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Junior Shooters magazine sends juniors and their families to the SHOT Show each year so they can participate in the shooting industries’ biggest show, see some of the top competitive shooters in the country, and learn more about what the industry has to offer. One of the best events of the show is MidwayUSA Foundation’s annual event supporting their sponsors. Their release of the event is below along with some of our photos.
Junior Shooters Sly (L), and Kyla (R), with Steve Gould from Target Focused Live.
Columbia, MO – The leading advocate for youth shooting sports, MidwayUSA Foundation, welcomed a room full of supporters at this year’s SHOT Show. The reception shared ways the industry can support youth shooting sports and showed gratitude to current sponsors and partners. This year Steve Gould of Target Focused Life addressed the crowd. “MidwayUSA Foundation goes far beyond just funding youth shooting teams. Youth shooting sports helps create sustainability in our industry,” said Steve Gould.
MidwayUSA Foundation’s SHOT Show reception was the beginning of a new partnership with Steve Gould and Target Focused Life. Throughout 2025, this collaboration will continue to provide exciting opportunities through marketing and video content. “Investing in our youth benefits the future of the outdoor industry, the 2nd amendment, and ultimately, our nation. I am so excited to partner with MidwayUSA Foundation as they strive to fund the future of youth shooting sports,” added Gould.
In addition to this new partnership, loyal sponsors continued their relationship with the public charity that funds America’s youth shooting teams. SKB Shotguns renewed its sponsorship and made a generous donation generated from accessory sales, an annual program specifically created to benefit youth shooting sports. “SKB has a long-standing tradition of quality products and services that support youth shooting sports and gun enthusiasts. It’s vitally important we invest in the next generation to carry on our shooting sports heritage in America. We’re proud to partner with them and help change the future of youth shooting sports,” said Rob Johansen, SKB Shotguns Owner.
Junior Shooters, Kyla (L) and Sly (R), with Rick Leach, the Director of the Scholastic Shooting Sports Foundation. Learn how your business or organization can partner with MidwayUSA Foundation to fund young shooting athletes across the nation by contacting John Linquist, Relationship Manager (jlinquist@midwayusafoundation.org).
The MidwayUSA Foundation is a 501(c)(3) public charity working to sustain and grow youth shooting sports by providing long-term funding to youth shooting teams. Every donation made is tax-deductible and allows the Foundation to assist in expanding and enhancing the leadership skills, confidence, and discipline of today’s youth through shooting sports activities. The Foundation supports all shooting disciplines. For more information about how the MidwayUSA Foundation is changing the future of youth shooting sports, please visit midwayusafoundation.org or call 1-877-375-4570.
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By Sheri Trusty, CMP Contributor
Anna Behnke, 17, of the Wisconsin Junior Rifle Team, had a great experience at the 2024 National Matches at Camp Perry because, she said, she has a great team that provides a strong foundation for growth. As the high junior in the National Trophy Individual Rifle Match, Behnke earned the Golden Eagle Trophy.
Behnke, of Black Creek, Wisconsin, also earned the Col. Bill Deneke Trophy, which is awarded annually to the National Junior Service Rifle Team which is comprised of the six top scoring junior shooters in an aggregate of the President’s Rifle Match, the National Trophy Individual Rifle Match and the National Trophy Junior Team Match, as well as the coach and captain of the winning National Trophy Junior Team.
Behnke became interested in marksmanship when a family friend invited her to watch his kids shoot. She started with smallbore and evolved to rifle about five years ago. Now, she has a passion for the sport.
“I just have a drive to beat myself,” she said. “I also like it because the community is a great thing to be a part of. Everyone is willing to help.”
The marksmanship community, especially within the Wisconsin junior team, creates a foundation that helps the individuals thrive.
“I think we all push each other to shoot better. Having such a good team, it pushes every single one of us to know we can all do better,” she said.
Competition exists between team members, but rather than being a dividing force, it strengthens them individually and collectively. In the end, four of the Wisconsin Junior Rifle Team members earned the Col. Bill Deneke Trophy. It is rare for four competitors from the same team to achieve the honor.
“There’s competition on the team, but it’s good because it pushes us,” she said.
Behnke said she prepped for the National Matches by practicing trigger time and learning to shoot in the wind, which is a major factor as Lake Erie winds often push across the Camp Perry ranges.
“It was practice, practice, practice trigger time,” she said. “And I spent time trying to figure out the wind. We’re just not used to that kind of wind at home.”
Experienced marksmen like Behnke say that competitive shooting is as much a mental sport as it is a physical sport. In the months before the National Matches, she focused on preparing herself mentally for the competition.
“Mindset is huge. That’s the main thing,” she said. “I tell myself, ‘One shot at a time. It’s a one-shot match.’”
Although Behnke is proactive about preparing her mind for competition, sometimes growth comes organically while she shoots, as it did at the National Matches. During the National Trophy Individual Rifle Match, where she earned the Golden Eagle Trophy, she shot at a level she didn’t know she could reach. That success changed her mental game, breathing confidence into her mindset.
“That was my first time shooting clean on my feet. Standing is something every competitor struggles with, especially mentally,” she said.
Her performance at the rifle match transformed her competitive thought process.
“That was a big mental shift for me. I proved to myself that it’s possible,” she said. “I guess I doubted the fact I could shoot clean on my feet, and it’s something I overcame that morning.”
Moving forward, there is not much that Behnke will change as she works toward next year’s National Matches.
“I’ll do the same thing I did this year. I’ll shoot every opportunity I get,” she said. “The only way I know to get better is to do it. I’ll learn from failing, and I’ll talk to my coaches. That helps a lot mentally.”
Behnke said Wisconsin Junior Rifle Team Head Coach Kaleb Hall had a big impact on her success.
“He does so much for us kids. He is the coach who is at every practice, every match,” she said. “He’s so patient with us. He’s willing to help us work through our problems. We appreciate him a ton.”
There were many people who helped Behnke in her marksmanship journey.
“I want to say a big thank you to all of my coaches, teammates and especially my parents for everything they have done,” she said.
The Civilian Marksmanship Program is a federally chartered 501 (c) (3) non-profit corporation. It is dedicated to firearm safety and marksmanship training and to the promotion of marksmanship competition for citizens of the United States. For more information about the CMP and its programs, log onto www.TheCMP.org.
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Volume 4 of Saving Youth Shooting Sports and Your Future, special ONLINE only edition published December 31, 2024 – just click on the cover below!
Ruger’s new ultra lightweight 10/22, Three Henry 22 lever-actions, Ruger’s 5.7 combo, legal status of efforts to stop California’s law on NO advertising of firearms and firearm related products to minors. Changing the voting structure in the U.S. to totally ant-gun.
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Volume 4 of Saving Youth Shooting Sports and Your Future, special ONLINE only edition published December 31, 2024 – just click on the cover below!
Ruger’s new ultra lightweight 10/22, Three Henry 22 lever-actions, Ruger’s 5.7 combo, legal status of efforts to stop California’s law on NO advertising of firearms and firearm related products to minors. Changing the voting structure in the U.S. to totally ant-gun.
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Here is the Table Of Contents for Volume 57, Winter 2024, of Junior Shooters magazine. On newsstands early December, mailed and shipped end of November.
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From Volume 56 Fall 2024 Issue of Junior Shooters: Status Update: Current status related to marketing firearms and firearm related products to minors in California, 9/10/24
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Legal status of efforts to stop California’s law on NO advertising of firearms and firearm related products to minors. Changing the voting structure in the U.S. to totally ant-gun. CLICK ON COVER on right!
Junior Shooters magazine sends juniors and their families to the SHOT Show each year so they can participate in the shooting industries’ biggest show, see some of the top competitive shooters in the country, and learn more about what the industry has to offer. One of the best events of the show is MidwayUSA Foundation’s annual event supporting their sponsors. Their release of the event is below along with some of our photos.
Anna Behnke, 17, of the Wisconsin Junior Rifle Team, had a great experience at the 2024 National Matches at Camp Perry because, she said, she has a great team that provides a strong foundation for growth. As the high junior in the National Trophy Individual Rifle Match, Behnke earned the Golden Eagle Trophy.
Behnke became interested in marksmanship when a family friend invited her to watch his kids shoot. She started with smallbore and evolved to rifle about five years ago. Now, she has a passion for the sport.
Competition exists between team members, but rather than being a dividing force, it strengthens them individually and collectively. In the end, four of the Wisconsin Junior Rifle Team members earned the Col. Bill Deneke Trophy. It is rare for four competitors from the same team to achieve the honor.
“It was practice, practice, practice trigger time,” she said. “And I spent time trying to figure out the wind. We’re just not used to that kind of wind at home.”
Her performance at the rifle match transformed her competitive thought process.
Note: Volume 4 of Saving Youth Shooting Sports and Your Future (Online Only) is coming soon. You can have an ad in it: $500 full page, $250 1/2 page or less.
