NRA Youth Sportsfest

NRA Youth Sportsfest

Vienna

The Trumbull County 4-H Shooting Sports Pioneers Club will host a free NRA Youth Sportsfest from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. next Saturday at the Fish & Game Club of Vienna, 1508 Youngstown Kingsville Road.

The event will teach basic gun and archery safety, demystify firearms by providing hands-on experience and provide an enjoyable learning experience to all youths age 9 to 18.

Participants will have the opportunity to safely shoot a .22 rifle, .22 pistol, shotgun, muzzleloading rifle and archery equipment with adult supervision. No guns owned by participants are to be brought to the event.

Youths and their parents will receive a gun-safety lesson taught by a certified instructor before the shooting events. A picnic lunch will be provided. The Vienna Township Fire emergency squad exhibit will be at the event.

For more information or to preregister, call 330-898-4486 or email larrybeard@aol.com. Parents must sign a release.

Hunter education

Salem

The Eastern Ohio Conservation Club, 10366 W. Calla Road, is sponsoring a free ODNR Division of Wildlife hunter education course from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. next Saturday and Sept. 23.

The club will provide a light breakfast and lunch both days. Enroll through the ODNR Division of Wildlife website, http://wildlife.ohiodnr.gov.

CCW class

New Middletown

The New Middletown Farmers & Sportsman’s Club, 3341 E. Calla Road, will have a one-day CCW class at 8 a.m. Sept. 29.

Cost is $90 and includes books, targets, coffee, muffin, hot dog, water and coffee. A $20 nonrefundable deposit is required to hold a spot in the class.

Reservations and deposits can be made at Blue Line Ltd., 12712 South Ave. #2, North Lima, or call 330-360-8310.

Shooting clinic

Niles

Starting Oct. 1 and running every Monday through Nov. 19, the coaches and volunteers of the Civilian Marksmanship Program at Western Reserve Fish & Game Association, 1058 W. Third St., will conduct a shooting clinic for youths age 10 to 18 who are interested in participating in Olympic-style target shooting.

Successful participants may want to join the club’s competitive CMP team, the Eagles.

The eight-week course will cover firearm safety, maintenance and marksmanship. Participants will spend four weeks with high-powered, sophisticated .177-caliber air rifles and four weeks with precision “small bore” .22-caliber single-shot rifles. The club will provide all safety gear, ammunition and firearms.

Sessions take place from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. The cost is $10 per session. A parent or legal guardian must accompany a participant to the first session. They also are encouraged to visit at the club during all sessions.

For more information or to register, call Ralph Nudo at 330-980-8289 or Terry Calladine at 330-646-8761.

Fall turkey shoots

Lowellville

The Lowellville Rod and Gun Club, 6225 Quarry Road, will have fall turkey shoots through Nov. 20.

Sign-ups are at 6 p.m., and shoots are at 7. Shells are provided at $2 per shell. There will be a novelty .410 shoot (guns will be available to use).

For more information, call John at 330-757-9020.

State parks offering archery hunt lotteries

COLUMBUS

Approximately 1,600 acres of quality deer-hunting land will be available to archers as part of controlled hunts at Buck Creek, Caesar Creek, Deer Creek, Findley, Malabar Farm and Maumee Bay state parks, according to the Ohio Department of Natural Resources. Hunters must be present at the drawing location they are interested in hunting. Deer harvested in these controlled hunts will not count against a hunter’s statewide, county or public-land bag limit.

All drawings will take place at 1 p.m. next Saturday.

All hunts are archery only.

Hunters must possess a valid 2018-19 hunting license and a valid deer permit to enter the drawings.

Names will be randomly drawn, and those selected will be assigned a location to hunt in the park.

Selected hunters will be eligible to hunt their assigned location for two-week increments.

Hunters will be permitted to hunt with a partner. The partner is not required to attend the drawing but must be named before the start of the hunt.

Buck Creek State Park will have two drawings, with one specifically for military veterans only.

For more information, go to ohiodnr.gov.

Staff reports