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Yuma County 4-H Shooting Sports is hosting the Outdoor Skills Invitational, which serves as the National Qualifier for 2023.

The competition will be held on Saturday, September 17, 2022 at Wray Gun Club, 36998 County Road GG in Wray, Colorado. Registration begins at 8:00 a.m. and shooting begins at 9:00 a.m.

The contest will include Archery, Shotgun, .22 Rifle, Wildlife Identification, Orienteering, Ethics, and a Knowledge Test.

Bring your own equipment and ammunition.

Participants must be enrolled in the Shooting Sports project and Outdoor Skills discipline.

For more info, contact Margaret at 970-597-0144 or dmmarr67@gmail.com.

Registration opens on v2.4HOnline.com on August 10.

The results from our 2022 county shoots are posted, minus .22 Pistol whose county shoot is tonight.

Congratulations to all of our awesome 4-H members who participated! It takes dedication to practice, and confidence to go out there and do your best! We’re so proud of you all.

Go to Results and click “2022 County Shoot Results” to see results as well as the Larimer County state teams.

Fees for state shoot are due by Tuesday, July 19 at 10:00 p.m. via the SignUpGenius. Fees are $20 per participant plus $5 per class, except shotgun which charges $15 per class.

Members who qualified at the county shoots and are eligible for state teams were sent an email on Friday, July 15 with the total due. Please go to SignUpGenius and fill in this amount for payment. There will be a service fee of 5% + 50¢ per transaction.

The scheduled state shoot times for members will be available at Project Check-in Day on August 2.

We have Larimer County state shoot shirts this year! Shirts are not required for state shoot participants. Anyone in Larimer County 4-H is welcome to purchase them, including family and friends.

We have 100% cotton Gildan shirts for $12.00 each or moisture-wicking Sport-Tek shirts for $15.00 each. Thank you to the Larimer County 4-H Foundation for underwriting the cost to lower the price of shirts to our families!

There will be a service fee of 5% + 50¢ per order.

Orders are due by 10:00 p.m. on Tuesday, July 19.

Shirts will be available for pick-up on August 10 at the McKee Building at The Ranch during 4-H project check-out.

There will be an additional .22 Pistol practice held on Thursday, July 14 at 6:00 p.m. at the 50-meter range at Great Guns.

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Left to right: Hunter Squibb, Walker Cameron, Jessica Laffey, Nicholas Freeland, William Silversmith, Daiton Crego.

Six members of Larimer County’s 4-H Shooting Sports qualified to compete at the 2022 National 4-H Shooting Sports Championships in Grand Island, Nebraska from July 26–July 1, 2022.

There were 391 total participants representing 39 states.

Colorado took 4th in the sweepstakes, the overall award for states who have full teams in every discipline.

We’re so proud of how each of them represented both Larimer County and Colorado.

Following are the results for each of the members, and their discipline’s teams.

Daiton Crego – Air Pistol

Day 1: Rapid Fire = 24th Place, Team 5th Place
Day 2: Silhouettes = 42nd Place, Team 11th Place
Day 3: Slow Fire = 40th Place, Team 7th Place
Overall: 37th Place, Team 7th Place

Nicholas Freeland - Air Rifle

Day 1: 3P = 21st Place, Team 2nd Place
Day 2: Offhand = 22nd Place, Team 1st Place
Day 3: Silhouettes = 3rd Place, Team 3rd Place
Overall: 3rd Place, Team 3rd Place

Jessica Laffey – Hunting Skills

Day 1: Wildlife ID and Archery = 14th Place, Team 6th Place
Day 2: General Hunting Skills, Map Reading/Compass, and Shotgun= 3rd Place, Team 9th Place
Day 3: Decision Making, Shoot/No Shoot, Compass, Rifle = 10th Place, Team 4th Place
Overall: 14th Place, Team 7th Place

William Silversmith – Muzzleloading

Day 1: 50-Yard Bullseye = 28th Place, Team 6th Place
Day 2: 25-Yard Novelty = 50th Place, Team 6th Place
Day 3: Silhouettes = 50th Place, Team 5th Place
Overall: 46th Place, Team 7th Place

Hunter Squibb – Recurve Archery

Day 1: Field = 2nd Place, Team 5th Place
Day 2: FITA = 12th Place, Team 6th Place
Day 3: 3D = 14th Place, Team 4th Place
Overall: 9th Place, Team 5th Place

Walker Cameron – Small-Bore Rifle

Day 1: Silhouettes = 19th Place, Team 5th Place
Day 2: CMP = 3rd Place, Team 3rd Place
Day 3: 3P = 11th Place, Team 5th Place
Overall = 14th Place, Team 3rd Place

Due to the previous weather challenges, there will be an additional three opportunities scheduled for Muzzleloading practice.

All practices will begin at 12:00 p.m. at the Clausen Ranch.

• Sunday, June 12

• Sunday, June 19

• Sunday, June 26

• Sunday, July 3 (Just added as of June 23)

Please keep in mind that .22 Rifle practice takes place at the same time, so be aware of other vehicles and members in the area.

It's time to register for county shoots. We will be using SignUpGenius for all registrations. Watch for an email from each discipline inviting you to the SignUpGenius for their county shoot.

The county shoot schedule and the deadlines for registration are highlighted below.

If you have any questions about your county shoot, please contact your Superintendent.

County Shoot Dates and Registration Deadlines:

• Shotgun

  • County Shoot (Skeet/5-Stand) June 28

    • Register by June 21

  • County Shoot (Trap) July 5

    • Register by June 21

• .22 Rifle

  • County Shoot July 9

    • Register by July 3

• Muzzleloading

  • County Shoot July 9

    • Register by July 6

• Archery

  • County Shoot July 10

    • Register by July 3

• Air Rifle/Air Pistol

  • County Shoot July 10

    • Register by July 3

• .22 Pistol

  • County Shoot July 19

    • Register by July 15

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