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Show 'HEBE'S RULES FOB SHOOTING Carney Give Advice on Shoeing Shoe-ing Rutes: Deaths Averted By New Rules Bj pi m r 1 mim Every year the hunting season j hnngs with it its spoils Ih the form I of human sacrifices For the benefit of gunners who are going aflr game I this fall the follow ing list of donjts is IClwn I iNiii't take any chain es. The Cunc- tlon of a shotgun i to s ttr shot. I hut be -ry arefiJ when' "u -ratter It. Don't blaze away In haste nnd don't get excited, Many a shooter has filled 'his favorite 'dog full of lead Just be-I be-I cause he was over anxious. Don I point a gun it any person in Jest. It Is .iJwfis Hie pun "we didn't know was loaded" that oes off and doe. the damage The only lime to point a gun is when you. intend to kill. Don't take every rustle of a bush or a bough to he sure Idlcatlon of game. Remember sometimes an inquisitive person has a penchant for being in .-t range places. Don't carry s loaded gun through the streets or in cars, train., automo-. biles or an other kiinl of Vehicle, r le;te it around farmhouse to hae some child playfully Mow a. head off. Don't get excited and shoot without with-out making sure yriui object is game. Don't shoot until you gee the rabbit,! or Whatever l nw be, and then bo, sure that hi Li Clear of both man anl dog. Don't drag a gun under m feiioi with the muzzle pointed toward yon. Don't climb oyei fences with your gun or lean It gainst tree, until you get over. Put it through the feni and on the ground, business ond be- J fore. Don't hunt with any one that you know to be cureless. Carelessness with! three anil 1 quarter drams of powder behind one and one-eighth ounces of: -hot Is Inviting "sure death." Don't load your gun until you are. actually ready fos business. At all, other times It should be empty Keep your finger off the trigger until you 1 are looking along the barrel at your k trae Don't usi a cheap gun, as it is apt to explode when a heavy charge is' used. ( Don't borrow a dog'or gun or loan either. Don't rest on the Inussle of your, gun. Don't violate the game laws. It Is not only criminal, but sometimes very costly. Don't "hog" all the game Leave' some for the next fellow. Hon't redt 'he muzzle of your gun j on the ground A gun muzzle clogged With din or mud Is a dangerous proposition. |