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Missouri 4-H Shooting Sports is part of the Missouri 4-H program.

10/27/2026

4-H Shooting Sports instructors, we encourage you to teach participants how to score their targets.

🍀 Provides understanding in sight picture.
🍀 Creates sense of ownership in understanding scores.
🍀 Helps during higher levels of competition where challenge periods are present.

By scoring their own targets, participants can keep a record of their scores throughout the season to monitor their progress.

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10/21/2026

4-H helps youth prepare for their futures, providing experiences to explore interests and gain life skills.

If you’re interested in joining 4-H as a member or volunteer, please contact your local extension office for more information on how to get involved.

Statistics and graphic from National 4-H Council

10/14/2026

4-H Shooting Sports Ambassadors, we want to hear from you! 🍀

How are you giving back in your communities, growing your leadership skills, and representing the program?

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10/07/2026

🍀 TAKE THE LEAD TUESDAY! 💚
In 4-H, leadership isn’t just having a title—it’s speaking up, trying something new, helping others, making decisions, and taking the lead when it matters. 🙌
Maybe you’ve:
✨ Led a club activity
🎤 Given a presentation
🤝 Helped a younger member
🎪 Taken charge at an event
💡 Turned an idea into action
🌱 Led a service project
Your turn! 👇
What’s something you’ve done through 4-H that helped you step up and take the lead?
Drop it in the comments and show us what leadership looks like! 💚

10/07/2026

As we celebrate National 4-H week, tell us what other 4-H projects you’re enrolled in outside of Shooting Sports.

How has your participation in other projects helped you in Shooting Sports, or vice versa?

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09/30/2026

09/23/2026

“Slow is smooth, smooth is fast.”

By taking your process slower and focusing on one step at a time, you can refine your skills. Through this practice, you become more proficient in your sport.

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09/16/2026

When dialing in your shot, remember to focus on one change at a time:
🍀 Follow through
🍀 Breathing
🍀 Trigger squeeze / release
🍀 Stance

Making adjustments to multiple variables can make it difficult to identify which change caused positive or negative outcomes.

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09/10/2026

4-H Shooting Sports grows youth with quality character traits:

Dedicated to learn a new skill.
Optimistic when the outcome does not go as planned.
Humble when goals are reached.

Tell us other positive character traits to describe 4-H Shooting Sports participants.

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09/02/2026

September is Hometown Challenge month at MidwayUSA Foundation. A nationwide opportunity for supporters to rally behind their local youth shooting teams and help build a stronger financial future for the programs they care about.

Every Team Endowment Account that receives at least one match-eligible donation during September qualifies for the Hometown Challenge team incentive. The top five participating teams receiving the most donation dollars will earn additional endowment awards.

Learn more here: https://www.midwayusafoundation.org/HTC/

Address

304 Gentry Hall
Columbia, MO
65211

Telephone

(573) 882-9359

Website

http://4h.missouri.edu/shooting-sports/main

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