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Sept. 12 -- 5:30-7:30 pm
New members open house @ The LP Fairgrounds
Sept. 16 -- 8-11 am
Practice and sign-up
Oct. 21 -- 8 am 4th-6th grade
10 am 7th grade and up
Practice and sign-up
Oct. 31 -- **LAST DAY TO SIGN UP**
Nov. 18 -- 8 am 4th-6th grade
10 am 7th grade and up
Practice
Dec. 8-12
*Shooting Sports Camp @ 4-H Camp
Dec. 16 -- 8 am
Practice
Jan. 2-3
Hunter Education Course
Jan. 13 -- 8 am
Practice
Feb. 17 -- 8 am
Practice
Feb. 24
*EBR Invitational Shoot
Feb. 24-25
*State Hunting Skills Competition
Mar. 1-10
*Southern Region Shoot
Mar. 23
*Ascension Invitational Shoot
Apr. 12-20
*State Shoot
June 22-29
*National Championship @ Grand Island, NE
EBR Invitational Shoot TBA
Ascension Invitational Shoot TBA
The Livingston Parish 4-H Shooting Sports Club is very excited to begin this year’s activities! This year’s activities will be tentatively held according to the attached calendar. All participants must be a member of a parish 4-H school club or a 4-H member-at-large. The last date to join Shooting Sports for this school year will be October 31st.
Shooting sports is the fastest growing project in 4-H. It is exciting and involves activities at many different levels; from the beginner to nationally competitive shooters. We will instruct your child in the discipline they most enjoy and let them try out others if they would like. Currently Livingston Parish 4-H offers the smallbore rifle (.22), pistol (air and .22), archery, and shotgun disciplines. In order for the parish to have a discipline, there must be a certified instructor on the range. We have instructors certified in the disciplines I have mentioned; however, sometimes we must work around their schedules. When certified instructors are unable to attend the shoots, we will not practice that discipline. If you are interested in training as an instructor, please let us know. The state has trainings periodically throughout the year that we are invited to participate in.
If you choose to sign up your child in our shooting sports program, please fill out and sign all the required forms and provide us with your child’s Hunter’s Safety Education number. Also, your child should have their hunter’s safety card with them at all shoots.Hunter’s safety certification is required for all members who are 10 on or before January 1, 2024. Those without hunter’s safety cards will have the opportunity to go to classes to get one. There will be a hunter’s safety course taught in the parish the last week of Christmas break. Do not wait until the last minute to sign up, spots will fill up and your child cannot compete without certification! All smallbore pistol participants (.22) must carry written permission to possess and fire a handgun on their person or with their handgun at all times, (this is a Louisiana law). On the following pages you will find a sample permission card that you can cut and fill out.
Along with the shooting practices offered through our club, the state will offer regional and state competitions for students that are interested. You are not required to compete at any event. However, if you do choose to compete you need to be aware that those who are successful at competitions practice at home every day to get better in their chosen discipline.
Those participating in .22 and shotgun may be required to provide their own ammunition at the practice meetings (We will provide as funds allow). As instructors we feel it is very important that every 4-H member who wants to participate in shooting sports be allowed to do so. If the sign-up fee or equipment purchase would cause a financial burden that would keep your child from participating, please see Renette Seguin. Our club has basic equipment in each discipline we offer that your child can use while practicing and we will do our best to work with your family for other expenses. Our club is funded through organizations and individuals that make donations as well as fund-raisers and your sign-up fees. Participants will be required to participate in whole group fundraisers benefitting our program.
This year’s sign-up fee is $45. This fee includes a Livingston Parish 4-H Shooting Sports Program T-Shirt, equipment maintenance, and range set up for practice. This is a non-refundable fee.
To attend advanced meetings such as competitions:
You must have completed 8 hours of 4-H shooting sports training in each discipline you plan to compete in.
You must have completed a Hunter’s Safety training and provided us with your Hunter’s Safety number or completion certificate. (N/A if under age 10 after January 1, 2024).
Your shooting sports leaders and parents must agree that you can safely handle a firearm.
Please remember that a parent/guardian must attend each meeting with the child. No drop-offs. As a safety precaution, only 4-H members, instructors and authorized adults (parents) are allowed on the shooting range. If you bring siblings, please make sure they are supervised off the range. We appreciate your understanding and helping us keep safety as our first priority.
You may want to bring chairs to sit in as there are not any provided on the range. Also please bring water and snacks for your family while at the range.
If you have any questions, please feel free to contact the 4-H office by phone at 225-686-3020 or by email at mdavenport@agcenter.lsu.edu. We are looking forward to a great year! Thank you in advance for all your help.
Sincerely,
Renette Seguin
Livingston Parish Coordinator
4-H Shooting Sports
We will utilize Sign-Up Genius for every monthly practice. A link will be emailed the week prior to each practice. You must sign-up and come at your designated time.
NO SMOKING, TOBACCO, OR ALCOHOL AT THE RANGE!
District matches will not be counted as practice hours.This is in accordance with district match rules. All members must attend at least 2 whole group monthly practices!
ATVs are not allowed at practices!
You must be a member of Livingston Parish 4-H through your school or the parish before you can join shooting sports! Registration must be done on 4-H Online and dues must be paid before you can enter the range!
General
Participation and Safety Rules
1.
Safety will be first and foremost at all times.
2.
Participants are required to complete 8 hours of 4-H Shooting Sports
discipline training each year in each discipline in which they want to complete.
A 4-H Shooting Sports certified discipline instructor will verify hours and
validate registration forms for competitions. ALL participants must come to
at least 2 group practices at the scheduled whole group practices.
3.
It is the participant’s
responsibility to make sure you sign
in and out at the ranges.
4.
While on the firing line, each team or
individual must be accompanied by an adult.
Participants must have a sponsoring adult who will be responsible for
them at all times during all practices and competitions.
5.
Instructors are responsible for handling and
control of all ammunition.
6.
All firearms and archery equipment must be
cased and carried in a safe manner while being transported to and from the
vehicle to designated areas on the range.
7.
All firearms must have the action open when out
of the case and/or not in use. The use
of an “open action indicator” (OAI), “open bolt indicator” (OBI), or “clear
barrel indicator” (CBI) is mandatory for Air Pistol, .22 Pistol, .22 Rifle, and
Shotgun. This may be purchased or made from a piece of colored weed-eater
filament or similar material.
8.
Arrows will not be nocked until the participant
is on the firing line. The use of a hip or ground quiver is required.
9.
All firearms will be pointed and bows drawn in
a safe direction at all times.
10.
Shooters must obey all range commands.
11.
Rifles must be single loaded, except where
safety would be better served and the range officer dictates. Shotgun participants
must load only one shell unless the range officer instructs that doubles are to
be thrown. Coaches must certify when each firearm is clear.
12.
Participants must wear adequate eye and ear
protection while on the firing line.
13.
Ammunition will be stored so as to not be
readily accessible except on the firing line.
14.
All equipment will be checked to ensure it
conforms to regulations, safety rules, and equipment classifications.
15.
Participants MUST wear appropriate
clothing and footwear on the range! Closed-toe shoes (no flip flops, crocs, or
sandals of any kind) are required. No short or tight clothing!
16.
Participants, parents, and/or coaches violating
any safety rules will be given one warning and then be disqualified
from further participation if a second infraction occurs. If the safety violation is severe, a warning
may not be given. Participants bringing
loaded firearms will be reprimanded.
17.
Any person (participant or spectator of any
age) found on a range in a restricted area (on berms, behind berms, behind
targets, past the firing line, etc.) will be asked to leave the range
immediately.
18.
4-H rules apply!! Each participant must have a completed
Parental Consent/Code of Conduct Form and Health Card in order to participate
in any event.
19.
Smallbore (.22) pistol participants MUST have a
parent consent card in their possession
at any 4-H event. Please use the form on
a following page to make a business card size form for the 4-Her to keep with
them or their pistol at all times.
20. All students, 10 years of age or older, must have a Hunter’s Education Certificate or Card acquired before January 1, 2024 to continue to participate in shooting sports. They must bring this with them to all meetings and competitions.
