Montana 4-H Shooting Sports events provide 4-H Shooting Sports members with opportunities to participate in fun and educational competitive matches in archery, air rifle, air pistol, and small bore rifle.  The State Shoot is open to all 4-H members enrolled in these disciplines, and is also the qualifying event for teens (14+) hoping to compete at the National 4-H Tournament in air rifle, air pistol, or small bore.  Archery and other disciplines have separate qualifying matches.

Montana 4-H Shooting Sports Qualifying Events

The following events serve as the qualifier to participate in the National 4-H Shooting Sports Invitational in June.

Age Requirements - Participants must have passed their 14th birthday by January 1 of the current year and may not have passed their 19th birthday before January 1 of the current year in which the 4-H Shooting Sports National Championships are held.

 

2023-2024 County Shooting Sports Events

Custer County Postal Match - January 20-February 24, 2024

Miles City, MT

Contact custer@montana.edu for more information about the Custer County Postal Match.

Bitterroot 4-H Archery Invitational - February 10, 2024

Victor, MT

Contact Hope Earp at (406)961-4615 or via email at montana4hroots@yahoo.com for more information about the Bitterroot Archers Tournament.

Pondera 4-H Shooters In-Person Invitational, Mail-in, or Drop-off - February 10th

Conrad, MT

Contact Wendy Wedum for more information at wendy.wedum@montana.edu. 

Cascade County Invitational - February 17, 2024

Great Falls, MT

For more information, contact Allyssa Peak at (406)454-6980 or via email at allyssa.peak@montana.edu. 

Sweet Grass County 4-H Archery Shoot - February 17, 2024

Big Timber, MT

For more information contact Shawn Lannen at slannen280@gmail.com. 

Fred Grant Memorial Invitational - February 17, 2024

Ronan, MT

For more information contact Bob Cornwell at 3cb.cornwell@gmail.com. 

Choteau County Archery Invitation - February 24, 2024

Fort Benton, MT

Register for the Choteau County Archery Invitation.

Contact chandee.bomgardner@gmail.com for questions about the Choteau County Archery Invitation.

Beaverhead County 4-H Shooting Sports Invitational - February 24, 2024

Dillon, MT

For more information, contact Jackie Sutton at (406)925-2221 or jsutton@limaschoolmt.org. 

Archery Pre-Qualifier - April 7, 2024

Livingston, MT

Contact sramarao350@gmail.com and jrfrost99@gmail.com more information about the Archery Pre-Qualifier.

Shotgun Qualifier - April 20, 2024

Logan, MT

Contact scott.francis@montana.edu more information about the Shotgun Qualifier.

Muzzle-loader Qualifier - April 21, 2024

Livingston, MT

Contact sramarao350@gmail.com and jrfrost99@gmail.com more information about the Muzzle-loader Qualifier.

Archery Qualifier - May 5, 2024

Livingston, MT

Contact sramarao350@gmail.com and jrfrost99@gmail.com more information about the Archery Qualifier.

 

Carbon County 3D Shoot - June 23, 2024

Joliet, MT

Register for the Carbon County 3D Shoot. 

For more information contact carboncountyarchery@gmail.com

2023-2024 State Shooting Sports Events

State Shoot - March 1-3, 2024

Visit the State Shoot page for more information.

State 4-H Shotgun Qualifier - April 20, 2024

Email Scott Francis for further details about the State 4-H Shotgun Qualifier at scott.francis@montana.edu.

State Western Heritage - August 24-25, 2024

Missoula, MT

For more information about the State Western Heritage Competition, contact silvertipminis@msn.com.

2024 National Shooting Sports Events

2024 4-H Shooting Sports National Quiz Bowl

The 2024 4-H Shooting Sports National Quiz Bowl registration portal is now open. Quizzes this year are comprised of 50 new questions for Intermediate/Seniors and 25 new questions for Juniors as a mix of General 4-H, STEM, Rifle, Pistol, Shotgun, Archery, Hunting Skills, and Western Heritage - hosted on a brand new, exciting, hopefully trouble free, platform.

Quiz Bowl registration price is the same as last year, $10 for individuals and $40 for teams.

Team members are automatically scored as individuals and receive individual awards/recognition as well as awards/recognition. Upon registration you will be provided with a link to the study materials and a personal quiz link.

The quiz may be taken anytime between January 15-19, 2024. You will only have one chance to take the quiz. Quiz scores are based on the number of correct answers and the amount of time remaining in the quiz.

Registration Links:

Junior Individual Quiz Bowl Registration (Age 9-11)

Intermediate and Senior Individual Quiz Bowl Registration (ages 12-19)

Teams Quiz Bowl Registration (ages 9-19, uses oldest team member's age)

National Shoot - June 23-28, 2024

National Western Heritage - July 28-31, 2024

Visit the Western Heritage website for further information.