Shooting Sports in California

Shooting Sports Range Locators

• Bureau of Land Management (BLM) recreational public lands shooting resources
• U.S. Forest Service recreational public lands shooting resources
• Range locators:
  • National Shooting Sports Foundation recreational shooting map
  • California State Archery Association's archery club/range locator
  • California Rifle and Pistol Association recreational range locator map
  • Step Outside shooting sports range locator

Shooter Safety

• Learn to be a responsible shooter with tips from Tread Lightly
• Check current BLM closures due to fire danger
• Keep kids safe with a free firearms safety kit from Project Child Safe
• Learn about becoming or finding a certified firearms instructor
• Find firearm safety resources on a variety of topics, such as suicide prevention, children and firearms and wildfire prevention through the National Shooting Sports Foundation
• Prevent Lyme Disease with these tips from Bay Area Lyme Foundation

Recreational Shooting Programs & Clubs

Programs

• National Archery in the Schools Program
• National Field Archery Association
• California Bowmen Hunters
• California Rifle and Pistol Association
• California State High School Clay Target League
• California Youth Shooting Sports Association (CYSSA)
• National Skeet Shooting Association
• National Sporting Clays Association

Clubs

• Find an archery club
• Find a skeet shooting club
• Find a sporting clays club

Shooting Lessons

Archery

• Lessons at archery clubs
• Find an individual archery coach

Firearms

• Firearms training instruction
• Find a skeet shooting instructor