2025 California 4-H Shooting Sports

-Instructor Workshop Dates-

Merced County - Winton at the River Oaks Range

• August 9/10 - Archery

• August 9/10 - Shotgun

• September 13/14 - Rifle

• September 13/14 - Pistol

• October 11/12 -Archery

• October 11/12 - Shotgun

• November 8/9 - Western Heritage

• December 13/14 - Rifle

• December 13/14 - Pistol

Fee: $100 - includes instructor manual, range and range supplies, and light breakfast. We encourage interested volunteers to seek support from their club and county programs to help with the cost associated with becoming an instructor.

Other dates and locations across the state will be announced as soon as we have them.

Visit our webpage for more information and details about the California 4-H Shooting Sports program.

Questions -

Registration - Russell Hill - rdhill@ucanr.edu  | (209) 385-7418 or

Facility and Workshop Details - Dave Givens: dave@hammerstryke.com  | (209) 614-1718.

Instructor Certification

• If you would like to be directly notified about these or other workshops once registration goes live, please fill out our form, here https://forms.gle/Czt5mynkoL7CvyTL7. NOTE, If you complete this form, you will be notified at least 48 hours before we publicly announce the registration details, ensuring you have priority access to the workshop.

• Instructor Training Workshops are for those interested in becoming certified for the specific discipline. Upon successful completion of the workshop, 4-H Adult Volunteers will be certified as an Instructor, which allows them to lead a project in that specific discipline. Teen Leaders (high school age 4-H members) are eligible to participate provided there is an adult leader in their home county they will be assisting. Upon successful completion of the workshop, Teen Leaders will be certified as an Instructor with a Teen Leader designation. Teen Leaders are not eligible to lead shooting sports projects or activities on their own, however, once they become an adult their instructor designation will be transferred with them.

• Additionally, recertification is required every five years, which can be fulfilled by successfully completing another workshop in that discipline or earning continuing education credits through participation in annual shooting sports instructor meetings.