"Youth Shooting Programs"

This week's On Target Radio guests are Jim Hagearty, Bob McLear and Marilyn Smolenski talking about youth shooting programs. Jim Hagearty is the founder of the very successful Illinois Junior Precision Shooters - a junior athletic association dedicated to training and developing 10 to 20 year old precision pistol athletes. In the past eight-and-a-half year's team members have achieved 60 NRA Distinguished Expert Basic Pistol awards and 14 NRA Double Distinguished awards. Bob McLear is head of youth programs at the Aurora Sportsmen's Club and has been instructing junior rifle since 1998. He is also very active in the scouting program, is a member of the Boy Scouts of America Three Fires Council Shooting Sports Committee, has been a rifle and shotgun merit badge counselor since 1993, and was on the shooting sports staff of the 2010 and 2013 national jamborees. Marilyn Smolenski is actively involved with the Cub Scout program, is a major supporter of youth shooting sports and focuses on recruiting young people into youth programs.