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4-H Shooting Sports (YHEC) orientation is Thu 18 Dec 2014

Program teaches young hunters the basics

By Tony Rose

There will be a Kentucky Youth Hunter Education Challenge (YHEC) orientation meeting at 6pmCT, Thursday, December 14, 2014, at the Adair County Elementary School (ACES), cafeteria at ACES, 870 Indian Drive, Columbia, KY.



Youth Hunter Education Challenge consists of young hunters learning the basics of orienteering, hunter safety trail, wildlife id, shotgun, muzzleloader, archery, rifle, and complete a knowledge exam. The program teaches kids the great tradition of hunting, stressing safety and ethics.

The Kentucky Hunter Education Challenge is an advanced hunting program open to all youth who have completed their basic hunter-safety training in Hunter Education. The program improves young people's outdoor skills as well as increasing their awareness of safety, hunting ethics and much more.

The competition consists of four categories of firearms including shotgun, rifle, muzzleloader and archery, along with four categories of knowledge consisting of a hunter responsibility test, wildlife identification, orienteering (compass trail and map reading) and hunter safety skills. Each event had a possible score of 300.

For more information contact: Tony Rose, Adair County Extension Agent for 4-H Youth Development, 409 Fairground Street, Columbia KY 42728. Phone 270-384-2317. Educational programs of the Kentucky Cooperative Extension Service serve all people regardless of race, color, age, sex, religion, disability, or national origin.


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