Hunter Safety – It’s Not Just Pointing That Weapon in a Safe Direction!
My hunter safety instructor was one of the best. He wore his teachers proudly worn on his red plaid wool coat patch until the last day, when he hunted. Mine and my brothers hunter safety learning was a lifetime of lessons. He was our father and when he died in 2000, we know he is chasing us in every season.
Firearm safety is by far the largest concentration in all the Hunter Safety Training Program as it should be. Handling a firearm while hunting, cleaning, loading, unloading, etc.Foundation is, but there's more.
It is 10 clock in the morning and the forest was quiet, as SE-up. Except for the occasional Blue Jay and a couple of squirrels, all is quiet. You cling to pack your bow on the hook, pour in your backpack and thermos from the last cup of coffee to ward off the morning cold. You hang your thermos on one of these branches cut that you intentionally a little long if you are hanging your tree. They have wrapped a hand in his pocket and the other that cupHeat. You are in the middle of a sip and you see him heading directly to your booth. Maybe not trophy size, but a decent shooter and your heart begins to pound. Not thinking, and in one fluid motion you start looking for a place to put the cup, while according to your bow attack. You can not drop or dump. He will hear it and even worse, he will smell it. Are at this moment, racing heart, you really think of certain moves, where you have your feet where your harness where the end of the arrowengraved with the broad head is sharp? It can not, it seems at the time, but you can not see where an accident will play for us?
While firearm safety is always number one, here are a few tips to make your hunt safe and perhaps even more fun.
1. Hang fire orange flag stand directly under your tree, at eye level, or when hunting from a ground blind, a mountain to the top. The camouflage pattern on the newer ground blinds are so good, they really make youleather suit. A flag to warn under your tree other hunters of your presence. And besides, blaze orange deer can not see better than any other color. I mean shares of deer every year, and I usually dress like a Christmas tree.
2. Use more than a rope to get your equipment up to your booth. I always have at least my backpack and the gun and sometimes a camera bag. I hang three ropes, all with easy open clips provided at the end. It is not safe to be fumbling with knots in thedark. One time I was so busy trying to un-tie the knot, that I failed to securely set my pack down. To my surprise and horror, it fell the 18 feet to the ground, bouncing off my bow as it went by! Never climb with any gear or weapon.
3. Before you hook anything to any rope, give them all a few good tugs.
4. Secure you and your harness to the tree before pulling up any of your gear.
5. Pre-install hooks to hang everything and then install some more. I use portable strap-on tree Steps to hang my gear. I will hang a few feet above his head and get some at different heights around the arms, on the back of the tree.
6. Cut one gallons round pitcher (like Clorox), about halfway from the bottom, so that the whole pot is open. Paint the outside dark gray. Cut a hole near ¾ inch in the side, near the opening. Mount the pot on any such steps on the back of the tree. Next time, Mr. Big is a stroll down the path, you have somewhere that coffee depositCup.
7. Never consult a deer. There is no better way to hurt themselves with sprains and strains, when the terrible task only in that the dead weight of the forest. For those who do not own a Four Wheeler, the purchase of two-wheel cart. I have a folding model, which costs about $ 100. It is by far one of the best hunting tools I have ever bought.
8. If you do not have a cell phone and / or can not be a signal in the neck of the woods, get a few of the newer walkie-talkies like the Motorola 2-WayRadios. If you are hunting with a partner to share one. If you choose to hunt alone on that day, put a backpack and leave the others on your dashboard with a note to your approximate location.
These are just some of the experiences of my 35-plus years in this field. As technology changes and hunting equipment and improved, a whole series of new safety concerns apparent. A safety-minded hunters always ensure that assessments of its environment and equipment that this weekend, the hunt is not themodified for the season, which some stupid, avoidable accidents.
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