Description

This competition is held once a year at the Bluegrass Sportsman’s Club, Wilmore (Saturday) and the Kentucky Wildlife Management Center, Berea (Sunday) for junior and senior 4-H'ers. 

Volunteer Range Assignments

Competitive events currently offered include:

2007 Trap Schedule  

Cost
Saturday's events are $10 per discipline and Sunday's trap fee are $14 per event. MAKE CHECKS PAYABLE TO: Kentucky 4-H Foundation with Shooting Sports Registration Fee on the memo line.

You do not have to qualify to participate, but county and/or multi-county participation of some sort is necessary.  You must be listed on the county roster due in the State Office on July 1. (Since July 1 this year is a Sunday, ROSTERS are due in the State Office by 4:30 pm on Friday, June 29.) Awards Recognition follows the competition.
**Rifle Shooters will need to bring their own mats/rugs for shooting - this is considered part of their basic shooting equipment**

Objectives The Shooting Sports program is designed to:

Locations and Dates:   

• Bluegrass Sportsman's Club, Wilmore - September 15, 2007
• KY Wildlife Management Center, Berea - September 16, 2007

Agent Responsibilities:

• To promote Shooting Sports programs across the state,
• Submit the Shooting Sports Roster for your county program NO LATER THAN JULY 1of each year. In 2007, July 1 is on a Sunday. Therefore Rosters must be in the State Office by 4:30 pm on Friday, June 29. Participants must be listed on this roster in order to compete at the State level.
• Submit registration list and fees for the State Competition by 4:30 pm on August 1, 2007.
• Make any corrections and substitutions by 4:30 pm on
  September 1, 2007,
• Identify leaders to attend annual training session.
• Work with 4-H'ers on safety and expertise.

KENTUCKY 4-H SHOOTING SPORTS COMPETITIVE EVENT
SEPTEMBER 15-16, 2007

• The County Shooting Sports Roster will qualify any 4-H member who later decides to participate in the State 4-H Shooting Competition.
  Any 4-Her not an actively participating member of the local 4-H Club and/or not listed on the County Shooting Sports Roster will not be eligible to participate in the State 4-H Shooting Sports Competition. Rosters are due in the State Office by 4:30 pm on Friday, June 29, 2007.
  Please include a note stating to whom the registration disk for the 2007 State Shoot should be mailed with address and phone number.
• The County Shooting Sports Registration Software is available on the 4-H web site. Your computer must have Microsoft Access 2000 in order to access this program. Call Kristy Coates at 859-257-5961, ext. 496 if you have any difficulty in using this program .
• Registrations and fees - (Saturday's events are $10 per discipline and Sunday's trap fee is $14 per event) Fees are due in the State Office by 4:30 pm on August 1, 2007.
• Please make out a check for the total amount (in 2007 the Registration Program will calculate this amount), payable to Kentucky 4-H Foundation, Inc. (with Shooting Sports registration fee on the memo line).
• Prior to the State Competition, a confirmation packet will be mailed to the county. It will contain a list of all participants registered with disciplines and maps to the competition and the award ceremony. Please review the registration list and notify the State Office immediately of any errors.
• Registration fees are non-refundable.  If a shooter is unable to attend, you need to have a substitute ready to fill that entry (same event, same age group) position by 4:30 pm on Saturday, September1, 2007. No new registrations may be made the day of the event OR after the August deadline.
• A trap schedule will be posted online after the substitution deadline of Sept 1.
• No Changes/Substitutes the day of the event.
• Rifle Shooters will need to bring their own mats/rugs for shooting - this is considered part of their basic shooting equipment.
• Individuals may enter no more than 5 events, three on Saturday and two on Sunday.  (See 2006 Rules).
• All contestants sign up as individuals (See 2006 Rules). 
  NO TEAMS.
• All participants must be enrolled in a County 4-H Shooting Sports Club.  They must be listed on the Roster due July 1 of each year in order to compete.

Questions?
Contact Jennifer Lynn at 859-289-5308

 

IMPORTANT TRAP INFORMATION

As a result of a rule change for 2007 for Trap, the following are the trap range procedures to be used for the state shoot:

• After gun and shells are checked shooters will go to assigned stations. 
• They will get one observation target.  Each will get one practice target. 
• After completing the first 25 shots, shooters will immediately get their second box of shells and return to their beginning station. 
• There will be no observation target or practice shot. 
• They will shoot their next 25 shoots which will complete their round.

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