2019 4-H Shooting Sports Texas Team

The 2019 Texas Team

This year will mark the 20th anniversary of the National 4-H Shooting Sports Championships. Originally held in San Antonio, Texas in 2000, the event has travelled throughout parts of Texas and into other states. Nebraska has hosted this event eight times since its start in 2000. This June, shooting sports teams from across the country will gather in Grand Island, Nebraska to compete for the 5' tall trophy and become the National Champs!

Last weekend each of Texas' nine discipline teams gathered at the 4-H Center in Brownwood for their "Rendezvous." The Texas Team is comprised of 45 4-Hers, including alternates, representing 26 counties in the state. The team came together to meet their fellow teammates, practice for their events, and go over logistics for Nationals. We are so proud and excited to have these 4-Hers represent the Texas 4-H Shooting Sports program this summer. Special thanks to all the parents and coaches!

A list of the 2019 Team members can be found here.

Celebrating 20 years of 4-H Shooting Sports Nationals

If you were among the first "Texas Team" members to participate at Nationals, we want to know! If you have any "throwback Thursday" pictures from the first few years of Nationals, we would love to see them! Contact our office or let us know on Facebook if you were a Texas Team member!



 

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Important Announcement--2015 Texas 4-H Shooting Sports Teams Selection

Selection of the 2015 Texas Teams for the National 4-H Shooting Sports Invitational

After much consideration from various perspectives, it has been determined that selection of the 2015 Texas Teams for the National Invitational will not be done by qualification using any of the events of the 2014 Texas 4-H Shooting Sports State Games.  The selection process will remain an open application process for enrolled 4-H members who meet the basic requirements.  This application process will be announced sometime during the late summer so that completed applications can be submitted early in the 2014/2015 4-H year.

Announcement of the application timeline and process will be distributed to AgriLife Extension County and District Offices, posted on the 4-H Shooting Sports Website, blog, facebook page, and announced via the text message/email update system. Signing up for text/email updates will alert you the moment the information is available.  See below for links to all of these information outlets.

Website: http://texas4-h.tamu.edu/natural

Blog: http://tx4hnaturalresources.blogspot.com Visit the blog to sign up for email updates and learn how to subscribe to text message updates!

Facebook Page: http://www.facebook.com/tx4hnaturalresources

Texas 4-H Wildlife Habitat Education Program in 2012-2013

The 2012-2013 4-H Wildlife Habitat Education Program, known as WHEP, finished another good year.  

This year offered two Practice Contests, one each in Kerrville and Centerville, which served as training grounds for youth and adult leaders alike.  These contests are abbreviated versions of a typical contest that give insight into the operation and set up of a contest.  In addition, the official answers and explanations to each contest event are provided immediately following an activity.  These are not only explained but discussed with all participants encouraged to ask questions.  Look for Practice Contests for the coming year on November 23rd in Grayson County and January 18th in Brazos County.

A special WHEP session is also scheduled during the 4-H Teen Retreat at the Texas 4-H Center on January 10-12.

The Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo WHEP Contest was presented in fair weather this year, which is always a 50/50 chance in coastal Texas March.  The contest will take place again in 2014 on March 8th.

This year's State WHEP Contest was held at the Texas 4-H Office in College Station utilizing the Urban section of the manual and testing the knowledge of the participants' urban wildlife management skills.  The 2014 State Contest is scheduled for June 14-15 in Brazos County.

The results of the 2013 contest are as follows (see complete participant results on the WHEP webpage):

Junior Division
1st Individual - Reid Aschenbeck, Washington County
2nd Individual - Cade Weiss, Washington County
3rd Individual - Logan Schwartz, Washington County 
1st Team - Washington County

Intermediate Division
1st Individual - Hayden Mathews, Comal County
2nd Individual - Davis Mathews, Comal County
3rd Individual - Deidra Davis, Comal County
1st Team - Comal County
2nd Team - Denton County
3rd Team - Washington County

Senior Division
1st Individual - Reagan Ashley, Cameron County
2nd Individual - D.J. Franklin, Waller County
3rd Individual - Catherin Franklin, Waller County
1st Team - Waller County
2nd Team - Cameron County
3rd Team - Washington County

The National WHEP Invitational is attended by the top placing Senior team from each state.  The Waller County Team (pictured above) of Coach Harvey Laas, Catherin Franklin, D.J. Franklin, Joseph Franklin, and Sam Franklin, represented Texas 4-H in the 2013 Invitational in Indiana.  This team honored Texas 4-H by bringing home 2nd Place Overall!

2013 4-H Shooting Sports National Invitational - Texas Wins Again

Since 2000 and the inception of the 4-H Shooting Sports National Invitational, Texas 4-Hers have brought home the 5' tall traveling trophy for overall champions all but one year.  The 2013 Texas Team continued those efforts in June by bringing the trophy home one more year from this year's event.  The 2013 Texas Team was comprised of 43 4-Hers, including alternates, representing 25 counties in the state.  The effort continues to become more and more of a challenge each year.  Texas had a couple of competitive states close on their heels this year.

The Texas Team is nominated each year by an application and selection process measuring not only their participation levels in 4-H Shooting Sports events and activities but also their involvement in 4-H in general, their involvement in their communities, and their ability to answer tough pertinent questions related to youth development.  Participation in a 4-H Shooting Sports Project is mandatory however.  Applications for the 2014 Texas Team will be released this fall.

The 5' traveling trophy will be making its way across the state stopping in each of the Texas Team members' counties for a week or two stay.  Be on the lookout for it in your area.

Texas 4-H Shooting Sports-2013 Texas Teams

Congratulations to the young people selected to represent Texas 4-H next summer at the National 4-H Shooting Sports Invitational Match!! 36 team members, representing 9 different event teams, and 8 alternates were selected from an exceptional pool of senior 4-H members who applied. Team members were selected based not only on shooting ability, but character and leadership qualities as well. We hope every applicant, even those who were not selected to represent a team, is proud of their accomplishments as a participant in 4-H Shooting Sports.

View the full list of team members and alternates HERE! Coaches are still being finalized and will be added to the team list soon!

Special thanks to the volunteers who took time out of their schedules to attend and participate in the team selection process!

2012-2013 Texas 4-H Natural Resources Important Rules & Procedures, Event Synopsis, and Tentative Schedule of Events

Check it out! We have created a comprehensive document, available HERE, for one stop reference to general 4-H Natural Resources Program events and activities information.

It is recommended that this document be utilized without printing. View electronically for best use. Dates and information within this document will be updated regularly, as will the live links to other sites and information contained within the document.

Please note in the Schedule that all dates are subject to change and some dates/locations are still being finalized. We are working diligently to get these details finalized. As they become so, updates will be announced and posted in the document, and on the website.

2013 National 4-H Shooting Sports Invitational Match-Texas Team Applications Now Available!

Texas Teams participant and coach applications are now available! Any active 4-H member, who is 14 years of age or older on September 1, 2012, and who meets all requirements (see detailed info) is eligible to apply for 2013 Texas Teams to participate in the National 4-H Shooting Sports Invitational Match. Click HERE for more information and links to the applications!

Questions? Email us at: tx4hnaturalresources@tamu.edu