Does anyone happen to know when and where the next hunter safety course will be held?
Yeah I do.. well , I did...
Derek was talking about it a few nights ago as he wants Rochelle to take it. I will call right now and ask.
Be back in a sec.
If you click on the Flint Oak Schedule.. you can go to the dates of August 11-12 and it will give you the event of Hunters Safety. Click on this and you will getr a gif file that will give you all the information.
http://flintoak.com/events/calendar/index.php (http://flintoak.com/events/calendar/index.php)
Thanks Teresa :)
No matter what good stuff you learn at hunter's safety, don't forget hunting safety rule number one: Never go hunting with Dick Cheney.
;)
That's because Dick Cheney forgot the first rules of Hunter Safety.
Four Rules of Gun Safety
1. Most important of all safety rules: Keep The Gun Pointed in a safe direction
Look around and see who or what might be in the line of fire
Always carry your gun pointed in a safe direction
Unload and secure your gun when crossing an obstacle or difficult terrain.
2. Every Gun Is Loaded until you check it out yourself!
Open the action when you pick up a gun
Open the action before passing the gun to another hunter
3. Keep Your Finger Off the Trigger until you're ready to shoot!
Keep all of your fingers behind the trigger guard
Get into position and ready before you put yourfinger on the trigger
4. Be Sure of Your Target and what lies beyond it!
Avoid hill top shots, or shots with an obscure background.
Best backgrounds are hillsides or dirt banks free of big rocks.
Identify your animal from tip (nose) to tail before you shoot. Never shoot at a sound or movement.
If Dick Cheney is there, keep him down range, and shoot back!
I'l bring the extra ammo.
;D
Shame on you guys for teasing about the Vice President and his lack of hunter safety care. Remember, he is probably too old to have been made to take hunter's safety class and he probably grandfathered in.
Janet, I think you're being a little too generous there. If he were too old to be forced to take the Hunter's Safety course, that wouldn't excuse him from careless use of a gun ~ any more than saying that I didn't have tennis lessons so I should be excused for beating someone over the head with my racket :o. Oh, I know, you know that. Guess I'm just a little cranky today, thinking of all the excuses people come up with for bad behavior, instead of taking responsibility as they should. Maybe I just need a nap? ??? Don't worry, I don't really own a tennis racket. :angel:
Hunters safety is only as good as the person taking it.
Anyone can pass the tests... but it is afterwards when you have the responsibility of handling the firearms around other people.. ( who might not be safe) .. THAT is where the real passing of the tests comes in.
Kevin.. thanks for posting the 'rules' ..
If you are going to own and operate a gun or guns.. these things should be second nature to you.
Well, think about the Cheney situation this way...Was it really Dick's fault or was it the fault of the man that Dick shot?
Either way.. he will never live it down...
This is true. And do we really know the true story?
You think there might have been a jealous husband involved?
Nah. I think it was just some old men hunting and not paying attention to what they were doing.
Let me see. Cheney shot the fellow. He says he shot the fellow. The fellow was shot. He says Cheney shot him. I don't think it was self-defense. I read all of the reports, including statements by both parties and eyewitnesses.
I think maybe the fellow who discharged the firearm may have made an error. Even if that fellow is a Republican.
I don't follow news much after the headlines ~ so don't know much about that particular incident (and don't care) but as you all probably know, hunter's safety isn't exclusively about how to shoot or not shoot a gun.
I've been hunting before with careless or self-centered people who don't watch where they are going or behave as they should; and heard similar accounts from other folks.
Hunting with that kind of person is a little like driving with the neighboring driver talking on a cell phone and eating a messy hamburger at the same time. You have to watch what they are doing, or might do, or fail to do; as well as control your own vehicle ~ and still end up where you plan to.
The other guy's actions don't excuse a shooting, I'm not saying that. But the responsibility goes both ways, and it's why most hunters are very picky about whom they hunt with.
Yes, that's very true. We have a LOT of deer here, so deer season is very big. Every year there are crazy accidents, from falling out of deer stands to dropping their weapon out of the deer stand and having it go off, to tripping and firing etc. They are all completely avoidable! We have a big goose season too, but have no accidents because they sit in their blinds and shoot up from there.
Maybe we can get the deer to fly.
;)
If bison have wings, I suspect deer do also, they're just too dumb to use them.
Well, that's true, sometimes they don't seem too smart. I notice they hardly ever use those crosswalks that the highway people are nice enough to mark for them.
;)
You two know that deer don't need wings to fly! On Dasher! On Dancer! ;D
They are tasty though!
Yum! Indeed they are. There is a guy here in town that makes excellent venison sausage and sells it at the Farmers Market. He is just a community treasure.
You guys are so gullible. ;D Go back to #18... Did I ever say that humans had the weapons? The Far Side was my all time favorite cartoon.
I'm gullible enough to wonder abouut your indexing system. ;0) Hmmmm. This one is referenced as:
http://www.cascity.com/howard/forum/index.php/topic,2980.msg18448/topicseen.html#msg18448 (http://www.cascity.com/howard/forum/index.php/topic,2980.msg18448/topicseen.html#msg18448)
So you mean number 18 in this thread, maybe? Yup that may be!
And I appreciate the compliment. I haven't been called gullible in 40 years.
Gotcha!
Do the geese use smaller weapons than the deer?
Just a little .410 with bird shot. yuk,yuk.
Ooh! Hunter-quarry weapons equality!
What a concept.
;D