Yep. Rule 3 was really hammered home in my hunter’s safety course (one of many courses at a free 2-week summer camp i went to each year, which was put on by my state’s Fish and Wildlife department). We’d have the lecture, a written test, then a field test. The field test, they’d take us in groups of about 5 out on a trail and ask us if it would be ok to shoot at various targets. Most of the time it’d be “no”. The target would be past a no-hunting sign, or at the top of a hill, or similar. It forced you to think about your surroundings. I think we also carried wooden fake rifles, so the instructor could see if we pointed them at anything.
(Other courses included first aid, local critters, boating safety, fishing, swimming, and archery.)
Yep. Rule 3 was really hammered home in my hunter’s safety course (one of many courses at a free 2-week summer camp i went to each year, which was put on by my state’s Fish and Wildlife department). We’d have the lecture, a written test, then a field test. The field test, they’d take us in groups of about 5 out on a trail and ask us if it would be ok to shoot at various targets. Most of the time it’d be “no”. The target would be past a no-hunting sign, or at the top of a hill, or similar. It forced you to think about your surroundings. I think we also carried wooden fake rifles, so the instructor could see if we pointed them at anything.
(Other courses included first aid, local critters, boating safety, fishing, swimming, and archery.)