Hunter Safety: Review the Fundamentals When I worked for the USDA Forest Service, one of my fall duties was “hunter patrol.” I wasn’t a wildlife officer; I was in the woods for fire safety, but spent most of my time helping lost or injured hunters. So many hunting accidents were because the hunter got away from the fundamentals he or she learned as a youngster. Please review the ODNR Hunter Education Home-Study Manual wildlife.ohiodnr.gov/education-and-outdoor-discovery/hunter-and-trapper-education to remind yourself of the basics. And remember it’s more than gun safety; every year someone in Ohio is injured or killed by falling from a tree stand. There is also a newer safety precaution. Chronic wasting disease has been reported in Ohio, although it is limited to a private hunting facility and is not in Ohio’s wild herd. Here is an ODNR brochure on precautions hunters should take to prevent the spread in Ohio wildlife.ohiodnr.gov/portals/wildlife/pdfs/publications/fish%20and%20wildlife%20health/pub412.pdf, and the Columbus Dispatch article on the first diagnosed case in Ohio dispatch/content/stories/local/2014/10/23/first_deer_with_rare_brain_disease_diagnosed_in_Ohio.html. And just last week ODNR requested that hunters who take deer in Holmes County have it processed there dispatch/content/stories/local/2014/11/26/Holmes-County-hunters-need-to-keep-deer-there.html
Posted on: Mon, 01 Dec 2014 15:30:49 +0000
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