Environmental Resources Unit

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Environmental Resources Unit

• Animal Wildlife Management

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Problem Area

• Safety and Ethics

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Lesson

• Understanding Hunting Safety

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Learning Targets

• I can explain hunting as a sport.
• I can list important regulations that govern
  hunting.
• I can explain firearm handling and safety.
• I can explain firearm safety in the home.
• I can list basic survival rules.

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Terms to Know

• Ammunition
• Bag limit
• Compass
• Firearm
• Game
• Hunting
• Hunting gear
• Hunting license

• Prevention
• Season length
• Shooting
• Solvent
• STOP
• Topographical map
• Trigger lock
• Zone

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What is hunting?

• Hunting is harvesting game for food.
• Game animals are animals hunted for food or
  sport. Game is a crop produced by the land.
• Hunting is a wildlife management tool.
• It reduces wildlife populations and helps to keep
  a balance between the number of animals in an
  area and the ability of the area to provide food.

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What is hunting?

• All people where hunters at one time.
• Before domestication, all where harvested using
  the hunting and gathering technique.
• Modern sport hunting is a carryover from the time
  that hunting animals for food and clothing was
  necessary for human survival.

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Why do people hunt?

• Some people like the taste of game.
• Many people enjoy learning to identify game
  signs, calling game and scouting.
• Some people like the challenge, both physically
  and mentally.
• Some people enjoy the outdoors and the relaxation
  that come with being outdoors.

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What is shooting?

• Shooting is the non-hunting firing of guns to
  develop skills in aiming, firing and accuracy.
• Shooting is usually done at different kinds of
  targets.
• Not all shooters are hunters.
• Some people enjoy target shooting yet choose not
  to hunt.

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What makes a safe shooter?

• Eye protection
• Ear protection
• Muzzle control
• Correct stance
• Knows their zone of fire
• Knows their weapon

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What are the responsibilities of a good hunter?

• Treat all property with respect and try to leave
  the land better than they found it.
• Respect the landowners right to privacy and
  safety.
• Show respect for all wildlife.
• Show respect to all who use the outdoors.
• Answering for your actions and knowing the
  difference between right and wrong.

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What about a bad hunter?

• It takes only a few irresponsible hunters to harm
  the Image people have of all hunters.
• Taking game where hunting is not allowed, or
  while trespassing, or out of season or before and
  after shooting hours is called poaching
• Poaching is illegal!!!!

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What are some important regulations that govern
hunting?

• The Pittman-Robertson Act
• Referred as the Federal Aid in Wildlife
  Restoration Act.
• Sponsored by Senators Key Pittman and Willis
  Robertson, Signed into law in 1937 by President
  Roosevelt
• Pittman-Robertson money is used to finance Hunter
  Education

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What are some important regulations that govern
hunting?

• A hunting license is a small written document
  that indicates that an individual has paid a fee
  and is legally entitled to hunt.

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What are some important regulations that govern
hunting?

• Bag limit-the number of animals that can be
  legally harvested in one day or season.
• Sometimes known as daily limits.
• Set by population estimates by the Department of
  Natural Resources.
• Season length-the number of days that a species
  can be hunted in one year.

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What are some important regulations that govern
hunting?

• Hunting Gearall of the devices used in taking
  game and protecting the hunter.
• Firearma tool that propels a projectile (bullet)
  by burning gunpowder.
• There are laws that regulate the kinds (and
  sizes) of firearms that can be used with various
  species.

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What are some important regulations that govern
hunting?

• Ammunitionany combination of powder, shot or
  bullets used in shotguns, rifles or pistols.
• There are laws that regulate the kinds (and
  sizes) of ammunition that can be used with
  various species.

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How do you handle firearms safely?

• Treat every firearm with the same respect due a
  loaded firearm
• Control the direction of your firearms muzzle
• I.D. your target and what is beyond it
• Be sure the barrel and action are clear of
  obstructions and that you have only ammunition of
  the proper size for the firearm you are carrying.

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How Safe is Hunting?
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How do you handle firearms safely?

• What is a safety?
• A mechanical device that may fail!

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How do you handle firearms safely?

• Unload firearms when not in use. Leave the
  actions open.
• Never point a firearm at anything you do not want
  to shoot. Avoid all horseplay with a firearm.
• Never climb a fence or tree, or jump a ditch or
  log with a loaded firearm.

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How do you handle firearms safely?

• Never shoot a bullet at a flat, hard surface or
  water.
• Store firearms and ammunition separately beyond
  the reach of children and careless adults.
• Avoid alcoholic beverages or other mood-altering
  drugs before or while shooting.

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How do you handle firearms safely?

• Field Carries
• Trail
• Sling
• Shoulder
• Double hand
• Elbow
• Cradle

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How do you handle firearms safely?
2-hand or ready carry
Shoulder carry
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How do you handle firearms safely?
Sling carry
Side or elbow carry
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How do you handle firearms safely?

• Know the vitals of you target species.
• Large animals-front chest area contains the heart
  and lungs.
• Turkeys are difficult to kill in the chest area.
  Target the head and neck regions.

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How do you handle firearms safely?

• Shoot only within your distance limitations.
• Avoid taking long shots.
• Be sure aiming point is visible and is free of
  obstruction.
• Alert animals are risky targets.
• Try for a quartering away shot on big game.
• Avoid moving away shots.

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How do you handle firearms safely?

• To insure a safe hunting trip for everyone, they
  plan a shooters zone of fire.
• A zone is the area in which a hunter plans on
  shooting.
• Points of Note
• Two hunters should not shoot at the same game.
• Dont take an over-the-hill shot.
• Know your limitations!

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How do you handle firearms safely?

• Prevention-taking steps so that accidents can be
  prevented.
• Relax, do not become overeager.
• Never load or transport loaded and uncased
  weapons. IT IS THE LAW.
• Transporting includes vehicle, boat, ATV,
  bicycle-even on horseback.
• Know your Master Eye. It makes a difference
  when aiming.

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Activity-Finding Your Master Eye

• Face an object about 10 feet 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
• Close one eye at a time
• Without moving your hands, the eye that keeps the
  object in the center of the triangle is your
  dominant or master eye.

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How can firearms be safe in the home?

• Always carefully and completely unload sporting
  firearms before bringing them into the home.
• Never load a sporting firearm in the home.
• Store firearms in your home in a secure location
  such as a locking steel cabinet or gun safe.
  Glass front gun cabinets are not considered to be
  a secure storage area.
• Remember to place firearm in their proper storage
  location.

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How can firearms be safe in the home?

• Responsible hunters make certain the firearms in
  their home are not easily accessible to anyone
  who may not be trained in the safe handling of
  firearms.
• Always use a trigger lock or cable lock-a safety
  device used to prevent a firearm from being
  accidentally fired.
• Cable locks are available free of charge through
  Project Childsafe.

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How can firearms be safe in the home?
Cable Lock
Trigger Lock
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How can firearms be safe in the home?

• It is important to clean all firearms prior to
  storage to prevent rust.
• Brush away dirt, sand and leaves from the action
  and barrel.
• Use a solvent, a mixture of cleaning compounds
  that are high in concentration.

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How can firearms be safe in the home?

• Put a light coat of oil on the inside and
  outside.
• Avoid touching the firearm with bare hands after
  cleaning as the chemicals your skin can cause
  rust or a discolored area on the gun metal.

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How can firearms be safe in the home?

• Store the firearm in a dry place in order to
  prevent rust.
• An electric ionization rod can be used to help
  prevent rust.
• Firearms and ammunition should be in separate
  locations.
• Make sure key to locks are hidden and out of
  reach of children.

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What are the basic survival rules when hunting?

• Now how to use a topographical map-aerial
  drawings of the area to be hunted.
• Know how to use a compass-an instrument used for
  determining directions.

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What are the basic survival rules when hunting?

• If lost-remember S.T.O.P.
• sit down
• think
• observe
• plan
• Plan ahead
• Know how to build a fire
• Carry a cellular phone

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What are the basic survival rules when hunting?

• Tell someone where you are going
• Never hunt alone
• Carry food water
• Take along two compasses a map
• Wear proper clothing
• Observe weather forecasts

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What are the basic survival rules when hunting?

• Pack a survival kit.
• Spare knife
• Spare compass
• Whistle
• Matches in waterproof container
• Second fire making method
• Fire starter

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What are the basic survival rules when hunting?

• Survival kit, continued
• Medications
• First Aid Kit
• Drinking water
• Nylon cord
• Extra glasses
• Sunglasses