Goals

 
  • To encourage participation in natural resources and related natural science programs by exposing participants to the content through shooting, hunting and wildlife habitat management.

  • To enhance development of self-concept, character and personal growth through safe, educational and socially acceptable involvement in shooting activity.

  • To teach safe and responsible use of firearms and archery equipment including sound decision making, self-discipline and concentration.

  • To promote the highest standards of safety, sportsmanship and ethical behavior.

  • To expose participants to the broad array of vocational and lifelong avocational activities related to shooting sports and wildlife management.

  • To strengthen families through participation in life-long recreational activities.

  • To complement and enhance the impact of existing safety, shooting and hunter education programs using experiential educational methods and progressive development of skills and abilities.
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News

A 4-H’er wearing sunglasses tallies arrows in a colorful paper archery target.
Filed Under: 4-H, 4-H Shooting Sports, STEM – Science Technology Engineering and Math June 13, 2019

LOUISVILLE, Miss. -- The Mississippi State University Extension Service will hold the North Mississippi 4-H Summer Camp Explore July 23-26 in Winston County.

Brandy Barnes, a member of the Mississippi State University Extension Service Hinds County 4-H, prepares for shooting sports practice in Byram on Feb. 29, 2016. She earned one of four spots on the National 4-H Shooting Sports Championship team and will compete in the .22-caliber rifle division in Grand Island, Nebraska, June 26-July 1, 2016. (Photo by MSU Extension Service/Susan Collins-Smith)
Filed Under: 4-H, 4-H Shooting Sports April 5, 2016

RAYMOND, Miss. -- Brandy Barnes’ excitement is building, but she keeps a cool head at the firing range.

Filed Under: 4-H Shooting Sports, Environment, Wildlife September 16, 2013

By Mary Grace Eppes
MSU Ag Communications

Success Stories

A keeling man wearing glasses and a kilt, holding an archery bow.
Volume 9 Number 3

“Slow down. Relax. Focus. Find your balance. Imagine your problems are the arrow, but you are the bow. The string is God’s power, handling all the work. The bow holds the string that shoots the arrow.”

A man standing behind an archery target and surrounded by six children, all smiling.
Volume 9 Number 3

When Johnny O. Scott was approached 5 years ago about volunteering to lead a group of young people interested in practicing archery, he jumped at the chance.

A teenage boy wearing a Shooting Sports National Championships shirt stands between his mother and father as they all smile.
Volume 8 Number 1

Pearl River County 4-H’er excels at 4-H National Shooting Sports competition

If Dad considers himself a “gun person,” but Mom sees herself as “gun-shy,” what should their son do if he’s dreaming of a career in the military?

 

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