Find Your Local, State, or Regional YHEC Event

YHEC at the local level is a basic introduction for youth who are interested in hunting. State YHEC events are at an intermediate level and require youth to have completed a hunter safety course. Local and state YHEC events must feature at least one of the following responsibility/educational events and one of the following shooting events:

Responsibility Events

NRA Youth Hunter Education Challenge participant in an orange cap with a clip board in the wilderness.

Hunter Responsibility Exam

Test your knowledge of hunter safety, ethics, responsibility and laws

Back of a hunter in blaze orange holding a shotgun with the sun in the background

Hunter Safety Trail

Demonstrate your knowledge of safe hunting practices in various hunting situations

Orienteering

Prove you know how to navigate a course utilizing a map and compass

Wildlife Identification

Identify tracks, hides, feathers, and signs of North American wildlife

Shooting Events

Young men wearing ear protection shooting scoped rifles at a range.

.22 Rifle

Utilize a .22 rifle to shoot at action-type or life-size game targets

Shotgun

Demonstrate your shotgun shooting skills across multiple hunters' clay stations

Young man in red shirt shooting a muzzleloading rifle next to a fence.

Muzzleloader

Use a muzzleloading rifle with open sights to shoot at action-type or life-size game targets

Archery

Walk through a course with life size animal targets

Date	Local, State, or Regional	Location	City	State	Contact
May 10-11, 2024	State	Ocala Outdoor Adventure Camp	Silver Springs	Florida	Jason Tackett [email protected] 813-447-1875
May 11, 2024	Local	Youngwood Sportsmens Association	Youngwood	Pennsylvania	Amy Hess [email protected] 724-880-4584
May 18, 2024	Local	Deer Creek Shooting Center	Missoula	Montana	Annie Bahm [email protected] 406-214-7296
May 18, 2024	Local	Wilkes-Barre Rifle and Pistol Club	Hunlock Creek	Pennsylvania	David Halchak [email protected] 570-574-2700
May 31, 2024	State	NRA Whittington Center	Raton	New Mexico	Rick Andes [email protected] 575-799-7285
June 1, 2024	State	Terrebonne Parrish Sheriff Rifle Range	Houma	Louisiana	Jeff DeBlieux [email protected] 985-855-9619
June 1, 2024	Local	Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries	Woodworth	Louisiana	Kimberly Cedars [email protected] 318-446-0544
June 1, 2024	Local	Arlington Sportsmen's Club	Mansfield	Texas	David Hammonds [email protected] 817-915-4294
June 6, 2024	State	Benton County Quail Association	Bentonville	Arkansas	Gary Jobe [email protected] 713-253-7914
June 7-11, 2024	State	Tanana Valley Sportsmen's Association	Fairbanks	Alaska	Curtis Stables [email protected] 907-488-7662
June 15, 2024	State	Mid South Quail Forever Chapter 3149	Memphis	Tennessee	Sherrie A. Baskin [email protected] 901-496-9798
June 22, 2024	State	Potomac Fish and Game	Williamsport	Maryland	Jerrod Bauerline [email protected] 410-259-6824
June 22, 2024	Local	Chippewa County Shooting Association	Sault Sainte Marie	Michigan	Sara Possehn [email protected] 616-477-3083
June 24, 2024	Regional	National Muzzleloader Rifle Association	Friendship	Indiana	Richard Lathrop easternregionalyhec.com 607-425-4207
July 23, 2024	Central Regional	Benton County Quail Association	Bentonville	Arkansas	Gary Jobe [email protected] 713-253-7914
August 10-11, 2024	State	Capital Area Sportsmen's League	Lansing	Michigan	Sara Possehn [email protected] 616-477-3083
October 19, 2024	State	Arlington Sportsmen's Club	Mansfield	Texas	David Hammonds [email protected] 817-915-4294

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For more information about YHEC, contact Youth Hunter Education at (844) 221-8861 or [email protected]

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