Shooting Sports and Training

Images of individuals engaged in shooting activities, showcasing focus and precision with firearms in outdoor and indoor settings.

Archer woman, target and bow and arrow practice for outdoor archery, athlete challenge or girl field competition. Shooting goals, talent and competitive focus on precision training, aim or objective

Hunter aiming rifle

Hunter with game in his sights

1st Lt. Sarah Beard, a shooting Soldier-athlete assigned to the World Class Athlete Program, takes a Gold Medal at the 2022 Winter Airgun Championships, hosted by USA Shooting in Colorado Springs, Colorado, December 11, 2022. Beard recently earned the United States an Olympic Quota for 2024.

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Woman, gun and learning to shoot outdoor with instructor at shooting range for target training. Safety and security with hand teaching person sport game or aim with gear and firearm for focus

Woman with a sporting rifle aiming in a shooting range

Feast of the Duke. Urbino. Marche. Italy

Man, firearm training and target for outdoor challenge, goals and aim for police, army or security academy. Shooting expert, pistol or gun for sport, safety and combat exercise in nature with vision

Archery. Archer exercise with the bow. Sport, recreation concept. Sportsman is preparing the arrow for the shot

Archer woman, target and bow and arrow practice for outdoor archery, athlete challenge or girl field competition. Shooting goals, talent and competitive focus on precision training, aim or objective

Archer with bow and arrow aiming on sport target board at forest

Woman removing arrows from bull's eye

Army Reserve Captain Wanda Jewell, participates in the small-bore rifle competition at the 1984 Summer Olympics. She won a bronze medal for her performance in the event. Base: Chino State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Shooting with a pistol. Man aiming pistol in shooting range

Archery, arrows in a target

Jessica Derhammer prepares to shoot a target during shooting practice at Nellis AFB, Nev., Feb. 22, 2023. In 2011, the Department of Defense created the Military Adaptive Sports Program to enhance warrior recovery by engaging wounded, ill, and injured service members in ongoing daily adaptive activities based on their interest and ability.

Extreme close up of woman shooting a high power hunting rifle

Woman on sport shooting training shooting target

image of an archery target full of arrows. archery target

Man in firing range doing shooting sport, looking at results on paper target. Person wearing safety gear training with handgun, sharpening skills, checking points scored on bullseye, camera A

Arrows in archery circle or target for competition, game or learning in field outdoor for sports background. Sport event, icon or eye goal with arrow on board for gaming, adventure and shooting

Man aiming with a tactical weapon in an indoor shooting range

Set of archery arrows

Person aiming paintball gun

Rear view of man with his gun on shooting at the target in practice Shooting Range, sport and Soldier concept

Man shooting a gun, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, South America

U.S. Army Spc. Samantha Simonton, a Gainesville, Georgia resident who is a competitive skeet shooter/marksmanship instructor with the U.S. Army Marksmanship Unit, earned a spot on the U.S. World Championship Shotgun Team upon completion of theUSA Shooting’sShotgun National Championships on August 1-6, at the John A. Halter Shooting Sports Center in Hillsdale, Michigan.Selection to this team will allow this Soldier to represent the United States at the International Shooting Sports Federation World Championships in Osijek, CroatiaSeptember 19 through October 12, as well as the Championship of the Americas, or CAT Games, in Lima, Peru November 4 - 13.(USA Shooting photo)

Biathalon athlete, IPC Paralympic games at Mt. Washington, Vancouver Island, Canada.

Man aiming shotgun, Tauranga, Bay of Plenty, New Zealand

Cpl. Charles Platt, a shooting Soldier-athlete competes at the 2022 Winter Air Gun Championships hosted by USA Shooting, Colorado Springs, Colorado. Platt finished 6th in the Men's Air Pistol Event.

Hunting rifle

Woman and man practicing archery

U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Stacy Englert aims at her target during the 2022 Department of Defense Warrior Games at Orange County Convention Center in Orlando, Florida, Aug. 21, 2022. Hosted by the U.S. Army at the Walt Disney World Resort, this years Warrior Games sees service members and veterans from across the DoD competing in a variety of adaptive sports alongside armed forces athletes from Canada and Ukraine.

Arrows, outdoor target archery competition

Army Captain Randy W. Stewart from Fort Benning, Georgia, practices for the shooting competition at the 1984 Summer Olympics. Base: Chino State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Archery on target animals in forest MichelbachFrance

Air Mobility Command members, friends and families participate in a sports day and picnic on Scott Air Force Base, Illinois, May 26,2022. Participants took part in this command sponsored morale event to bolster wellness and camaraderie.

1st Lt. Sarah Beard, a shooting Soldier-athlete assigned to the World Class Athlete Program, takes a Gold Medal at the 2022 Winter Airgun Championships, hosted by USA Shooting in Colorado Springs, Colorado, December 11, 2022. Beard recently earned the United States an Olympic Quota for 2024.

A guy shoots from a hunting rifle on the shooting range in the desert sport shooting

Boy in blue shirt aiming a bow and arrow indoors at an archery range. Israel

The bull’s eye of an archery target with three arrows in short depth of field

ORLANDO, Fla. (Aug. 20, 2022) Athletes participate in the shooting competition at the 2022 DoD Warrior Games in Orlando, Florida. The Warrior Games are composed of over 200 wounded, ill and injured service member and veteran athletes, competing in 12 adaptive sporting events Aug. 19-28, 2022 at the ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex in Orlando, Florida.

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1st Lt. Sarah Beard, a shooting Soldier-athlete assigned to the World Class Athlete Program, takes a Gold Medal at the 2022 Winter Airgun Championships, hosted by USA Shooting in Colorado Springs, Colorado, December 11, 2022. Beard recently earned the United States an Olympic Quota for 2024.

Shooting with a pistol. Man aiming pistol in shooting range

Archery Targets

Finals 2022, Archery, Preliminary Round, Olympiapark Berlin, Berlin, Germany, Europe

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Retired U.S. Air Force SSgt. Kamilinn Ensley practices her archery skills during the Air Force Wounded Warrior Program Warrior Games Training Camp at Joint Base San Antonio Randolph.

Secretary Gale Norton at the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation's Celebrating the Great Outdoors fundraising event, co-hosted by ESPN Outdoors, on New York City's Randall's Island

Army Reserve STAFF Sergeant Walter W. Zobell from Jackson, Montana, practices for the shooting competition at the 1984 Summer Olympics. Base: Chino State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Man doing sport shooting from gun isolated on white

Cpl. Charles Platt, a shooting Soldier-athlete competes at the 2022 Winter Air Gun Championships hosted by USA Shooting, Colorado Springs, Colorado. Platt finished 6th in the Men's Air Pistol Event.

Sport, shot target during archery

Male training sport shooting with free rifle

U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Dustan Taylor, a Liberty, North Carolina native who is a competitive skeet shooter/marksmanship instructor with the U.S. Army Marksmanship Unit, earned a spot on the U.S. World Championship Shotgun Team upon completion of theUSA Shooting’sShotgun National Championships on August 1-6, at the John A. Halter Shooting Sports Center in Hillsdale, Michigan.Selection to this team will allow this Soldier to represent the United States at the International Shooting Sports Federation World Championships in Osijek, CroatiaSeptember 19 through October 12, as well as the Championship of the Americas, or CAT Games, in Lima, Peru November 4 - 13.(USA Shooting photo)

Dart in bulls eye of target

Secretary Gale Norton at the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation's Celebrating the Great Outdoors fundraising event, co-hosted by ESPN Outdoors, on New York City's Randall's Island

Secretary Gale Norton at the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation's Celebrating the Great Outdoors fundraising event, co-hosted by ESPN Outdoors, on New York City's Randall's Island

tourist with a compass in his hand is looking for a way home

Holding fishing roll

Finals 2022, Archery, Preliminary Round, Olympiapark Berlin, Berlin, Germany, Europe

U.S. Army Sgt. Ivan Roe competes in the USA Shooting Air Gun Olympic Trials Part 3 at the Civilian Marksmanship Program (CMP) Judith Legerski Competition Center in Anniston, Alabama, Jan. 5-7, 2024.Roe earned a spot on the 2024 Paris Olympic Team in the Men's 10m Air Rifle event. This Bozeman, Montana native is a marksmanship instructor/competitive shooter for the U.S. Army Marksmanship Unit International Rifle Team stationed out of Fort Moore, Georgia.

Finals 2022, Archery, Preliminary Round, Olympiapark Berlin, Berlin, Germany, Europe

Woman, gun and learning to shoot weapon at shooting range outdoor for security, training and target. Person with safety headphones and glasses for sport, competition or safety with gear in hands

Archery range set among nature at a camp in Ojai.

Over and under shotgun, game shooting

Archery, archer aiming towards a target

High powered traget shooting rife on bench rest

Man on sport shooting training practicing for competition with free rifle

U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Jack DeLeuw competes during the 2022 Department of Defense Warrior Games at Orange County Convention Center in Orlando, Florida, Aug. 21, 2022. Hosted by the U.S. Army at the Walt Disney World Resort, this years Warrior Games sees service members and veterans from across the DoD competing in a variety of adaptive sports alongside armed forces athletes from Canada and Ukraine.

Kondo fighter

Instructor assisting woman aiming hand gun at firing range, low angle view

Close-up of a professional paraglider holding brakes and looking away. Paraglider sport concept

Skeet Shooting

Al Mazza, one of the regular customers at the Clay Target Center, shoots a round of trap using the voice activated towers, July 22. The Clay Target Center has 12 skeet fields, six trap fields and one 5-Stand station. It is open to the public from 4-8 p.m. on Thursdays and 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Friday through Sunday.

CAPT. Bill Roy, a member of the Air Force Shooting Team and the U.S. International Skeet Development Team, sights his target during skeet shooting competition. Country: Unknown

Archer with bow in traditional clothes shooting an arrow

Archeress aiming at target with bow and arrow at beach

Air rifle for training with its target and its pellets on the grass

Archer, Trongsa, Trongsa District, Bhutan, Asia

Finals 2022, Archery, Preliminary Round, Olympiapark Berlin, Berlin, Germany, Europe

A man prepares to shoot a clay target from a skeet machine.

Archer collecting bows stuck on sport target at park

Woman holding firearm enjoying recreational indoor shooting experience in firing range facility. Person wearing protective gear practicing with weapons in safe, welcoming environment

Man wearing Virtual Reality Glasses on winter road pretending to skiing

Staff Sgt. Nick Mowrer and Spc. Charles Platt compete in the 2022 Men's Air Pistol National Championships at the Olympic Training Center, Colorado Springs, Colorado, June 8, 2022. Men's Air Pistol shooters are expertly trained and can keep shot groups within millimeters using custom created firearms.

Finals 2022, Archery, Preliminary Round, Olympiapark Berlin, Berlin, Germany, Europe

German Biathlon Championship, Relay in the Chiemgau Arena, Ruhpolding, Chiemgau, Upper Bavaria, Germany

Archer practicing archery with bow and arrow at forest

A silhouette of Army SPECIALIST 5 Ruby E. Fox from Parker, Arizona, as she participates in the sport pistol competition at the 1984 Summer Olympics. She won a silver medal for her performance in the event. Base: Chino State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

1960s WOMAN TRAP SHOOTER ABOUT TO CALL FOR CLAY BIRD TARGET

Palio of the Third Parties. The Fortress of Città Della Pieve. Umbria. Italy

Man doing sport shooting from gun isolated on white

Archer holding bow

Blonde caucasian girl shooting with arrow and compound bow outdoors on sunny day

Sports, archery coach or bow and arrow learning for archer competition, athlete challenge or girl training practice. Teacher, teaching talk or man coaching woman on precision, aim and target shooting

Caden Cavanaugh, an Army JROTC Cadet from Fountain-Fort Carson High School, uses a measuring tool to help establish his stance during the 2023 JROTC National Air Rifle Championship on March 25 at Camp Perry, Ohio. The competition is held March 23-25 and features the best marksmen from all-service JROTC programs across the country competing in sporter and precision shooting events. | Photo by Sarah Windmueller, U.S. Army Cadet Command Public Affairs

Set targets for practical pistol shooting, exercise. Vector illustration

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