| Learning the basics of safe hunting is | | | | seasons. During the stand, these should |
| not all that there is to it. A hunter | | | | be worn by a hunter at all times and |
| must develop some responsibilities that | | | | never taken off even once. |
| come with participating in the sport. | | | | Hunters are tasked to keep separately |
| While unwritten rules make an ethical | | | | their ammunitions and guns in storage |
| hunter, a profound understanding of | | | | that are locked. They are directed never |
| sporting codes, wildlife management and | | | | to shoot unless they are absolutely |
| game laws are as significant as handling | | | | certain of their targets. It is also |
| hunting ammunitions and weapons safely. | | | | protocol for these hunters to know their |
| Professional hunting groups teach and | | | | weapon's range, because even a .22 |
| expect their members to adhere to all | | | | rimfire of a gun can travel to over two |
| safety rules. Hunting hobbyists do their | | | | and a half miles. Eye and ear |
| best to obtain hunting and marksmanship | | | | protections are a must when hunters are |
| skills that assure clean sportsmanship. | | | | on the field, shooting. |
| Hunters are also proud supporters of | | | | Gun action and barrels should at all |
| wildlife conservation efforts; this | | | | times be clear of obstructions. Hunters |
| support in turn ensures good hunting for | | | | are expected to know this by heart. |
| generations to come. | | | | Hunting gurus are also strictly asked to |
| During camping, hunters are expected to | | | | carry ammunition that is only intended |
| keep their campsites neat and | | | | for the hunting weapon that they are |
| inoffensive. It is unethical to openly | | | | currently using. Hunters are also |
| display their kill in their vehicle or | | | | observed to be always carrying handguns |
| during camp. | | | | in which their hammers are down on an |
| To a certain extent, experienced hunters | | | | unfilled chamber. |
| know very well not to rely on their | | | | During hunting camps, hunters are |
| weapon's safety. To ensure paramount | | | | assigned to buddies whom they inform on |
| safety, hunters should treat all hunting | | | | which part of the area they intend to |
| guns and weapons as if they were fully | | | | hunt and when they are expected to |
| loaded or ready to fire. They are | | | | return. Hunters are expected to promptly |
| expected to never climb trees, stand or | | | | notify in case plans on an area of |
| jump in ditches or cross fences while | | | | target changes at any given time. |
| carrying a loaded gun. They are neither | | | | Other basic rules include dressing |
| allowed to winch a loaded gun to a stand | | | | appropriately for the weather, taking |
| nor to load and then carry loaded weapon | | | | maps and compass so as not to lose track |
| until these are for actual use. Before | | | | of the area, and being vigilant for |
| hopping to vehicles, weapons should at | | | | other possible sources of threat. Just |
| all times be unloaded. | | | | like any outdoor hobbyists, hunters are |
| The skilled hunters always watch their | | | | expected to carry flashlights with them |
| muzzle so that other fellows don't have | | | | during their walks through and |
| to. They are instructed to wear hunting | | | | throughout the hunting area. |
| gears in bright colors, specifically | | | | The hunting hobby aims to inculcate, |
| orange, so they can be clearly seen, | | | | especially to the youngsters, the |
| even from afar. The gear is completed by | | | | expertise vital to becoming a true |
| a hat in blaze orange. According to | | | | outdoor lover. There can be no better |
| rules, a hunter orange should be worn at | | | | way to enjoy this pastime that has |
| around 400 square inches above the | | | | existed for decades! |
| body's waistline during all deer hunting | | | | |