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Shooting Sports is 4-H's fastest-growing program area, and the Louisiana 4-H Shooting Sports Program helps youth become Beyond Ready-equipped with knowledge, life skills, and confidence to lead and contribute in their communities.
Through hands-on training and competition, youth build character and self-direction while participating in core disciplines:
Louisiana 4-H youth are proving every day that they're Beyond Ready-on the range and in life.
Contact your local 4-H office to enroll in 4-H and join shooting sports if they offer it. To become an instructor also contact your local 4-H office to get more information.
Louisiana 4-H Shooting Sports is a program supported by the LSU AgCenter that promotes volunteer leadership, youth and family development, and environmental responsibility. It offers fun, hands-on learning for youth and adults through positive interactions with trained role models. The disciplines are modeled after the National 4-H Shooting Sports Program and are administered by nationally certified-state leaders consisting of extension personnel and volunteers.
Are you passionate about 4-H and Shooting Sports? This is your chance to lead, represent, and make an impact! The Ambassador Board is a leadership team of teens who promote 4-H Shooting Sports, represent the program at events, and help build connections across Louisiana.
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Join us for an exciting weekend of skill-building and fun at the Louisiana 4-H Winter Shooting Sports Camp, held in December at Camp Grant Walker in Pollock, LA. Open to 4-H youth ages 9-13, this camp offers hands-on instruction in your choice of:
Campers will sharpen their marksmanship, build confidence, and connect with others who share their passion for shooting sports-all while living the 4-H motto of being Beyond Ready.
Note: Youth must bring their own equipment and be currently enrolled in 4-H.
Shooting Sport Camp will not be held this enrollment year. Please visit our site in the future for news about when Camp will resume.
Learn more HERE
The State Fair BB Gun Contest is an event sponsored by the Louisiana State Fair and organized and conducted by the Louisiana 4-H Shooting Sports program agents and its volunteers. It is open to both 4-H and non-4-H youth to provide a fun activity for youth and parents at the fair. It is meant to be a "fun" competition focusing more on the experience than marksmanship. Please help fulfill this goal by showing good sportsmanship and cooperation.
Click HERE to learn more about the State Fair BB Gun Competition.
The Shooting Sports National Championships, hosted by Nebraska 4-H, brings together 4-H youth from across the country to compete in a wide range of disciplines, including:
The top four senior individuals will earn the opportunity to represent Louisiana in the National 4-H Shooting Sports Invitational Hunting Contest. Likewise, the top four overall senior shooters will advance to compete at the National 4-H Shooting Sports Championships.
This prestigious event will take place June 21-26, 2026, in Grand Island, Nebraska.
Louisiana 4-H has demonstrated remarkable success, claiming five national titles in the past six years, a testament to the dedication and skill of its young athletes. Click here to learn more about Louisiana 4-H Shooting Sports teams past championship history.
