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.
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).
DSC and NRA: Training the Next Generation of Hunters and Shooters
The Dallas Safari Club's biannual Youth S.A.F.E.T.Y. Extravaganza and NRA's Youth Hunter Education Challenge teach safety first as they bring new shooters and hunters into the fold.
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