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.

 

2024-2025 County Shooting Sports Events

Archery, Rifle, & Pistol Match - January 10th-11th, 2025

Miles City, MT

Contact jessica.blankenship2@montana.edu for more information about the Miles City Archery, Rifle, & Pistol Match.

Archery, Rifle, Pistol, & Hunting Match - January 25, 2025

Kalispell, MT

Contact davisgka@gmail.com for more information about the Kalispell Archery, Rifle, Pistol, & Hunting Match.

Marias Fair Invitational - January 26, 2025

Shelby, MT

Contact brent.hanson.bh@gmail.com for more information about the Marias Fair Invitational.

Register for the Marias Fair Invitational.

Cascade County Postal Match - December 1, 2024-February 28, 2025

Great Falls, MT

Contact cascadecoshootingsports@gmail.com for more information about the Cascade County Postal Match.

2025 Pondera County Airgun Match -February 8, 2025

Conrad, MT

Contact wendy.wedum@montana.edu for more information about the 2025 Pondera County Airgun Match.

Bitterroot 4-H Archery Invitational - February 8, 2025

Victor, MT

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

Cascade County Invitational - February 15, 2025

Great Falls, MT

Contact cascadecoshootingsports@gmail.com for more information about the Cascade County Postal Match.

Fred Grant Memorial Invitational - February 15, 2025

Ronan, MT

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

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. 

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

Big Timber, MT

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

Choteau County Archery Invitation - March 1, 2025

Fort Benton, MT

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

 

2023-2024 State Shooting Sports Events

State Shooting Sports Invitational - March 7-9, 2025

Visit the State Shoot page for more information.

State 4-H Shotgun Qualifier - 2025 To Be Confirmed

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

State Western Heritage - 2025 To Be Confirmed

Missoula, MT

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

2025 National Shooting Sports Events

2025 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 2025 quiz bowl dates are to be confirmed. 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 22-27, 2025

National Western Heritage - To Be Confirmed

Visit the Western Heritage website for further information.