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NRA Youth Hunter Education Challenge Fosters Next Generation of Hunters

In 1985, we launched a program to facilitate friendly competition among youths 18 and younger that would advance hunting skills including wildlife identification, orienteering and rifle, shotgun and archery marksmanship. Today, thousands of hunter education volunteers and parents still conduct this program at the state and local level to produce safer, more skillful and more ardent American hunters.

Member's Hunt: Making Circles In the Snow

This latest Member's Hunt comes from Dan Davis of Eagle, Wis.

Rites of Passage on the Sands of Africa

A safari with his 11-year-old son offers a father a chance to reflect on a bond that makes any hunt special.

Member's Hunt: The One That Didn’t Get Away

This latest Member's Hunt comes from Shelton Brower of Boyers, Pa.

NRA YHEC 2017: Growing Hunters for America

Since its inception, YHEC has helped 1.3 million youngsters to gain that hands-on experience, and they’re better hunters for it.

Photos: 2017 National Youth Hunter Education Challenge

YHEC is many things. Here is a small taste of what the Youth Hunter Education Challenge has to offer.

2017 NRA YHEC National Championship Begins

The 2017 National Rifle Association Youth Hunter Education Challenge (YHEC) National Championship is scheduled for July 23-28, 2017, at the NRA Whittington Center in Raton, New Mexico.

First Light: NRA Youth Hunter Education Challenge

Not just an after-school activity, YHEC is a hunter’s training camp.

2015 International Youth Hunter Education Challenge

The grounds of the 33,000-acre NRA Whittington Center exploded during the last week in July when more than 250 youths and their adult coaches and parents traveled from all parts of the country to participate in the 2015 International Youth Hunter Education Challenge (YHEC), held in Raton, N.M.

NRA Prepares for Youth Hunter Education Challenge 2014

Next week, kids from all over the United States will gather on the quad of Mansfield University for the 2014 International Youth Hunter Education Challenge (YHEC).

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