Local 4-Hers medal at 2022 Minnesota 4-H Shooting Sports and Wildlife Invitational

WADENA — The Wadena area is putting out some of the sharpest shooters around.
Twenty-two area youth showed their skills at the MN 4-H State Shooting Sports & Wildlife Invitational held in Alexandria, Minn., September 9-11. The 593 Minnesota 4-H youth participated in the following events: BB gun, standard air rifle, 3 position air rifle, air pistol, .22 Rifle, muzzleloading, trap, silhouette, wildlife calling, skillathon and conservation/wildlife displays throughout the weekend. Youth had the opportunity to showcase their skills they learned throughout the past year, as they spent 15 or more hours working with a trained instructor in their discipline of interest.
There were 22 youth from Wadena County who participated in the 2022 State shoot earning a total of 37 medals.

#1 Archery -Junior Class C * 1st place team Medals

• Samuel Hoeper 2nd place individual (medal)
• John Walter 31st individual
• Mayci Baker 9th individual (medal)
• Noah Radniecki 25th individual

#2 Archery -Junior Class C *2nd place team medals

• Alex Leach 1st place individual (medal)
• Sawyer Storry 7th place individual (medal)
• Hazel Saunders 28th individual
• Brennen Sonenstahl 34th individual

#1 Archery - Intermediate Class C * 1st place team medals

• Asher Hoeper - Placed 1st individually (medal)
• Coleen Malone - placed 2nd individually(medal)
• Ethan Snorek placed 26th individually
• Isaac Radniecki placed 25th

#1 Archery - Intermediate Class C * 5th place team medals

• Caleb Smith 54th individual
• Elli Baker 37th individual
• JD Saunders 55th individual
• Braden Koons 71st individual

Archery - Senior Class C *2nd place team medals

• Otto Mattson placed 11th individually
• Emma Malone placed 34th individually
• Jotham Walsvik placed 8th individually (medal)
• Grace Radniecki placed 44th individually

3 Position Air Rifle -Junior - *4th place team medals

• Alex Leach 2nd place individual (medal)
• Samuel Hoeper 21st place Individual
• Sawyer Storry 23rd place individual
• Hazel Saunders 38th place Individual

3 Position Air Rifle -Intermediate

• JD Saunders 40th place individually

Silhouette-Rifle -Junior

• Sawyer Storry placed 2nd individually(medal)
• Alex Leach placed 16th individually
• Samuel Hoeper 32nd individually

Silhouette-Rifle -Intermediate

JD Saunders 17th place individually

Trap -intermediate

Asher Hoeper placed 37th individually

Trap -Senior

• Otto Mattson placed 64th individually
• Jotham Walsvik placed 8th individually (medal)
• Mazie Hopp placed 60th individually

Air Pistol 2 hands -Junior

• Alex Leach placed 2nd individually (medal)
• Sawyer Storry placed 13th individually

Air Pistol 2 hands -Senior
Otto Mattson, 1st Place individually (medal)

Air Pistol 1 hand -Senior
Jotham Walsvik 5th place individually (medal)

.22 Rifle Target- intermediate
Asher Hoeper placed 12th individually

.22 Rifle Target- Senior
Mazie Hopp 14th place individually

Northland Outdoors

Eric Morken: Use standing corn as an advantage during archery season

Standing corn is often talked about as a detriment to deer hunters, to the point where some won't even go into the woods until corn is harvested. Eric Morken of Northland Outdoors details examples of getting on high numbers of does to big bucks around standing corn, along with specifics on how to hunt corn as an archer.

August 04, 2022 06:30 AM

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By  Eric Morken