Category: Shooting News

The Woodworth Shooting Range located on the Alexander State Forest Wildlife Management Area (WMA) will open four days a week beginning Jan. 28, the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries (LDWF) announced. The range will be open most weeks from Thursday-Sunday. The range is located at the Woodworth Education Center at 661 Robinson Bridge Road […]

Idaho Fish and Game enhances recreational shooting ranges through its Shooting Range Development Grant program to assist organizations or agencies to establish, upgrade, expand or otherwise improve public firearms and archery ranges in Idaho. Applications for grants are due Dec. 10, and can be found at the link below. Organizations eligible to submit a grant […]

LINN CREEK, MO — COVID-19 may have caused the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission to cancel its regional and state championship trap tournaments during the summer, but Arkansas Youth Shooting Sports Program participants still showed their stuff at this year’s Grand National Academics Integrity Marksmanship (AIM) Program Shoot at the Grand American Trap Shoot held […]

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. – The Illinois Department of Natural Resources (IDNR) today announced the cancellation of World Shooting and Recreational Complex (WSRC) shooting and field trial events scheduled for September and October due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. “Projected attendance for some of our upcoming events could violate social distancing and crowd size requirements included in […]

MADISON, Wis. – A limited number of the previously closed state shooting ranges in Wisconsin will reopen on Thursday, May 14 with special conditions. Under Gov. Evers Badger Bounce Back Plan which outlines important criteria for Wisconsin to be able to reopen its economy in phases and includes steps to make sure workers and businesses […]

PHOENIX — Ben Avery Shooting Facility (BASF) customers should expect some operational changes when one of the nation’s largest publicly operated shooting facilities reopens at 7 a.m. Wednesday, May 13. To ensure public health and safety protocols are observed, and to maximize opportunities for all recreational shooters, only online reservations will be accepted. BASF customers […]

PHOENIX — The Ben Avery Shooting Facility (BASF) soon will be open and ready for business, but with some operational changes that will affect customers. To ensure public health and safety protocols are observed, and to maximize opportunities for all recreational shooters, only online reservations will be accepted when BASF reopens at 7 a.m. Wednesday, […]

Fairfax, Va. – Due to the current state of affairs surrounding COVID-19, the uncertainties associated with this pandemic at present, and shutdowns across our country that have impeded vital preparatory work, the National Rifle Association has made the difficult decision to cancel the 2020 NRA Precision Pistol Championships, July 1 -5, 2020, 2020 NRA High […]

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. – The Illinois Department of Natural Resources (IDNR), in cooperation with partners and co-sponsors, will conduct wingshooting clinics at sites throughout Illinois from March through mid-November. Wingshooting clinics are intended to provide instruction and improve the shooting skills of beginning shooting students as well as experienced hunters. Most clinics are conducted weekends at […]

Fairfax, Va. – Century Arms and Bud’s Gun Shop have teamed up to offer a limited number of authentic Short Magazine Enfield Number 1 Mark III rifles (SMLE) to support the NRA Institute for Legislative Action (NRA-ILA). Each rifle sells for $249.99, and a free NRA membership is included with each purchase. 100 percent of […]

SOCIAL CIRCLE, Ga. – Little to no experience operating a firearm or bow? We have a great opportunity for you with several upcoming scheduled “Give It a Shot” classes, according to the Georgia Department of Natural Resources’ Wildlife Resources Division (WRD). These classes are open to men and women age 12 years old and up, […]

NEW CASTLE – DNREC’s Division of Fish & Wildlife announced that a new 5-Stand shotgun sporting clays course is opening at the Ommelanden Hunter Education Training Center today, Oct. 30. The new 5-Stand sporting course provides shooters with the opportunity to enhance their skills using a variety of clay targets, including rabbit, chandelle, overhead, skeet […]

FAIRFAX, Va. – The National Rifle Association’s 6th Annual World Shooting Championship begins Wednesday, Sept. 18 at the Peacemaker National Training Center in Glengary, West Virginia. “This competition is the all-encompassing test of shooting prowess,” said Joe DeBergalis, executive director of NRA general operations. “This event attracts some of the biggest names in the industry […]

FAIRFAX, Va. – The National Rifle Association is pleased to announce the 2019 National Police Shooting Championships (NPSC) will begin Sept. 23 in Pearl, Mississippi. The competition, conducted by the NRA and hosted by the Mississippi Highway Patrol/Mississippi Department of Public Safety, is a three-day event that tests the marksmanship skills law enforcement professionals from […]

BRISTOL, Ind. – The 100th Annual National Smallbore Rifle Championships are less than a week away, but there is still time to be a part of history. Wa-Ke’-De rifle range in Bristol, IN, will once again host the Championships from July 17-28. Championships are limited to 200 competitors per program (Metric 3-P, Conventional 3-P and […]