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HUNTING ACCIDENTS

Continued from page 8 Under practical conditions in the field, young hunters are taught target identification. They hear the story of the man who shot a six-foot five-inch companion weighing 240 pounds and said, "I was sure he was a woodchuck." They learn to hold their fire until they answer the six basic questions of game recognition: Color? Size? Movement? Location? Behavior? And, finally, Where is everybody? They are told it's dangerous to use Grandfather's antique shotgun. Old guns are usually made of twisted Damascus-process steel and won't hold together under the pounding of today's high-power ammunition. They are warned against hair triggers, blind firing, arrogance, and alcohol. Basic physical examinations eliminate would-be hunters with defective coordination or dangerously poor eyesight. "Show-offs," along with the lazy, the undisciplined, and the defiant, are promptly kicked out of the course. IN 1955, South Dakota reported that 49% of its accidents were caused by boys of twenty or under. That year, the state passed a hunter-training law concentrated on young people, and only three years later recorded a 53% decrease in juvenile hunting accidents. In New York, after ten years of hunter training, accidents have been cut in half. This year, applicants, regardless of age, who apply for a first-time license must take the hunter-safety course. There is no doubt that mandatory hunter training works.

Seven Lifesaving Tips

With the 1961 season upon us, and more than fifteen million hunters preparing to go out, here are seven tips that may save your life—or someone else's—this fall: Keep calm. Tense, overanxious hunters are often trigger-happy and fire when they least mean to do so. Don't count on red to save your life. Eight percent of all hunters (along with the entire U.S. population) are color-blind and see red as muddy brown—the exact shade of a plump deer. Safest color bet: Bright chrome yellow, the color used for most school buses, or a blaze orange. Respect the .22 rifle. It isn't a child's toy, although many adults think it is. A .22 can kill at half a mile. Take a coffee break in mid-morning. And quit early in the afternoon. Research shows there's a fatigue factor that seems to make hunting accidents rise at 11 a.m. and 4 p.m. Store guns and ammunition separately. Be sure the wrong person can't get hold of both at the same time. Be particularly careful during the early days of the season. The first few days usually see 27% of the accidents, the first two weeks, 69%! Treat every gun as though it were loaded even if you have just unloaded it yourself. Two-thirds of all hunting accidents occur for a single, simple reason. A gun was loaded when it should not have been. Live to enjoy the lovely autumn foliage—and let others enjoy it with you.

10 Suburbia Today, October 1961