4-H SS&W e-Newsletter

Information and registration forms for the spring trainings will be available February 1, 2013 on the SS&W website. Registrations will be DUE March 22, 2013.

4-H Shooting Sports

Minnesota 4-H State SS&W Invitational

2013 Minnesota 4-H Shooting Sports & Wildlife Invitational will be September 6-8, 2013 at the Alexandria Shooting Park in Alexandria, MN.

The facility is currently closed for the season and will reopening later this winter. Hotel reservations in the area can be made on your own. Information regarding camping at the facility will be available this spring.

SS&W Youth Ambassadors

Ambassadors will attend the 2013 NWTF State Convention January 12, 2013 at Arrowwood Resort in Alexandria, MN. Youth will engage in publicity of the Minnesota 4-H SS&W Program, give presentations to members and assist with youth activities and the awards banquet. Check back next month for pictures!

Vote for National 4-H Shooting Sports!

Wingshooting USA helps members, supporters raise funds with a mouse click!

Scott Linden hopes to put TruckVault's money where his viewers' mouse is. The second annual version of his public service fundraiser launches June 25 on the six TV networks carrying his show, Wingshooting USA. Dubbed "TruckVault Cares ... about conservation, canines & kids," the initiative motivates sportsmen to raise funds and awareness for six different groups, and possibly win prizes for themselves.

Six groups benefit from votes tallied at www.truckvaultcares.com.

Go online and vote for National 4-H Shooting Sports by December 31, 2012!

Last year, each group was represented at the online voting site by a Labrador puppy. Viewers have chosen English Setters as the breed for this year's pups. Every vote puts kibble into the pup's food bowl and sends a proportional amount of the $10,000 fund to that group's treasury.

Wingshooting USA is the official TV series of the National Shooting Sports Foundation. Created and hosted by Scott Linden, the program airs on six networks year-round, available in 207 million households via cable, satellite and over-the-air stations in all media markets.

Odds and Ends

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National 4-H Shooting Sports
Minnesota NWTF

**Minnesota DNR Becoming an Outdoors Family Winter Weekend-

February 9-10, 2013. See the flyer HERE.

FEDERAL AMMO ORDER UPDATED!! Youth Discount Program ends January 31st!

Attached you will find the order form for the 2012-13 Champion Traps and Target Youth Discount Program. Federal is no longer offering the basic Easybird thrower (single stack) in the youth program. The Easy Bird Six Packer has been their most popular youth thrower because it holds 150 clays at a time. The model with an oscillator (rotates back and forth on the horizontal plane) can throw the same target presentation as a standard ATA thrower, so this model is great for modified trap ranges. They are also offering eye and ear protection, as well as a trap-shooters range bag at significant discounts.

Contact Info
Nicole Pokorney

4-H Extension Educator, SS&W Coordinator

507-536-6304

pokorney@umn.edu

MN 4-H Websites

Extension and MN 4-H have new websites!

Visit Extension at http://www.extension.umn.edu/

MN 4-H at http://www1.extension.umn.edu/youth/mn4-H/

MN 4-H SS&W at http://www1.extension.umn.edu/youth/mn4-H/projects/shooting-sports/

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