Hunter Safety

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Hunter Safety

• This is not a hunter safety course
• I am not a hunter safety instructor.
• Review of common principles

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Agenda

• Accidental discharge
• Four primary causes of incidents
• Five rules of gun safety
• HSA elements
• Guaranteed way to prevent a firearm discharge
• Two safest places to keep a hand gun

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There is no such thing as an accidental
discharge!!!!!!

• Negligent discharge is the proper terminology

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Four Main Causes of Hunting Incidents

• Hunter Judgment Mistakes
• Safety Rule Violations
• Lack of Control and Practice
• Mechanical Failure

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• Eighty percent of all firearm accidents occur
  within 10 yards of the muzzle.

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Five Rules of Gun Safety

• All guns are loaded
• Never point a gun at anything you are not
  prepared to destroy
• Do not put your finger on the trigger until your
  sights are on the target
• Be sure of your target and what is behind it.
• Guns and alcohol are a recipe for disaster.

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HSA

• Procedures
• Equipment
• Positions of People
• PPE
• Management of Change

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Procedures

• Pre Travel meeting
• Pre Hunt meeting
• Post hunt meeting
• 4 Rules of gun safety
• Unloaded, bolt open, cased
• Group or individual
• Travel
• Birds, blinds,

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Equipment

• Gun
• Ammo
• Good repair
• Boots
• Visible
• First aid kit

• Knife
• Water
• Fire
• Rope
• Map or GPS

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Positions of People

• Group or individual
• Zone of fire
• Distance apart
• 45 o in front
• No fire zone
• Blinds
• Nearby blinds

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PPE

• Eyes
• Ears
• Head
• Feet
• Body

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Management of Change

• Game down
• Gun Malfunction
• Weather
• Visibility
• Hunter injured
• Any unplanned event

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Guns and Alcohol do not mix

• Secure guns

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Guaranteed safe firearm

• Unload and show me clear
• Look in barrel
• Look in magazine
• Bolt forward
• Muzzle in safe direction
• Pull trigger
• Case firearm

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Two safest places to keep a handgun

• Locked up
• On your person

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