My instructor hunter safety was one of the best. He wore his instructors patch proud of his Scottish wool red coat worn by the last day he was hunting. Me and my brothers were hunters safety learning for a lifetime of lessons. He was our father, and even though he died in 2000, we know that hunting with us in every season.
Firearm safety is by far the highest concentration in all safety training program should be like Hunter. Handling a gun for hunting, cleaning, loading, unloading,foundation, etc., but there's more.
It is 10 o'clock in the morning and the forest is quiet sun-up. Apart from the occasional Blue Jay and a couple of squirrels, all is peaceful. To hang the bow on the hook, grab your thermos out of the bag and pour the last cup of coffee to ward off the morning chill. They hang the thermos on one of these branches that you cut deliberately hung a little 'long when you got your tree. Have a hand in the pocket and wound the otherCup heat. You are in the middle of a sip and see item directly to your booth. Perhaps no trophy size, but a decent shooter and your heart starts beating. To think and not with a uniform motion of a starting point, set the cup as he tried the bow grip. You can not download or fall. He feels it and, worse still, will the smell. At that moment, a racing heart, you really think of certain moves, where you have your feet where wiring is whether the end ofArrow, which is razor sharp broad head? It may not seem, at the time, but you can not see where an accident occurs?
While security will always be the number one weapon, here are some tips to make your hunting experience safe and perhaps even more fun.
1 Hang an orange flag flames right under your tree stand at eye level, or when hunting from a ground blind, a Mount up. The camouflage pattern on the ground tends most recent being the maximum, verydisappear. A flag was put under the tree as a warning to other hunters of your presence. And then, the deer can not see blaze orange better than any other color. I get my share of deer every year and usually dress like a Christmas tree.
2 Use more than one cable to the equipment, you get to your stand. I always at least my backpack and weapon and, sometimes, a bag camera. I hung three strings, all with easy-open clips on the ends. It is not safe to be fumbling with knotsdark. Once I was so busy trying not to tie the knot-that I can easily set my backpack down. To my surprise and dismay, fell 18 feet to the ground, bounced off my bow, as it went through! Never climb with a weapon or tool.
3 Before connecting a little 'each cable, everyone has a good couple of tugs.
4 Fair use you and your tree before pulling one of your devices.
5 Pre-install hook to hang it all and then install a few more. I use strap-on portable treeSteps to hang my clothes. I hang a few inches above my head, and some at different heights to reach the poor, on the back of the property.
6 Cut a round gallon jug (like Clorox), about halfway from the bottom up, so that the entire vessel is open. Exterior color dark gray. Cut a ¾ inch hole near the side to close the opening. Hang the jug on one of these steps at the rear of the structure. The next time that Mr. Big is walking down the aisle, you have a place to returnCup of coffee.
7 Avoiding deer to shoot. There is no better way to be injured by sprains and strains, like the terrible task that only the dead weight out of the woods. For those not in possession of a wheel, the purchase of a wheeled cart. I have a folding model that cost about $ 100. And 'by far one of the best tools for hunting I have ever bought.
8 If you do not have a cell phone and / or can not get a signal to the neck of the woods, get a pair of the most recent radio, such as the Motorola2-way radios. If you share a hunt with a partner. If you decide to hunt by himself that day, put a backpack and leave the other on the dashboard, with a note on the approximate location.
These are just some of the lessons learned over my 35 years in the field. As technology changes and hunting equipment and improve the results in a new series of security problems. A security-minded hunters always guarantee the immediate environment and gear reviews, this weekend will not be huntinglast for the season, some of the stupid, preventable accident.