Recently, an NRA and Olympic Shooting Sports coach attended a 4-H Field and Stream Volunteer Leader Workshop. Volunteers trained like yourself are key to delivering a positive message about shooting sports and wildlife management. The proven techniques used in the Mississippi 4-H Field and Stream program are compatible with the currently existing programs offered by other organizations. They differ in being pointedly based on youth development objectives and in addressing angling, shooting sports, and wildlife and fisheries management broadly, rather than as a set of disconnected individual disciplines. Young people and adult leaders are 4-H's products.
Every leader receives the core materials, and each is trained in a specialized discipline.
Only one discipline may be taken at any given workshop because of the time requirements and the content load that must be communicated. It is essential that a leader cover the basic elements before going on to advanced activities. The current workshop format includes instructional experiences, use of videos and slides, lecture, and live fire. A dynamic team approach to teaching and program management is strongly encouraged. Because inexperienced persons can become effective instructors through the program, a prior knowledge of wildlife, fishing, or shooting sports is not necessary.