The orientation process for Shooting Sports this year includes a MANDATORY Annual Safety Meeting on Zoom for ALL Shooting Sports members first.

New members as well as returning members adding a new discipline will attend the new member orientation scheduled by each discipline second.

Members must complete the orientation process BEFORE attending any practices.

Please read the information below thoroughly to make sure you understand the process and know when you need to attend. If you have any questions, please ask now…don’t wait until after the dates have passed.

New Members

Members new to Larimer County 4-H Shooting Sports must complete the orientation process by attending an Annual Safety Meeting on Zoom first, followed by new member orientation for each discipline second. This process must be completed before members can attend practices.

Annual Safety Meeting on Zoom Schedule

• Friday, January 20 at 6:30 p.m.

• Friday, February 17 at 6:30 p.m.

• Wednesday, March 15 at 6:30 p.m.

Please log in a few minutes around 6:25 p.m.—we will begin promptly at 6:30 p.m.
Members AND parents are required to attend, and we will be taking attendance during the meeting.
We will alert discipline key leaders about who is ready for new member orientation or practices based on fulfilling the Zoom requirement.

New Member Orientation

Each Shooting Sports discipline will be holding its own orientations for new members. Go to each discipline’s page and/or the Calendar for dates, times, and locations.

Returning Members

All returning members are required to attend the mandatory Annual Safety Meeting on Zoom.

Annual Safety Meeting on Zoom Schedule

• Friday, January 20 at 6:30 p.m.

• Friday, February 17 at 6:30 p.m.

• Wednesday, March 15 at 6:30 p.m.

Please log in a few minutes around 6:25 p.m.—we will begin promptly at 6:30 p.m.
Members AND parents are required to attend, and we will be taking attendance during the meeting.
We will alert discipline key leaders about who is ready for new member orientation or practices based on fulfilling the Zoom requirement.

Orientation for Returning Members New to a Discipline

Returning shooting sports members who are adding a new discipline must attend the new member orientation for the new discipline before they can attend practices. Each Shooting Sports discipline will be holding its own orientations for new members. Go to each discipline’s page and/or the Calendar for dates, times, and locations.

Returning members are defined as those who participated in practices for the discipline during the previous year.

Zoom Meeting Links

There is no signup for the Zoom meeting. 

About a week before each scheduled Zoom meeting, the link will be emailed to all members who are enrolled in Shooting Sports. If you have not received the link, please email info@lc4hss.org and we’ll be happy to share the Zoom information.

If you have questions, please email info@lc4hss.org.

Registration will open for the Shooting Sports Leader Certification trainings in the next few weeks. See the dates for each location of the four locations below.

To register for the trainings, go to v2.4HOnline.com. Payments will be gathered via check by the Larimer County 4-H Foundation, and then one payment will be sent for all Larimer County leaders to attend training. (Fees for 4-H senior members who attend are paid for by the Foundation.)

Morgan County
When: March 3–5, 2023
Disciplines Offered: Archery, Pistol, Rifle, Shotgun
Registration Opens January 20, 2023 and Closes February 17, 2023
Click here for more information.

Weld County
When: March 10–12, 2023
Disciplines Offered: Archery, Pistol, Rifle, Shotgun
Registration Opens January 27, 2023 and Closes February 24, 2023
Click here for more information.

Pueblo County
When: March 17–19, 2023
Disciplines Offered: Archery, Muzzleloading, Outdoor Skills, Pistol, Rifle, Shotgun, Western Heritage
Registration Opens February 3, 2023 and Closes March 3, 2023

Garfield County
When: March 24–26, 2023
Disciplines Offered: Archery, Muzzleloading, Pistol, Outdoor Skills, Rifle, Shotgun, Western Heritage (Outdoor Skills will not be offered at this training.)
Registration Opens February 10, 2023 and Closes March 10, 2023

All disciplines are NOT offered at all locations. Please see the disciplines listed under each date/location.

Registrations via 4HOnline will open approximately 6 weeks prior to the start of each training. 4-H volunteers must be approved, enrolled, and active in 4HOnline prior to registering for the trainings. Do not delay your volunteer enrollment or re-enrollment process. If you are not currently a 4-H leader, click here to find out how to get started.

Our county has a large, successful Shooting Sports program, but we are in serious need of more certified Shooting Sports leaders to maintain and continue to hold safe practices and effectively teach our 4-H youth. Please block out time on your calendar and plan to attend. Senior 4-H members (ages 14–18) can also attend these trainings to become certified as Shooting Sports Junior Leaders. The trainings usually cost $135, and the Larimer County 4-H Foundation will reimburse a portion of that after serving the Shooting Sports program for one year. In the past we have received a donation to cover the cost to all Junior Leaders.

* All workshops are tentative and may be canceled or adjusted for reasons including but not limited to low registration numbers, inclement weather, state health department restrictions, etc.

New Shooting Sports Members

Members new to Larimer County 4-H Shooting Sports must complete the orientation process by attending an Annual Safety Meeting on Zoom first, followed by new member orientation for each discipline second.

Annual Safety Meeting on Zoom Schedule

• Friday, January 20 at 6:30 p.m.

• Friday, February 17 at 6:30 p.m.

• Wednesday, March 15 at 6:30 p.m.

New Member Orientation

Each Shooting Sports discipline will be holding its own orientations for new members. Go to each discipline’s page or the calendar for dates, times, and locations. (Dates are still being scheduled for a few disciplines.)

Returning Members

All returning members are required to attend the mandatory Annual Safety Meeting on Zoom.

Annual Safety Meeting on Zoom Schedule

• Friday, January 20 at 6:30 p.m.

• Friday, February 17 at 6:30 p.m.

• Wednesday, March 15 at 6:30 p.m.

Orientation for Returning Members New to a Discipline

Returning shooting sports members who are adding a new discipline must attend the new member orientation for the new discipline before they can attend practices. Each Shooting Sports discipline will be holding its own orientations for new members. Go to each discipline’s page or the calendar for dates, times, and locations. (Dates are still being scheduled for a few disciplines.)

Returning members are defined as those who participated in practices for the discipline during the previous year.

Zoom Meeting Links

About a week before each scheduled Zoom meeting, the link will be emailed to all members who are enrolled in Shooting Sports. If you have not enrolled in Shooting Sports but wish to receive the link, please email info@lc4hss.org with your request.

If you have questions, please email info@lc4hss.org.

Following are the dates and the disciplines offered for each of the Shooting Sports Leader Certification trainings in 2023.

Morgan County
When: March 3–5, 2023
Disciplines Offered: Archery, Pistol, Rifle, Shotgun

Weld County
When: March 10–12, 2023
Disciplines Offered: Archery, Pistol, Rifle, Shotgun

Pueblo County
When: March 17–19, 2023
Disciplines Offered: Archery, Muzzleloading, Outdoor Skills, Pistol, Rifle, Shotgun, Western Heritage

Garfield County
When: March 24–26, 2023
Disciplines Offered: Archery, Muzzleloading, Outdoor Skills, Pistol, Rifle, Shotgun, Western Heritage

All disciplines are NOT offered at all locations. Please see the disciplines listed under each date/location.

Registrations via 4HOnline will open approximately 6 weeks prior to the start of each training. 4-H volunteers must be approved, enrolled, and active in 4HOnline prior to registering for the trainings. Do not delay your volunteer enrollment or re-enrollment process. If you are not currently a 4-H leader, click here to find out how to get started.

Our county has a large, successful Shooting Sports program, but we are in serious need of more certified Shooting Sports leaders to maintain and continue to hold safe practices and effectively teach our 4-H youth. Please block out time on your calendar and plan to attend. Senior 4-H members (ages 14–18) can also attend these trainings to become certified as Shooting Sports Junior Leaders. The trainings usually cost $135, and the Larimer County 4-H Foundation will reimburse a portion of that after serving the Shooting Sports program for one year. In the past we have received a donation to cover the cost to all Junior Leaders.

Watch for more details to come!

* All workshops are tentative and may be canceled or adjusted for reasons including but not limited to low registration numbers, inclement weather, state health department restrictions, etc.

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.