Range & Target Activities
Teaching Safety
The purpose of Scouting America’s range and target activities is first and foremost centered around teaching safe, responsible, and intelligent handling, care, and use of firearms, archery, and hand-held throwing sports in planned, carefully managed, and supervised programs. Range and target activities also provide Scouts the opportunity to learn responsibility, self-discipline, problem solving, concentration, sportsmanship, and acquire lifelong skills and hobby interest.
The Chickasaw Council’s Camp Currier offers a wide variety of shooting sports facilities, equipment, and resources.
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Available resources
Sixteen-station range
Sixteen .22 rifles
Hearing and eye protection
Required supervision per eight shooters
One NRA-trained Range Safety Officer
One NRA-trained Rifle Instructor
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Available resources
Six-station range
Six 20-gauge pump shotguns
Two skeet throwers
Hearing and eye protection
Required supervision
One NRA-trained Range Safety Officer per six shooters
One NRA-trained Shotgun Instructor per shooter
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Available resources
Sixteen-station range
Sixteen BB guns
Eye Protection
Required supervision
One BB Gun Rangemaster per eight shooters
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Available resources
Six-station range
Target stands and targets
Cub and Scout bows
Arrows
Required supervision
One Archery Rangemaster for Cub Scouts
One USA Archery Level One Instructor for Scouts BSA
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Four-station range
Four stands and targets
Tomahawks and handles
Range & Target Activities Training
USA Archery Level 1 and Level 2 Instructor Certification Training
USA Archery Level 1 Instructor or higher certification is required to operate Boy Scout, Venture, Explorer and Sea Scout archery ranges. The USA Archery training is also required to become an Archery Merit Badge counselor. Cub Scout Archery Range Masters may operate ranges for Cub Scout District or Council events.
Chickasaw Council Shooting Sports Committee offers training courses each year. The USA Archery certification is good for three years and can be renewed online.
The Level 1 Instructor Course provides graduates the necessary tools to maintain a high level of safety both on and off the archery range and ensures that minimum standards for archery instruction are consistently taught to provide for the safety and enjoyment of the participants, instructors and spectators. Level 1 Instructors are well prepared to teach beginner archery programs to people of all ages and abilities in a variety of both indoor and outdoor settings in the disciplines of target, field or 3-D archery. The Level 1 Instructor will learn about range safety, range setup, the steps of shooting, equipment and repair, programs and lesson plans.
The Level 2 Instructor Course provides graduates the necessary tools to serve as the lead instructor for long-term archery programs such as Junior Olympic Archery Development (JOAD), Adult Archery Program and Collegiate Archery Program clubs, and the Explore Archery Program as well as eligibility to take the Instructor Trainer Certification Course to teach USA Archery Level 1 Instructor Courses.
To successfully complete the requirements for either of these certifications, students must successfully pass the USA Archery Instructor Certification online course including the online exam, and may register and complete the "in-person" Chickasaw Council’s USA Archery Instructor practical courses.
Range Safety Officer Training
BSA Shooting Ranges require the supervision of a Trained Range Safety Officer (RSO)
If you are 21 years old or older and interested in working with Scouts in the Chickasaw Council Range and Target Activities Program, come take this one-day class to become a trained RSO. If so, you will most certainly put a smile on a Scout’s face and yours too.
You do not have to be proficient with firearms to be an RSO.
There will always be a trained Instructor on the range to assist Scouts shooting. As an RSO, you will be responsible for the safety of the range.