4-H Shooting Sports – New Hampshire

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!!

4-H Shooting Sports – Vermont

Ammonoosuc Valley Fish & Game is Proud to Support the Vermont Team
in their Trip to the Nationals again this year.

The daughter of a Club Member went to the Nationals with her Team this year. She goes to Oxbow High School. She scored very well as part of the Vermont Air Rifle Team. There were three teams attending from the Vermont 4-H Shooting Sports Program: Air Rifle, .22 Rifle and Muzzleloader.