Hunter Safety Unit 1 & 2

When and where was the 1st mandated hunter ed program started?

1949, New York

The moving parts that load, fire, and eject the shells or cartridges.

Action

3 Basic parts of a firearm.

Action, Stock, Barrel

The metal tube that the projectile travels through.

Barrel

Ammunition used in modern rifles and handguns.

Cartridge

The degree of narrowing at the muzzle end of the shotgun barrel.

Choke

A mechanical device that uses pressure from a burning powder to force a projectile through and out of a metal tube.

Firearm

This happens when the firing pin has struck the primer and there is a delay before the gun fires.

Hang Fire

Teaching others, working with landowners ,and cooperating with game wardens.

Involvement

Learning and understanding the basics of safe gun handling and hunting.

Knowledge

Provides funding for the selection, restoration, and improvement of wildlife habitat, and wildlife management research.

Pittman-Robertson Act

Includes courtesy, respect of others and of wildlife. Obeying hunting laws, practice safety rules, and wait for a clean kill.

Responsibility

A device that blocks the action to prevent the firearm from shooting until it is released or pushed to the "off" position

Safety

Are gained through hands-on training and practice.

Safety Skills

Ammunition used by modern shotguns.

Shotshell

A device used to line up the muzzle with the shooter's eye so that he or she can hit the target.

Sight

Serves as the handle of the firearm.

Stock

Differences between, rifles, shotguns, and handguns.

The barrel and type of ammunition used.

To train safe, responsible, and law-abiding hunters.

The goal of hunter education.

The second rule of firearm safety.

Treat every firearm with the respect due a loaded gun.

Bolt, Lever, Pump, Semi-automatic, Break

Types of Actions

Cylinder, Improved Cylinder, Modified, Full

Types of chokes.

Bead, Open, Aperture, Telescopic, Dot

Types of sights.

Provides federal aid to state wildlife agencies.

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Services

The first rule of firearm safety.

Watch that muzzle!