Wildlife Management ArcheryFirearms Shooting Terms 4-H SS&W

Basic requirements of all animals. Click for correct response.

What is food, water & cover?

All types of environments required to support the animal or population. Click for correct response.

What is cover?

Maximum number of animals that can be sustained in an area. Click for correct response.

What is carrying capacity?

For every population or species this factor exists restricting the numbers of individuals or growth in population. Click for correct response.

What is the law of the minimum?

The art and science of manipulating wildlife populations and the habitats upon which they depend to meet societal objectives. Click for correct response.

What is wildlife management?

Body of an arrow. Click for correct response.

What is a shaft?

A device to hold arrows. Click for correct response.

What is a quiver?

Process of pulling the string back to the anchor point. Click for correct response.

What is draw?

A flat or broadened arrow point designed for hunting small game and killing the quarry by its impact. Click for correct response.

What is blunt?

Observation that an arrow must flex to fly true to a mark. Click for correct response.

What is archer’s paradox?

The tube that contains and directs the projectile. Click for correct response.

What is barrel?

The parts of the firearm that load, fire and eject the cartridge. Click for correct response.

What is action?

Reaction of the firearm to the force of a projectile being fired. Click for correct response.

What is recoil?

Spirally arranged lands and grooves that impart a spin to the projectile or modify the dispersal of shot. Click for correct response.

What is rifling?

A hole or opening in a sighting device like the hole in the center of a peep sight disk. Click for correct response.

What is aperture?

Movement of the projectile toward the earth or the distance below the line of sight Click for correct response.

What is drop?

The ultimate stopping point for a projectile, often an earthen barrier, berm, or slope. Click for correct response.

What is backstop?

The curved flight path of the arrow or other projectile. Click for correct response.

What is trajectory?

Shooting games where metallic shapes are the targets and knocking them over is the criterion for success. Click for correct response.

What is silhouette shooting?

Three fundamental rules of firearm and archery safety. Click for correct response.

What is cardinal rules of safety. Bonus points – click to reveal. Empty and open until ready to fire. Muzzle or arrow pointed in a safe direction. Fingers off the string or trigger until ready to fire.

What the four H’s in 4-H stand for. Click for correct response.

What are head, heart, hands and health?

The major disciplines in the 4-H Shooting Sports and Wildlife program. Click for correct response.

What are archery, air rifle and pistol, muzzleloading, shotgun, and wildlife?

Minimum age to participate in 4-H SS&W activities. Click for correct response.

What is third grade?

Who may lead a 4-H SS&W event? Click for correct response.

What is a screened volunteer that is certified in the discipline being taught?

Another name for the State 4-H Shooting Sports & Wildlife Invitational Click for correct response.

What is State Shoot?