Indiana 4-h shooting Sports Coordinator Handbook

Inclusion – 4-H programs and activities are open to all youth. Extension employees and volunteers are obligated to eliminate (and should not create) any practices that limit, deprive, or tend to deprive any youth of opportunities for membership and/or participation in the Indiana 4-H program. Federal guidelines prohibit required meetings, with rare exceptions. One such exception is that one safety meeting can be required of youth in 4-H Shooting Sports. Please offer multiple dates and/or delivery options whenever possible. See “Safety Meeting” in this section for suggested topics.

The following evaluations are used with permission from Virginia 4-H, Virginia Cooperative Extension Virginia Tech and Virginia State Universities.

Website: http://www.4-h.ext.vt.edu/programs/nree/shootinged/indexshootinged.html
Archery - Ideas for Review & Evaluation

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  Demonstrate your knowledge of archery safety, include:
  
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    Zone of fire and direction
    
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    Targets and target identification
    
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    Equipment
    
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    Arrow retrieval
    
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    Range operation
    
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  Demonstrate your knowledge of archery equipment, including:
  
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    Bow types and materials
    
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    Parts of bows and arrows
    
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    Arrow shaft materials
    
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    Arrow points and fletching
    

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  Finger tabs, gloves, arm guards
  
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  Demonstrate proper archery shooting form, including:
  
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    Eye dominance
    
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    Stance and posture
    
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    Bow-hand grip
    
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    Nocking the arrow
    
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    Setting the hook
    
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    Raising the unit
    
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    Draw
    
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    Anchor
    
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    Aim
    
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    Release
    
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    Follow though
    
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  Shoot a 3-shot group at 10 yards (7"or less)
  
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  Demonstrate your ability to move the group to the aiming point
  
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  Shoot 5 arrows at each of the following distances and record your score
  

Distance	Score
10 yards
15 yards
20 yards
25 yards

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  Demonstrate your knowledge of hunting safety, including:
  
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    Basic firearm safety
    
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    Muzzle control in the field
    
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    Target identification
    
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    Equipment safety and handling
    
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    Zone of fire
    
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    Blaze orange
    
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    Planning a safe hunt
    
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  Discuss the history of hunting and why people hunt today
  
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  Discuss some of the concerns you have heard about hunting and your response.
  
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  Demonstrate your knowledge of the basic wildlife management principles, including:
  
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    Necessary habitat components
    
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    Carrying capacity
    
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    Predator and prey relationships
    
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    The role of hunting regulations in management of wildlife populations
    
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  Discuss the following items for several species of game in your area, using the current Indiana Hunting Regulations (http://www.in.gov/dnr/fishwild/2343.htm):
  
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    Open seasons
    
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    Bag limits
    
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    Licenses required
    
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    Lawful methods of taking
    
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    Unlawful methods of taking
    
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  Demonstrate your knowledge of one, or more, of the following hunting arms and ammunition:
  
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    Archery
    
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    Handguns
    
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    Rifles (small bore, highpower, and blackpowder)
    
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    Shotguns
    
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  Demonstrate your knowledge of proper field care of game
  

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  Demonstrate your knowledge of muzzleloader safety, include:
  
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    The three basic rules of gun safety
    
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    Range rules
    

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  Loading and firing procedures
  
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  Use of appropriate ammunition
  
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  Range operations
  
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  Eye and ear protection
  
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  Zone of fire and direction
  
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  Targets and target identification
  
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  Demonstrate your knowledge of muzzleloader equipment, including:
  
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    Muzzleloader types
    
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    Parts of the muzzleloader
    
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    Propellant materials
    
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    Projectiles
    
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    Muzzleloader accessories
    
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  Demonstrate the proper steps in loading and firing a muzzleloader
  
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  Shoot a 3-shot group (standard set by instructor)
  
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  Shoot a 3-shot group by moving the group to the aiming point (reworded from VA)
  
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  Load and Shoot 10 and record your score
  

Shot	Distance	Score
1		_____ of a perfect _________
2		_____ of a perfect _________
3		_____ of a perfect _________
4		_____ of a perfect _________
5		_____ of a perfect _________
6		_____ of a perfect _________
7		_____ of a perfect _________
8		_____ of a perfect _________
9		_____ of a perfect _________
10		_____ of a perfect _________

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  Demonstrate your knowledge of pistol safety, include:
  
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    The three basic rules of gun safety
    
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    Range rules
    
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    Equipment
    
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    Use of appropriate ammunition
    
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    Range operations
    
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    Eye and ear protection
    
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  Demonstrate your knowledge of pistol equipment, including:
  
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    Pistol types
    
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    Parts of the pistol
    
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    Ammunition (types, components, function)
    
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    Pistol operation
    
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  Demonstrate proper pistol shooting form, including:
  
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    Eye dominance
    
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    Stance (one handed and two handed)
    
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    Shooting positions
    
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    Sight alignment/sight picture
    
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    Trigger control
    
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    Follow through
    
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  Shoot a tight group in the bench position of one, or more, of the following:
  

Supported position	Two-handed position
Air pistol at 10 meters	Air pistol at 10 meters
22 pistol at 50 or 75 feet	22 pistol at 50 or 75 feet

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  Shoot 10 shots with one or more of the following rifles and record your score
  

Shot	Distance	Score
1		_____ of a perfect _________
2		_____ of a perfect _________
3		_____ of a perfect _________
4		_____ of a perfect _________
5		_____ of a perfect _________
6		_____ of a perfect _________
7		_____ of a perfect _________
8		_____ of a perfect _________
9		_____ of a perfect _________
10		_____ of a perfect _________

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  Demonstrate your knowledge of rifle safety, include:
  
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    The three basic rules of gun safety
    
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    Range rules
    
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    Equipment
    
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    Use of appropriate ammunition
    
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    Range operations
    
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    Eye and ear protection
    
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  Demonstrate your knowledge of rifle equipment, including:
  
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    Rifle types
    
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    Parts of the rifle
    
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    Ammunition (types, components, function)
    
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    Rifle operation
    
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  Demonstrate proper rifle shooting form, including:
  
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    Eye dominance
    
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    Bench position
    
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    Shooting positions
    
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    Use of the sling
    
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    Sight alignment/sight picture
    
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    Trigger control
    
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    Follow through
    
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  Shoot a tight group in the bench position of one, or more, of the following:
  
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    Air rifle - 10 meters
    
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    22 rifle - 50 meters
    
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  Shoot 10 shots with one or more of the following rifles and record your score
  

Shot	Distance	Score
1		_____ of a perfect _________
2		_____ of a perfect _________
3		_____ of a perfect _________
4		_____ of a perfect _________
5		_____ of a perfect _________
6		_____ of a perfect _________
7		_____ of a perfect _________
8		_____ of a perfect _________
9		_____ of a perfect _________
10		_____ of a perfect _________

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  Demonstrate your knowledge of shotgun safety, include:
  
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    The three basic rules of gun safety
    
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    Range rules
    
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    Equipment
    
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    Use of appropriate ammunition
    
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    Range operations
    
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    Eye and ear protection
    
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  Demonstrate your knowledge of shotgun equipment, including:
  
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    Shotgun types
    
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    Parts of the shotgun
    
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    Bore sizes
    
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    Choke
    
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    Action types
    
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    Ammunition (5 basic parts of a shell and how a shell works)
    
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    Shotgun operation
    
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  Demonstrate proper shotgun shooting form, including:
  
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    Eye dominance
    
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    Stance
    
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    Gun ready position
    
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    Mounting the shotgun
    
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    Swing to the target
    
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    Trigger pull
    
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    Follow through
    
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  Shoot a series of moving clay targets (difficulty level at the discretion of the coach and determined by the age and experience of the shooter)
  
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  Demonstrate your ability to properly care for your shotgun, including:
  
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    Cleaning
    
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    Storage
    
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    Transporting
    

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  Have water available
  
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  Have restrooms available
  
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  Ensure facilities are accessible to all participants
  
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  Communications – cell phone, LMR (land mobile radio), hand radio etc.
  
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  Information about the meeting (time, date, place) – listed with your County Extension Office, EMS, Law Enforcement (your county office may pass your meeting dates on for you)
  
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  First aid kit and, preferably, someone trained in first aid
  
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  Comfort kit with items such as sunscreen, insect repellent
  
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  Incident reports – procedures and forms
  
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  Be sure the county office has an approved range plan for the range you are using