4-H Shooting Sports
Ammonoosuc Valley Fish & Game Club is glad to host the Mountaineers 4-H Club!!
For youth ages 8 to 18 interested in Shooting Sports – Archery and Rifle
The club is currently shooting archery, indoors in Littleton. NH – Contact Shannon Mackay at Shannon.MacKay@unh.edu for more info.
The club hopes to start shooting rifle at the Outdoor Range at AVFG in the coming spring/summer.
The schedule needs to be worked out and Adult Volunteers trained to enable us to do this.
New Hampshire 4-H Shooting Sports offers four disciplines: archery, rifle, pistol, and shotgun. Each discipline teaches safety, concentration, self-discipline, self-confidence, goal setting, and decision making as the youth learn basic skills and builds toward more advanced activities.
4-H Shooting Sports is a hands-on project for youth and adult audiences. The curriculum is designed to assist young people in personal development, establish a personal environmental ethic and explore life-long vocational and leisure activities. Participants will be able to enjoy many opportunities from the local level to national events.
Are you interested in joining an established 4-H shooting sports club? Please review the list below to find clubs currently offering this project within our state. For more information about shooting sports or to connect with a club leader in your area, please contact Shannon MacKay, NH 4-H Shooting Sports Coordinator, Shannon.MacKay@unh.edu. Additional resources are also available on the National 4-H Shooting Sports website.
Clubs participating in the 4-H Shooting Program in NH:
- Coös Sharp Shooters – Coös County
- Chester 4-H Jr. Riffle & Archery League – Rockingham County
- Hillsborough Sharp Shooters – Hillsborough County
- Pioneer Crew 556 4-H Club – Merrimack County
- 4-H Projectiles – Strafford County
- Sullivan County Sharp Shooters – Sullivan County
- The Mountaineers 4-H Club – Grafton County – This is our group!!
Adult Volunteers Needed!
Contact Shannon.MacKay@unh.edu and let her know you would like to be a volunteer. That’s where we start ..as we need more volunteers so we have enough people to sustain our program!!
Volunteers wishing to support youth in this program, must first be a screened 4-H volunteer and obtain their National 4-H Shooting Sports Primer Certification before taking the Instructor Training courses to earn certification in a discipline. After you been certified you will have access to the instructor training schedule in ZSuite.
The National 4-H Shooting Sports Instructor Primer is available through ZSuite at 4-hshootingsportscollege.com.
Volunteers new to the shooting sports program must take and complete the online certification before they attend in-person discipline training. The primer is a one-time training and there is a cost of $20. (A limited number of scholarships are available to individuals unable to pay. Contact Shannon MacKay for information. Individuals can also check with their county’s 4-H program manager regarding available funds for this training. Alternatively, individuals can pay for the course themselves by going to Clover Academy >4-H Shooting Sports Instructor Primer >Add to Cart >Checkout >Enter Card information >Submit Payment.)
Directions for accessing the National 4-H Shooting Sports Online Training
Pictures from the Fun Shoot in October 2025 – The 4-H Shooting Sports Group livened up our Shooting!!
