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
April 26, 2025	Local	Tenoroc Public Shooting Range	Lakeland	Florida	Jason Tackett [email protected] 813-447-1875
April 26, 2025	Local	Bob Milek Memorial Range	Thermopolis	Wyoming	Cynthia Garbin [email protected] 307-921-8304
May 3-4, 2025	State	Ocala Conservation Center	Silver Springs	Florida	Jason Tackett [email protected] 813-447-1875
May 17, 2025	Local	Valley YHEC	Wysox	Pennsylvania	Josh Cobb [email protected] 570-637-2287
May 30 - June 1, 2025	State	NRA Whittington Center	Raton	New Mexico	Rick Richardson [email protected] 575-642-2047
May 31, 2025	Local	Arlington Sportsman's Club	Mansfield	Texas	Jeanette Hammonds [email protected] 817-915-4293
May 31, 2025	Local	Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries	Woodworth	Louisiana	Kimberly Cedars [email protected] 318-446-0544
May 31, 2025	State	Rock Creek Marina and Campground	Comanche	Iowa	Jill Schmidt [email protected] 563-349-8680
June 6-8, 2025	State	Tanana Valley Sportsmen's Association	Fairbanks	Alaska	Melody Taylor [email protected] 907-351-8625
June 12-14, 2025	State	Benton County Quail Association	Bentonville	Arkansas	Gary Jobe [email protected] 713-253-7914
June 14, 2025	State	Upton Gun Club	Upton	Wyoming	Rick Rothleutner [email protected] 307-281-9980
June 14, 2025	State	Payne Quail Farm	Arlington	Tennessee	Sherrie Baskin [email protected] 901-496-9798
June 14, 2025	State	Terrebonne Parish Sheriff's Shooting / Gun Range	Houma	Louisiana	Jeff DeBlieux [email protected] 985-855-9619
June 21-22, 2025	State	Potomac Valley Fish and Game	Williamsport	Maryland	Jarod Bauertien [email protected] 410-259-6824
June 28, 2025	Local	Chippewa County Shooting Association	Sault Ste Marie	Michigan	Sara Possehn [email protected] 616-477-3083
July 20-26, 2025	National	Benton County Quail Barn	Bentonville	Arkansas	Gary Jobe [email protected] 713-253-7914
August 9, 2025	State	Capital Area Sportsmen's League	Lansing	Michigan	Sara Possehn [email protected] 616-477-3083
October 11, 2025	State	Arlington Sportsman's Club	Mansfield	Texas	Jeanette Hammonds [email protected] 817-915-4293

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

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