It’s important when you take children hunting to teach them about supervision. Supervision is also extremely important. Kids can hunt at any age with a trained hunting mentor. kids ages 12-16 must take a hunting safety course for a Junior Hunting License. Supervision is required in both cases. Here are some more tips:
1: Make sure your safety is always on and that the barrel is pointing down when you are walking with or transporting your gun.
2: Make sure that you are certain of your target before you take your shot. That is, make sure that you are shooting at an animal and not a human and that there are no people anywhere near the animal you are shooting at.
3: Wear the required amount of orange so that you don’t become another hunter’s target. Wear a brightly colored hat so that you will not be mistaken for a target.
4: If you are using a tree stand to hunt, don’t forget to wear a safety harness from the second your feet leave the ground.
5: Make sure children know how everything operates before use. Safety requires that you ask questions and have practice sessions before you put any new equipment or techniques to work.
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