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Show THE SENTINEL tially dangerous activity; the human factor. No mechanical device, be it a rifle safety, an automobile brake, or the guard around a power-sablade, is of any value unless the person operating it uses it properly. No mechanical device can guarantee safety if it is improperly used; and no individual is completely safe if he or she does not follow all Thunday, Oct 11,1979 "safe" and "fire." Always unload the gun before entering a vehicle or a building. w e Never have a finger near the trigger when the safety is being moved to the "fire" position. Remember that a safety cannot prevent all accidental firings, and act necessary safety procedures. The mechanical device used as a gun safety should never be relied upon as foolproof, but should be used as a part of a complete system of safe gun handling, including the following: the The safeties and triggers n rifles can, in on some cases, be manipulated in a way that will cause the gun to fire when die safety is released. For example, an accidental discharge can sometimes be caused by placing the safety somewhere between the "fire" and "safe" positions, pulling the trigger, and then moving the safety to the "fire" The species of wildlife that have captured the fancy of the American hunter over the past 50 years are not only secure, but in some instances, far more numerous than they were before the turn of the century. The helping hand of the sportsman has increased the numbers of many kinds of wildlife to record proportions and has restored many species of game to parts of the country that had been stripped of native wildlife by market hunting and unchecked development As recently as 1900, the total whitetailed deer population of North America was estimated at about bolt-actio- position. Clearly, placing and leaving the safety mechanism in a position between "fire" and "safe" violates good safety procedures. This sequence also points up the critical factor in any poten unsafe. After all, the gun operator is the primary "safety"; to e The instant a hunter or rely entirely upon mechanishooter picks up a gun, cal devices is to be, at best, he or she becomes part only half safe. Bag Coal 009 have the gun pointed in a safe direction a of the system both in terms of operation and safe handling. From that point on, no consideration of the function of the system can ignore what the shooter does, for the shooter is the only part of the system that has control over the operations that can make a gun safe accordingly. Always HALF SAFE IS UNSAFE: Always operate the safety by placing It In a. llf! II I A. ...IP !m kAdlfAAIt MlAM Sale or lire lucBiiwn iiovoi m uoinoon uiwiu 5 Pog when handling, carrying or firing. when moving the safety to the Tire" position for firing or unloading. Lump . e Always operate the safety by placing it in the "safe" or "fire" locations 100 Ton Clack . . . Ton ever in between them. Never pull the trigger when the safety is on "safe" or in between At The Yard Bring Your Own Truck We'll Load It UDIOTD'O IimmIvi lrl Well Keep Your Dog While You're Gone. KU'ERKKOU All Broods - ..rtr.n:::3 fMWTE KATEI asacsamcara Css)iS)aag 571-232- 1 2 ultiZ S 700 E DRAPER! MCMKR UTM ntOf CSSKMM. OOOMIM6 BQAWPMG OSSW i bothered since there were so few deer to hunt In contrast by the early 1960's every state in the Union allowed some form of deer hunting. The deer population of the U.S. is now estimated at around 15 million. In many states, expanding deer herds have created traffic hazards and caused crop damage. Only 45 years ago, the total U.S. population of pronghorn antelope was about 12,000. The restoration of habitat, restocking of range and biological attention that protected and increased the antelope population were due mainly to the efforts 500,000,. following a study by the U.S. Biological Survey. Nearly every state in the nation had closed its deer hunting season, and a good number need not have 1 7 hunters. Cteefc QgbO Ct37 Gs Trado In On Ycur Old Boob, Ho Hatter Vhat Condition Thoro In. 5C0 t 928 new aESSii Pals Today there are more than 24 times more elk, or wapiti, in the nation as there were in 1907 when Choose From Any Of Our Santa Rose Boots In Stock elk were common only in and around Yellowstone National Park. They are now to be found in 16 states and most western states have surpluses that can be hunted. Overpopulation on some ranges permits local restocking and, in Yellowstone National Park where the control effect of public hunting is prohibited, the elk multiplied so fast that they nearly destroyed their range. SurfcjM 7995 We Service The wild turkey, which McCulloch Chain Saws mi7r:::oujc.i C393S.Sfct3 255-356- and dollars of American 1 255-231- 7951 S. State St. sportsman. itfteiik3sto ; And so on down the list The fact is that no game bird or animal is endangered by the hands of our 1 : had also disappeared from much of its native range early in this century, has now in many states been restored by hunter dollars. The national population of wild turkeys has increased from a population of 97,000 in 1952 to over IVi million todav. Logger 60" A l 1 A 1696 Insulated $2195 ?'oji vvtin lyS Deer Season Opens Oct. 20. Get Yourv Sale Ends 9 p.m. Oct. 19. SHOES 6 7090 South Redwood Rood JIM'S BOOTS Redwood Village Shopping Cenrer 561-500- 1 |