4-H Shooting Sports
Club Information
Shooting Sports - It is our mission to provide a safety oriented, educational shooting opportunity for the youth of McCracken County through the use of firearms as tools for teaching safe firearm handling, responsibility, respect, self-discipline, and recreational opportunities. Through this program, we will be able to help youth develop life skills, increase thier knowledge and acquire a wholesome attitude toward themselves and others. Other goals of this program are:
- To promote the highest standards of safety, sportsmanship and ethical behavior.
- To encourage participation in natural resources and related natural science programs by exposing participants to the content through shooting, hunting and related activities.
- To enhance development of self-concept, character and personal growth through safe, educational and socially acceptable involvement in shooting activities.
- To expose participants to the broad array of vocational and life-long avocational activities realted to shooting sports.
- To strenghten families through particpations in life-long recreational activities.
- To complement and enhance the impact of existing safety, shooting and hunter education programs using experiential educational methods and progressive development of skills and abilities.
Currently Hot Shots Shooting Sports Club meets on the fourth Thursday of every month at 6:00 pm at the extension office. For more information please call David Littlejohn at 554-9520 or davidlittlejohn@uky.edu.
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