Cub Scouts Day Camp BB and Archery Range Event Request Copyrighted
June 17, 2019
City of Dubuque Consent Items # 7.
ITEM TITLE: Cub Scouts Day Camp BB and Archery Range
SUMMARY: Requestfrom BoyScouts ofAmerica Northeast lowa
Council to run a BB and archery range on August 3, 2019
from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. atA.Y McDonald Park in
conjunction with their Cub Scout Day Camp special event
permit.
SUGGESTED DISPOSITION: Suggested Disposition: Receiveand File;Approve
ATTACHMENTS:
Description Type
Permission letter for BB and Archery Range Staff Memo
Dear Dubuque Mayor and City Council Members,
I am writing you on behalf of the Boy Scouts of America Northeast Iowa Council for permission
to again run a BB and Archery range at our day camp at A. Y. McDonald Park on August 3rd, 2019. The
day camp is attended by about fifty of our Cub Scouts which are mostly 6 years old to 9 years old. Most
parents stay with their child, if they are going into Kindergarten or 1s�grade their must be a parent with
them. For most of the kids, day camp is their first experience holding a BB gun or bow and arrow. The
BB gun and Archery are run on the same range at different times in the day. There will be five to seven
youth shooting at a time. Before they can pick up either the bow or BB gun, there is a safety briefing for
the Scouts by the Range Master.
The Range Master is someone who has the training to be a Boy Scouts of America Range Master
for both BB guns and Archery. The training required to be a Boy Scouts of America Range Master in BB
guns is to be eighteen years of age or older and trained by a National Camping School shooting sports
director or NRA rifle instructor. The training to be a Range Master for Archery is eighteen years of age or
older and trained by a National Camping School shooting sports director or USA Archery Level 1 archery
instructar to set up and operate a safe archery range. BB gun and Archery training must be renewed every
two years. The Range Master always oversees the firing line.
The range is setup by the Range Master in the morning with help of other volunteers. There is a
large stabxe at A. Y. McDonald Park that will be behind the backdrop set up by the Range Master. The
backdrop will be a tarp to knock down anything that went past the targets. The targets will be set-up
fifteen feet away from the firing line for Archery and BB guns. BB guns will have paper targets hanging
far the Scouts to shoot at when told to. We use Archery targets that sit on the ground. There is three side
completely roped off. This is usually done with neon colored rope and a stand that puts the rope at an
adulYs hip level. The firing line is roped off when range is not in use. There is a second rope for the firing
line laying on the ground, so the kids and parents can see where their feet should not pass during shooting
or waiting for others to finish. The Range Master and parents will help each Scout with keeping both the
BB gun and Bow pointed down range or at the ground. Once the Range Master sees all is ready,they will
give the commands to load, shoot, and stop shooting. The Range Master will collect the bows or rifles
before the kids and parents can get their targets for BB ar the arrows for Archery. Once that group of five
to seven is done shooting, guns or bows have been collected, and all kids and parents have come out from
collecting arrows ar targets another group will begin their experience with a safety briefing for Archery or
BB gun and go through the shooting and collecting of items from down range.
The BB guns, BBs, bows, and arrows are kept in the Range Master's vehicle when not in use.
Other equipment used to keep the youth and parents safe are safety glasses for everyone on the firing line
during BB guns,finger tabs and arm guards are used during Archery to decrease the amount of rubbing
the string has on the arms and fingers of a first-time shooter.
Thank you,
Sarah Brimeyer
Dubuque District Executive
Boy Scouts of America Northeast Iowa Council