Here are tentative dates for the Shooting Sports Leader Certification trainings for 2023:

• March 3–5, 2023 in Morgan County

• March 10–12, 2023 in Weld County

• March 17–19, 2023 in Pueblo County

• March 24–26, 2023 in Garfield County

Please note that all disciplines are NOT offered at all locations. More information will be released soon about what disciplines are offered at each.

Volunteers must have the leader process and background check completed and be active, approved, enrolled volunteers in v2.4HOnline.com PRIOR to registering for a training. For more information about becoming a leader, please click here.

Larimer County is in serious need of more Shooting Sports leaders. Please block out time on your calendar and plan to attend. Senior 4-H members can also attend these trainings to become certified as Shooting Sports Junior Leaders.

Watch for more details to come!

It’s time to finalize plans for 2023!

This meeting is for the board members and key leaders who make up the Shooting Sports Advisory Council.

Meet us at the McKee Building on Monday, November 28 at 6:00 p.m.

Enrollment for the new 4-H year is open at v2.4HOnline.com. There’s no hurry to finish your enrollment, but we wanted to mention a few items before you do.

1. Upload your Hunter Education card.
   4HOnline does NOT save your hunter ed card from last year. Please upload it when you’re filling out enrollment.

2. Upload your Youth Handgun Form.
   If you are enrolling in .22 Pistol or Western Heritage, you will also upload your youth handgun form. (You can download a blank copy here.)

3. Click the “Pay by Check” button.
   Regardless of whether you want to pay online or via check, you will click the “Pay by Check” button. Larimer County 4-H does not use 4HOnline’s system for payments, so “Pay by Check” tells the website that you’re paying outside that system. Then you must go all the way through to the end and click the “Submit” button. Please see this instruction sheet for help with the steps to finish the enrollment process and submit it to Larimer County 4-H.

4. Submit Your Payment.
   Submit your payment of $50 per member for enrollment fees via either check or online as follows:

   1. Send a check made out to Larimer County 4-H to the following address:
      Larimer County Extension Office, 1525 Blue Spruce Drive, Fort Collins, CO 80524-2004

   2. Pay online:
      Click here to pay online via credit card or PayPal.

If you submit your enrollment without your Hunter Ed card or Youth Handgun Form, you will need to email them directly to Pam Heeney for her to manually add them to the system.

Mark Your Calendar

Deadlines for enrollment are February 1 for returning members, and March 1 for new members.

All Shooting Sports members are required to attend ONE of these Annual Safety Meetings to be eligible to participate in Shooting Sports practices. We will be hosting the Annual Safety Meeting on Zoom on three dates:

• January 20 at 6:30 p.m.

• February 17 at 6:30 p.m.

• March 15 at 6:30 p.m. (Revised date from March 24)

At the Shooting Sports Leader meeting held on September 16, 2022, extension agent Bailey Schilling spoke about the livestock program’s implementation of key leaders a few years ago. Superintendents work with The Ranch on county fair aspects, while key leaders work with the Extension office on programming. General projects and FCS had a similar transition this past year.

Shooting Sports Key Leaders

Shooting Sports key leaders will replace our current superintendent positions. Key leaders must be certified in the discipline for which they apply. Multiple leaders can apply per discipline.

Key leaders have a two-year contract. The contract is not legally binding—leaders can resign or withdraw if circumstances arise, but it keeps stability and a paper trail. Reapplication will take place every two years.

 Shooting Sports Council

A Shooting Sports council will be formed with key leaders as members. The offices of President, Vice President, and Secretary will also be chosen. The council will answer questions, make program decisions, and handle minor problems, escalating issues to Bailey when necessary.

The President will report to Bailey, and will be a certified shooting sports leader, but not a discipline key leader. This will allow the President to be impartial and neutral among the disciplines.

The Vice President and Secretary can be discipline key leaders.

There will be three scheduled council meetings per year, and more if necessary.

Applications

Applications for key leaders as well as the council officers are now open, and are due to Bailey Schilling by November 18, 2022.

Click here for the key leader application.

Click here for the officer’s application.

If you have any questions, please contact Bailey Schilling.

The Larimer County Fair Competition Coordinator, Laura Boldt is asking for feedback about the 4-H competitions from members, families, and leaders. She emailed a survey today, and you can also access it via this survey link.

The survey is anonymous. You do not have to complete every question. However, if you have recommendations for changes, please be specific about the area or department. The fair office will use the opinions and information submitted to plan for the 2023 Larimer County Fair.

The results from the second weekend of State Shoot are posted. You can view the scores and placings for all of the Larimer County 4-H Shooting Sports members who participated under 2022 State Shoot Results. And you can find the results for all participants at the Orion site.

Senior members who are National Qualifiers for the 4-H Shooting Sports National Championships to be held in June 2023 in Grand Island, Nebraska are highlighted as well.

Congratulations to all of the Larimer County members who participated in the state shoot this year!

We’re wrapping up the 2022 4-H year and looking forward to the 2023 year.

Leaders and those interested in being shooting sports leaders: Please join us for a Shooting Sports Leader Meeting on Wednesday, September 16 at 6:30 p.m. in the Berthoud Room at the McKee Building at The Ranch.

Here is the tentative agenda.

Superintendents: please spread the word to leaders in your disciplines, and send items for the agenda to Cindy at csh@frii.com.

The results from the first weekend of State Shoot are posted. You can view the scores and placings for all of the Larimer County 4-H Shooting Sports members who participated under 2022 State Shoot Results. And you can find the results for all participants at the Orion site.

A page also features the senior members who are National Qualifiers for the 4-H Shooting Sports National Championships to be held in June 2023 in Grand Island, Nebraska.

Congratulations to all of you! We had personal bests, great teamwork, and lots of learning going on!