Wisconsin 4-H Shooting Sports

Wisconsin 4-H Shooting Sports

Northeast Wisconsin Chapter
by: John Pearson

On July 7^th the Wisconsin 4-H Shooting Sports held their annual Brown County Invitational at the De Pere Sportsmen’s Club. The 4-H program offers annual training and competitive events throughout the state. To learn more about this outstanding youth program Chapter representative Cal Ort, Jeff Champeau and John Pearson joined the festivities and watched over 60 youths, from around the state, competed in trap, archery and 22 long rifle accuracy events.

Statewide youth membership in the Wisconsin 4-H Shooting Sports organization exceeds 7000. The purpose of the 4-H program is youth education in the safe handing of firearms and developing an appreciation for wildlife. This is accomplished by offering annual training and competitive shooting events throughout the state. To assist in this endeavor, each year 4-H trains over 200 adults to help mentor and coach our future hunters and competitive shooters.

Annually the program sponsors a Wisconsin 4-H Shooting Sports Team which recently returned from attending the National 4-H Invitational, held in South Dakota, where they had won many medals. During the competition the team proudly displayed the Northeast Wisconsin Chapter’s logo in recognition of our financial support of their program.

The Northeast Wisconsin Chapter is proud to sponsor the
WI 4-H Shooting Sports

4-H Shooting Sports members holding the SCI Banner
(from left to right): John Dahlke, Amanda Buston, Naomi Gordee, Melissa Hettmann & coordinator Doug Thompson.

To learn more about the program visit their website at: www.uwex.edu/ces/4h/onlinpro/shooting/index.cfm