of room to accommodate everyone at practice, plus 3D targets.

We look forward to seeing everyone on Tuesday night.

This week’s archery practice on Tuesday, April 19 at 6:00 p.m. will be for FIRST-YEAR archery members only.

There are many new members who completed orientation over the weekend, and we want to reserve our attention for them at this practice.

We have finished our Annual Safety Meetings for 2022.

All members who attended the Annual Safety Meetings must complete the form with the required paperwork online. The link and information was given at the end of the Zoom meeting.

We need it completed by Monday, April 11 at 5:00 p.m. to schedule members for the In-Person Orientation on April 16. And all members must complete it before they are eligible to attend any practices!

Get it done, and email with questions!

This year, the Shooting Sports program is not required to have a SignUpGenius for every practice session. It is up to each discipline to choose whether a signup is beneficial for their practice schedule.

Most disciplines have opted NOT to use SignUpGenius. For those disciplines, watch the calendar for practice dates and times, and come when it is convenient for your family. Be sure to sign up for Remind alerts for your disciplines, so you will know if there is a change in schedule or a cancellation due to weather or other circumstances.

The disciplines that are NOT using SignUpGenius are:

• Air Pistol

• Air Rifle

• Archery

• Muzzleloading

• Outdoor Skills

• Shotgun

• .22 Pistol (Outdoor at Great Guns)

• Western Heritage

The disciplines that ARE using SignupGenius this year are:

• .22 Pistol (Indoor at Liberty Firearms Institute)

• .22 Rifle (Indoor at Liberty Firearms Institute and Outdoor at Clausen Ranch)

If you have any questions, please reach out to your superintendent or email info@lc4hss.org.