Hunter safety

[perma]

So my wife just got back from hunter safety class and she passed with a 94%, missing only one question I lightly scalded her on, and the other two I would admit I would have missed, because of interpretation.

She had to do a firearm demonstration to the teacher. We practiced a bit last night which ultimately paid off for her.

There was a younger fellow there who was asked to load a rifle with the correct cartridge. As we all know, this can be fatal if you don’t do this correctly. This guy couldn’t get it right after 3 tries. He was asked to leave.

I sit back and got a bit humbled. Sometimes the easy things we all are accustomed to are hard to decipher by others. As a result of such, there was 3 chances this guy would have been seriously injured or worse. 3 times.

I’m not picking on the dude, and if you are reading this, I’m sorry if it was interpreted that way. Sure, it’s a very simple procedure. But I just think of what “could have been” if the firearm demonstration was not a part of the class….

Her passing the class was a great reminder to remember the simple things and the safe things.

Anyway, my wife will now be contributing to the already tough draw odds. Sorry!

 

[ashersdad]

Congrats to your wife!

 

[JLS]

Congratulations to your wife. Headstamp identification is one of the portions we do for the online field day.

 

[AlaskaHunter]

"There was a younger fellow there who was asked to load a rifle with the correct cartridge. As we all know, this can be fatal if you don’t do this correctly. This guy couldn’t get it right after 3 tries. He was asked to leave"
What was he doing incorrectly? Loading a .270 in a .308 chamber?

 

[perma]

"There was a younger fellow there who was asked to load a rifle with the correct cartridge. As we all know, this can be fatal if you don’t do this correctly. This guy couldn’t get it right after 3 tries. He was asked to leave"
What was he doing incorrectly? Loading a .270 in a .308 chamber?

Yes. Don’t know about the specific cartridge, though.

 

[Dakota79]

It would have been nice if somebody would show him how to do it correctly before asking him to leave.

 

[perma]

It would have been nice if somebody would show him how to do it correctly before asking him to leave.

So I probably should have provided some clarity to this. In WY (and I assume other states), you can either take a 3 day class and learn all of it from an instructor, or you can take the class on huntered.com and pass the online course, come to the 4 hour class for a quick overview, firearm demonstration and test. This particular one was the four hour class. In the online course, it does give a lecture on firearm safety which did include placing the right cartridge in the right gun.