Shooting sports field day scheduled for Saturday at Webb Center

SCDNR and 4-H will hold a shooting sports field day this Saturday at the Webb Wildlife Center near Garnett.

SCDNR, 4-H will provide instruction on firearms and archery equipment

The S.C. Department of Natural Resources and the South Carolina 4-H program will hold a shooting sports field day on Saturday, Feb. 8, at the Palachucolo Shooting Range adjacent to the Webb Wildlife Center near Garnett in Hampton County.

The shooting activities will run from 1 to 4 p.m. and will consist of instruction and supervision at a variety of archery and firearms shooting stations. It is an ideal event for novice shooters, both youth and adults, interested in learning about shooting and hunting. Shooting experts will provide firearms safety training and individual shooting instruction with shotguns, air rifles, .22 rifles and archery equipment.

Firearms, ammunition, targets and archery equipment will be provided free of charge at all of the shooting stations. Participants may bring their own firearms and bows if available, but they should not bring ammunition. No high-powered rifles will be allowed at the range. All firearms and bows must be unloaded and cased at all times at the event except when on the ranges.

For more information, call the Webb Wildlife Center at 803-625-3569.

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