Shooting Sports
Shooting Sports in the Trapper Trails Council
The Trapper Trails Council, Boy Scouts of America encourages units to experience shooting sports! Shooting is considered to be a high-risk activity. Done safely, youth and adult leaders will have the experience of a lifetime! In order to safely shoot, and in accordance with BSA requirements, the Trapper Trails Council periodically offers instructor training courses so that units meet BSA requirements for shooting and
Instructor Courses
Upcoming certification opportunities will be posted on the right column of this page.
Local Shooting Ranges
Click here for a list of local shooting ranges.
Contact the Council Shooting Sports Committee
Click here to contact the council shooting sports committee.
The Shooting Sports Task Force has just completed production on the new Boy Scouts of America National Shooting Sports Manual for Cub Scouting, Boy Scouting, and Venturing. Reference material for all levels was put into one publication. All councils should make this available to their shooting sports committees, camp leadership, and unit leaders. The manual will help provide a safe environment for youth participating in shooting sports activities.
Cub Scout Shooting Sports
Shooting sports provide fun and adventure for boys. Archery and BB gun shooting teach skills, discipline, self-reliance, sportsmanship, and conservation, all of which are elements of good character valued by Scouters.
Archery and BB-gun shooting are restricted to day camps, Cub Scout/Webelos Scout resident camps, council-managed family camping programs, or council activities where there are properly trained supervisors and all standards for BSA shooting sports are enforced. Archery and BB-gun shooting are not to be done at the den or pack level.
Archery and BB gun shooting belt loops and pins may be earned only at the camps and activities listed above. These programs are designed to emphasize safety and marksmanship development under the direction of trained range officers using nationally approved instructional methods.
Link to the National BSA Website
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