Firearm Safety
The direction your muzzle should always point
What is safe direction?
In Oklahoma, this is required to hunt on any private property.
What is landowner permission?
Hunters show this when they treat wildlife and the environment with respect.
What is ethical behavior?
The first sign of hypothermia.
What is shivering?
This piece of equipment must be worn anytime you are off the ground in a tree stand.
What is a full-body safety harness?
Before pulling the trigger, you must be certain of these two things.
What is the target and what is beyond it?
Hunters must carry this document on their person while hunting.
What is a hunting license?
Ethical hunters only take these kinds of shots.
What are high-percentage, responsible shots?
The method of staying calm and creating a plan when lost: stop, think, observe, and plan
What is the STOP method?
The safest way to raise a firearm into a tree stand.
What is using a haul line with the firearm unloaded and muzzle down?
This color marking on your barrel tells you the correct ammunition to use.
What is the caliber or gauge marking?
Wearing this color is required during firearm seasons.
What is blaze orange?
Picking up trash and following property rules are responsibilities toward this person.
Who is the landowner?
This type of signal can help rescuers locate you if you are lost.
What is a whistle or three blasts (distress signal)?
Most tree stand falls happen during this part of the process.
The safest way to cross a fence while carrying a firearm.
What is unload the firearm, place it on the ground pointed away, cross the fence, and then retrieve it?
These laws protect wildlife populations for future generations.
What are wildlife conservation laws?
This describes the idea that ethics guide wha hunters "should" do, not just what they must do legally.
What is the difference between ethics and laws?
A basic survival kit should always include these three items.
What are fire starters, a map/compass, and a first-aid kit?
When hunting with others, this must be communicated before taking positions.
What is each hunter's safe zone of fire?
This "zone" describes the area in which a hunter can safely shoot.
What is the safe zone of fire?
This term refers to the number of animals an area can support without damage to the ecosystem.
What is carrying capacity?
When a hunter wounds an animal, this is their ethical responsibility.
What is tracking and recovering the animal responsibility?
This happens when the body loses heat faster than it can produce it.
What is hypothermia?
What is a tree stand safety check?