Find Your Local, State, or National 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 National	Location	City	State	Contact
March 21, 2026	Local	Arlington Sportsman's Club	Mansfield	Texas	Mike Rantala [email protected] 817-366-4527
May 16, 2026	Eastern Regional	Valley YHEC	Rome	Pennsylvania	Josh Cobb [email protected] 570-637-2287
June 5-7, 2026	State	Alaska Outdoor Council / Alaska YHEC	Fairbanks	Alaska	Melody Taylor [email protected] 907-351-8625
June 6, 2026	State	Terrebonne Parish Rifle Range	Houma	Louisiana	Jeff DeBlieux [email protected] 985-855-9619
June 11-13, 2026	State	Benton Quail Barn	Bentonville	Arkansas	Gary Jobe [email protected] 713-253-7914
July 20-25, 2026	National Championship	Benton Quail Barn	Bentonville	Arkansas	Gary Jobe [email protected] 713-253-7914
September 26, 2026	State	Payne Quail Farm	Arlington	Tennessee	Sherri A. Baskin [email protected] 901-496-9798

Want To Know More

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

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