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Avoiding Negligence to Avoid Accidents
Deer Hunting Secrets
Discover The Closely Guarded True Secrets Of Master Hunters.
Author: Mitch Johnson The accident during hunting can be happen because of the
neglect. A hunter must handle his gun in a proper way. In this article you will
find the methods on how to handle your gun in a correct way.
When a man is alone in the woods, he has only himself to protect and yet
hundreds have accidentally shot themselves by grasping their gun by the barrel
and handling it in such a way that some object has come in contact with the
hammer or trigger with force enough to cause the cartridge to explode. Only
recently, there was a case of a youth's injuring himself by using the butt of
his gun as a club to beat the brush in an effort to drive a deer from cover. A
few years ago a rabbit hunter stood with his hand on the muzzle of his gun when
his dog jumped up and pulled the trigger with his paw. The hunter received a
badly mangled hand. These and hundreds of similar incidents could be prevented
if hunters would show proper respect for a gun's potential danger.
Guns are made for the purpose of killing. The firing mechanism is designed to be
operated by the trigger finger, yet many men seem to forget that any other
object pressing on the trigger will explode the cartridge. Some of the hammer
guns can be discharged by some objects pressing on the hammer, as in cocking,
and then releasing the pressure before the gun is fully cocked. As a young man,
I was well aware of this danger, having visited one victim of such an accident
and having heard of several other cases, all of which had been caused by the
accidental discharge of the old hammer shotguns. Since these were shotgun
accidents, I assumed that my rifle was immune to such incidents. The hammer
could not strike the firing pin unless the trigger was pulled, even if it were
released before reaching the full cocked position.
I considered the gun to be safe as long as the hammer was down or at the
half-cock position, and yet I was able to get myself into a situation in which
the gun was accidentally discharged. I was following a deer track across a cedar
swamp where the trees were so thick that I was forced to crash my way through,
with dead branches continually catching my clothing and impeding progress. In
some manner, one of these branches caught in the trigger guard and another came
in contact with the hammer. Instead of looking to see what was holding the gun,
I gave it a yank in exasperation that discharged the gun. There was no harm
done, but since that time I have carried my gun with my right hand in such a
position that twigs and branches cannot come in contact with the trigger. Many a
gun, especially of the old hammer type, has been accidentally discharged while
the hunter was cocking or uncocking it and his thumb slipped from the hammer. It
will pay to be very sure that the gun is pointed in a harmless direction at
these times as well as all others.
Most guns are equipped with some safety device. It is there for the hunter's
protection, although many men neglect to make use of this important feature.
Some seem to endow a gun with an intelligence. They seem to think that if they
use a gun for deer hunting that it will kill nothing but deer. Rabbit and duck
hunters sometimes seem to think along the same line, while in reality the gun
itself is utterly indifferent about the type of object at which it is pointed. A
deer gun will kill a duck or rabbit and a gun that is used for small game will
kill a deer or a man as well as the game for which it is intended. Momentary
forgetfulness of this fact can cause a disastrous accident to the hunter or to
any other person who might be within the range of the gun.
Occasionally a loaded gun will be discharged by a jar on the butt or by falling
to the ground when left leaning against some object. Such guns are mechanically
defective and should be repaired or discarded, unless they have been especially
adjusted for target use. If they are so adjusted, they should never be used in
the woods. Hunting guns should have a trigger pull of at least four pounds so
that jars and minor pressure on the trigger will not cause the discharge of the
gun.
People whoever they are, must follow the safety instruction on handling the gun.
Make sure that the trigger is a lock position. Such guns are mechanically
defective and should be repaired or discarded, unless they have been especially
adjusted for target use. If they are so adjusted, they should never be used in
the woods. Hunting guns should have a trigger pull of at least four pounds so
that jars and minor pressure on the trigger will not cause the discharge of the
gun.
Mitch Johnson is a regular writer for
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