Show Keep Hunting Accidents in Check Perhaps its it's only a a coincidence that Emergencies Dont Don't Wait Week turns up each year about the time the hunting season is opening but it c could uld well wen be instrumental in holding hunting accidents in check in these years when increasing numbers of lethally arm armed d Americans are taking taking taking tak tak- ing to the woods and fields and duck blinds bUnds With the th druggists of the nation alerted to their annual annual annual an an- nual responsibility of reminding you to overhaul and restock restock restock re re- re- re stock your first aid kit and the home medicine cabinet as aswell aswell aswell well EDW Week definitely puts th the accent on safety at ata a most appropriate time And many will argue that emergencies emergencies emergencies emer emer- dont don't happen wh when n you are prepared for them Nevertheless there still are art hunting accidents There always have been and ther theres there's no reason to suspect we can get through this season without rolling up some shocking statistics on accidental bloodshed and death Thus in addition addition addition ad ad- to preparing for emergency treatment timers old-timers who are experienced in the use care and handling of firearms firearms firearms fire fire- arms should give time and thought to the training of the youngsters especially those who may be doing their first shooting this season Its It's time for them to learn their shooting-iron shooting catechism so they can recite it backward and forward 1 Make sure guns stored away at home are unloaded 2 Keep guns locked away from children I 3 Keep firearms in good working order 4 4 Never pull pun a gun out of a car lift it out with care 5 Never drag a gun through wire fences 6 Always carry a gun with its muzzle pointed toward I the ground Dont Don't let the muzzle clog with snow or mud Never point it at anyone 7 7 Carry your gun with extra care when following another hunter under tree limbs or through underbrush 8 Never use your gun to poke or club game out of the brush I 9 Dont Don't carry a cocked gun 10 Dont Don't shoot moving objects until youre you're sure what they are Make certain no one is in the way You can add to these rules all you like but dont don't subtract subtract subtract sub sub- tract any And theres there's just one more that's essential Check up and refurnish refurnish that first aid kit Dont Don't l let t emergencies emergencies emergencies emer emer- catch you you unawares wh whether ther a burn from a hot skillet a blistered heel or a nick from a skinning knife safe home to I Happy hunting hunting- and you Here in the Moab area we will be in the center of one of the largest game big-game hunts in the history of the nation within the next several weeks Out hunters as well as many from other parts of Utah will fill our city and crowd into the hills and mountains From past experience experience experience ex ex- ex- ex we know knew the dangers a hunt such as this can bring Very little instruction is necessary for our local people when it com comes s tb hunting safety but it would pay us to take heed of these sImple rules to ourselves a safe hunting season Lets Let's hold our hunting accidents to a minimum this year |