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Shooting Sports

Shooting Sports offers quality instruction and recreation to all Scouts and Scouters. Our skilled staff are ready to provide a truly excellent Shooting Sports experience. For reasons of safety no personal firearms, bows, or open toed shoes are allowed.

Merit Badge Prerequisites Comments
Archery (B) None Practice, limited to 16 Scouts per session
Rifle Shooting (A) None Practice, limited to 16 Scouts per session
Shotgun Shooting (A) None Practice, limited to 8 Scouts per session, Cost $20 (automatically added to unit bill).
*See prerequisites for more information about prerequisites and levels of difficulties.
CAPS: Eagle Required. BOLD: New or returning to Tesomas. Italics: Revised reqs. for 2009.

We recommend Scouts are at least 13 years old for Rifle and Shotgun. Shotgun is physically demanding and costs $20.