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The Canadian Junior Rangers patrol in Chesterfield Inlet has been the top-shooting patrol in Nunavut for the past four years due to hard work and a number of things that combine to work in their favour.

Local Canadian Ranger Cpl. Glen Brocklebank said the Chester Junior Rangers are naturally good shots, but the exposure to shooting with parents taking their kids hunting, and speaking about firearms, safety and shooting also contributes to them doing very well in marksmanship.

Brocklebank said a lot of this prior knowledge, being around firearms and not being afraid of them is a tremendous asset to them.

And, he said, it's a real badge of honour in the North being a good shot.

鈥�There's also a big link, or connection they make, between being good with a firearm and being able to provide for your family,鈥� said Brocklebank.

鈥�Their shooting ability is a combination of their culture and the Canadian Junior Rangers training.

鈥�There's kids who come into the program (12 to 18 years of age) who have experience shooting before and I think, probably, one of the best quotes I could give you for target practicing is, 鈥淚 don't eat paper,鈥� which was said by one of the Rangers.

鈥�So, they may not be shooting well at the paper, but they're doing really well when they're shooting seals, muskox, caribou or whatever.鈥�

Brocklebank said what the Canadian Junior Rangers offer is the refinement of the shooting process in a more-controlled environment with repetitiveness, where you can see your grouping, really dial-in your sights and then understand breathing and other variables that affect your shooting.

He said when they're outside, heart rates are high and people are usually moving quickly, so, it's the refinement that brings all this together and makes everything improved.

鈥�Also, these are the pellet guns that they're shooting with Junior Rangers, so you have a small little pellet that you're shooting at a small target. So, you really have to focus-in and our kids have done exceptionally well.鈥�

Brocklebank said there's a lot of great things about the Canadian Junior Rangers program, but, probably, the one highlighted the most in Chester is the shooting.

He said the Chester patrol has been the top shooters in Nunavut for the past four years and this year they were number three in Canada.

鈥�I don't think the significance of that finish was lost on the kids because, when they went up to get the award, our team was really super excited and super elated.

鈥�We went down this year wanting to place in the top five, especially after not being able to use our own guns last year and not shooting up to the level that they knew they could.

鈥�We were just 14 points out of second this year. That's over a team of five, so we were right up there. We may challenge for a national championship in the not-too-distant future.鈥�