| A hunter has many reasons to get injured, but | | | | at a person. There are one too many tales of |
| one of the most common reasons is improper | | | | people flippantly pointing guns at their companions |
| handling of the gun. Sadly, there are a number of | | | | and the trigger accidentally going off causing |
| hunters who take for granted the safety | | | | death or injury. For these reasons, it would be |
| precautions that need to be followed while hunting | | | | common sense to always keep the gun pointed |
| with a gun. The number of injuries relating to | | | | at something safe and attentively away from all |
| improper handling of the gun is on the rise and | | | | humans including yourself. This rule should be |
| one too many people are falling victim to the | | | | followed whether or not the gun is loaded. |
| carelessness. If you are a logical and good hunter, | | | | Another reminder, that is more common sense |
| take good note of all safety precautions that | | | | than anything else, is that you should never ever |
| relate to the weapon and learn everything about | | | | look down the gun's barrel to check if it is loaded. |
| basic gun safety while hunting. | | | | As mentioned above, one must always treat the |
| The most important and fundamental law when it | | | | gun as loaded, and when it comes to handling one, |
| comes to gun hunting is that one should always | | | | should never treat it like a harmless toy. You |
| treat it as if it were loaded. This guideline is | | | | never know if the gun has some gun powder |
| universal for guns, and is not restricted to any | | | | residue that has gotten lodged inside the gun and |
| one particular type of gun. You should never | | | | cause it to fire exactly when you are pointing it at |
| assume a gun is unloaded. Treat the gun like a | | | | yourself. Keep the gun away from your face at |
| bomb. Do not be flippant with it and wave it | | | | all times. |
| around at others faces, and keep it for | | | | Never drop the gun. This is very important. |
| everybody to see. There area number of things | | | | Dropping a gun can lead to accidental firing sending |
| that can happen if even a small amount of gun | | | | the powder or bullet in a chaotic and random |
| powder residue remains thus leading up to the | | | | direction that can prove to be disastrous. Always |
| chances of a potentially dangerous incident taking | | | | treat the gun carefully and hold it with both your |
| place. Instead of this happening, you should always | | | | hands. |
| assume the gun is loaded. | | | | Do not, under any circumstance, hand over the |
| Remember all hunting safety techniques when | | | | gun to an intoxicated person. Drugs and alcohol |
| you are on the field hunting. Always keep your | | | | slow down the reasoning process of the brain |
| fingers in an indexed position till you are ready to | | | | causing the person to lose better judgment and |
| fire. This helps tin avoiding all accidental firing that | | | | control over oneself. It is possible that the |
| can lead to serious injury. Keep your fingers a | | | | intoxicated person will lose control and fire the gun |
| little folded and away from the gun's trigger. | | | | in an inappropriate direction leading to death or |
| When it is important to keep the finger near the | | | | injury. |
| trigger, fold the fingers and keep them away | | | | If you want to make sure that your hunting trip |
| from notches till you are prepared to fire at the | | | | is safe and happy, follow all these rules carefully. |
| target. You must be extremely careful, because | | | | If you do not pay attention to the safety |
| one wrong move on your part can cause an | | | | regulations, you are increasing the risk factor of |
| accident resulting in death or injury. | | | | your hunting trip to more than two times leading |
| Always point the gun in a direction that is safe. | | | | to an inevitable incident of injury. Always maintain |
| This means that you should never point the gun | | | | safety while handling a gun and on a hunting trip. |