Mitchell County 4-H Clubs

4-H Shooting Sports Club

The 4-H Shooting Sports Club is a youth development education club that uses a prevention education model that strongly emphasizes positive youth-adult interaction and peer leadership. It uses skills and disciplines of safe shooting and conservation to assist young people and their leaders in attaining knowledge and developing essential life skills. The club relies on 4-H certified instructors to conduct classes in the various disciplines (archery, shotgun, and rifle). For more information, please contact Erin Silver (erin_silver@ncsu.edu) or call us at 828-688-4811.

4-H Young Livestock Club

This club meets at 5 pm on the last Tuesday of each month at the Extension Center in Bakersville. The age of the youth participants is 5-12. Members explore animal science concepts including species, basic care, animal identification, showmanship, anatomy and more! For more information, please contact Erin Silver (erin_silver@ncsu.edu) or call us at 828-688-4811.
"Why judge Livestock" with picture of a goat