The Junior Shooter

The Junior Shooter is a new addition to the SSAA Media & Publications stable of magazines. Printed several times a year, this is a special publication intended for SSAA junior members and contains stories and helpful hints about target shooting and recreational hunting, information about firearm safety and the legal requirements of shooting. The publication also features entertaining puzzles and competitions for our junior readers, as well as recipes to encourage and assist them in cooking game meats and general camp-style meals.

If you are a SSAA junior member and would like to submit a story or you have some ideas on what you would like to read in a future issue of The Junior Shooter, write to SSAA Media & Publications at PO Box 2520, Unley, SA 5061 or email edit@ssaa.org.au

Issue 8 - October 2011

  • Editorial
  • Hunting hare
  • Juniors-only competition
  • Training for the Olympics with Alethea Sedgman
  • The training and diet of an international shooter
  • Pop, why do you hunt deer?
  • SSAA Store round-up for juniors
  • A young gun pheasant shoot in New Zealand
  • Kangaroo burrito bake
  • Sponsor a junior and save your sport
   
Issue 7 - May 2011
  • Editorial
  • Blake Williams - World Action Pistol shooter
  • Being in the field
  • 2011 SSAA National Junior Challenge
  • My introduction to the shooting sports
  • A boy’s first buck
  • Juniors-only competition
  • Shooting video games
  • Getting into the shooting sports with the Yanco Program
  • Firearms 101 - beginner’s basics crossword (click here for the answers)
  • Sponsor a junior and save your sport
   
Issue 6 - November 2010
  • Editorial
  • John Coombes and the 2010 Youth Olympic Games
  • Junior Shooters website
  • Some basic rifle shooting skills
  • Juniors-only competition
  • Cleaning your catch
  • Hunting goats from plain to precipice
  • Italian-style goat
  • Italian braised hare in red wine
  • Sponsor a junior and save your sport
   
Issue 5 - May 2010
  • Editorial
  • What’s in a name? Understanding cartridge names
  • Some tips for spotters
  • Juniors-only competition
  • An introduction to reloading
  • From tagging along to tagging a buck
  • Venison chilli con carne
  • Sponsor a junior and save your sport
   
Issue 4 - November 2009
  • Editorial
  • Ben’s stag
  • Juniors-only competition
  • Junior licensing in your state
  • Do you know your bullet’s ballistic coefficient?
  • Growing up hunting
  • Kangaroo teriyaki
  • How I became a shooter
  • Junior shooter’s crossword (click here for the answers)
  • Sponsor a junior and save your sport
   
Issue 3 - April 2009
  • Editorial
  • Tips for the new target shooter
  • Stepping stones
  • Juniors-only competition
  • Tips for the new hunter
  • Shooting with a scoped rifle
  • Fox hunting - expect the unexpected
  • Junior shooter’s find-a-word
  • Sponsor a junior and save your sport
   
Issue 2 - November 2008
  • Editorial
  • Junior sporting shooters quiz
  • Helpful hints for the young or new shooter
  • The hunting bond
  • Cleaning your firearm
  • A daughter’s first hunt
  • Juniors-only competitions
  • ’Roo hunting memories
  • Hunting with a camera
  • Junior sporting shooters quiz answers
  • Recipes for juniors
  • Sponsor a junior and save your sport
   
Issue 1 - May 2008
  • Editorial
  • A beginner’s guide for young shooters
  • The Ten Commandments of Safety
  • The Hunter’s Code
  • The junior hunter’s rifle
  • SSAA Competition Information
  • SSAA Junior Shooters website
  • Juniors-only competitions
  • Rules of etiquette when hunting
  • Sharing the passion and tradition for hunting
  • National Junior Sporting Shooters
  • SSAA Junior Interstate Challenge
  • Junior programs in your state
  • Recipes for juniors
  • Sponsor a junior and save your sport