Firearms
Your Responsibility With Firearms
- Follow safe gun-handling rules
- Safely store firearms and ammunition separately
- Shoot only at targets and legal game
- Clean up after shooting
- Become proficient with hunting arms
- Safely and efficiently operate firearms
- Take only safe, sure shots - never guess or take chances
Always wear eye and ear protection while shooting firearms.
These are the major causes of most accidents.
It makes one shudder...
- hunter swinging on game, shoots victim
- horseplay with a gun
- victim moves into line of fire
- shooting from a vehicle
- shooter unsure of backdrop
- mistaken for game
- loaded firearm in a vehicle
- unsafe crossing of an obstacle
- unsafe loading/unloading
- unsecured gun rest
- obstruction in the barrel
- defective firearm or ammunition
- trigger caught on an object
- shooter stumbled and fell
- victim out of sight.
Follow These Rules
and you will never cause accidents
- Always point your gun
in a safe direction - Assume every gun is loaded
until you have checked it yourself - Keep your finger off
the trigger - until you are ready to shoot - Be sure of your target
and what lies beyond it
Learn how to operate your firearm
before going shooting
- Have someone experienced in the use of your firearm show you how to operate and maintain it
- Disassemble, clean and reassemble your firearm
- Work the action with dummy ammunition
- Load live ammunition only at the range or while hunting
- Always keep your firearm pointed in a safe direction
Finding Your Dominant Eye
- Face an object about 10 feet (3.04 m) away
- Extend your arms straight out in front of you
- Form a small triangle by overlapping your hands
- Look through the triangle with both eyes
- Focus on the object
- Bring the triangle toward your eyes, while keeping the object in focus at all times
- To keep the object in sight, the triangle will move toward your dominant eye
