Show Deer Hunters Asked To be Sure of Target Accidents involving deer hunters are generally caused by carelessness or failure failure failure fail fail- ure to observe the laws governing the hunt Each hunter has the responsibility to make sure of his target farget before he shoots and to be sure that he is properly properly pro pro- properly perly attired himself with the prescribed ed red or yellow clothing and aDd headgear ACCIDENTS involving hunters are arc reason reason rea rea- son SOD enough for added caution during the hunt but the accidental killing of elk during the deer hunt also indicates the need for proper identification of the tar tar- get An estimated elk are killed annually annually an an- during the deer hunt This waste of game could be eliminated if the hunter hunter hun hun- ter was sure of his target before beCore he shot Deer hunters hunting on buck only units should make sure that the animal they shoot at is a legal buck Does killed by mistake are usually wasted and the productivity of the herd is re reo |