Important Notice!

We are not currently able to offer shooting practices or the county shoot portion of the project for Outdoor Skills for 2025, due to not having a key leader certified in this discipline.

Key Leader

There is no leader for Outdoor Skills at this time.


 

Outdoor Skills Project Description

Outdoor Skills (also referred to as Hunting Skills) is a project based on teaching youth about safe and ethical hunting practices and skills. It's a little different from the other disciplines in that shooting skills are only a portion of the competition.

  • Rifle

  • 3D archery course with hunting skills

  • Shotgun sporting clay course

  • Compass course

  • Map reading/Orienteering contest

  • General knowledge test

  • Gear judging contest

  • Wildlife identification

  • Shoot/No shoot scenarios

Download the member’s manual published by 4-H National Shooting Sports here.

More curriculum resources can be found here.