Hunting Safety Tips and Guidelines


The key to having a safe and fun hunting expedition is to follow all safety suggestions to stop injuries or maybe deaths. The most vital hunting safety tip is to treat a gun as though it is loaded, always ; this includes other hunters ‘ gun around camp. When carrying a rifle, always point the muzzle in a safe direction, away from anybody, at all points. Never carry a loaded weapon in a vehicle, including on an ATV auto. To stop incidentally firing a weapon, keep your finger off the trigger till you are prepared to shoot. 
To inform other hunters of your location and forestall shooting accidents, wear Hunter Orange. Wearing Hunter Orange does not make a change to deer, and it might save your life. Deer do not have the power to see the color red or orange. This leaves you masked to the deer, but not to other hunters in the area. The hunting safety facts are there, a hunter is 7 times more sure to be involved in a shooting accident if they aren’t wearing Hunter Orange. To prevent shooting another hunter, always be sure of your target and beyond. 
Even though following hunting safety guiding principles, emergencies occur, so always plan ahead. Snakebites are only one emergency that can happen, while out hunting. It is very important to grasp if the snake is toxic, and not to make guesses. Keep victim quiet and inactive and wash the wound with soapy water. Take the victim straight to the nearest medical facility, and do not try to kill the snake, because this may cause more snakebite victims. Animal bites are rare, but they do happen. Follow the same steps as snakebites, and get the victim to the medical facility. If the animal attacks without provocation, the victim could need to be treated for rabies. 
If all hunters follow all gun hunting safety suggestions, treating a bullet wound should not be necessary. For bullet wounds, call immediately for medical help. The quicker the victim receives medical treatment the better. Apply direct pressure to the wound to prevent heavy bleeding, while waiting around for medical professions to arrive. Try to not move the victim if feasible, as it may irritate bleeding. To be correctly prepared, always carry a well-stocked first aid with emergency supplies, while hunting.

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Buying A Single Speed Bicycle For Fun And Transportation

Riding a bicycle has many different purposes. Choosing the correct type of bike for the intended purpose provides the best results for the user. The most common types of men’s and women’s bikes are street, racing, touring and recumbent. These are traditionally multi gear styles. Most common are 10 or more speeds and many equipped with shocks for off road use. At least that had been accurate until a year or two ago. Around then a new trend started for low cost bikes.

When one rider says I want a cheap road bike they mean the absolute lowest priced road bike on the market while another person means cheaper than an expensive one. Many want lost cost and bare bones so the fixed gear came into play. It is low cost depending on the frame material and a single speed so no extra cost involved with high end shift units. To find this style try searching for discount fixed gear bikes.

This style of biking is done on a unit with only one gear and few other components. This is not to be confused with a fixed gear track unit. A true fixed gear cannot coast while a single speed has a hub that allows coasting. The basis behind this kind of biking is simplicity. This helps the pedaling to be more efficient and the bicycle is lighter and has fewer problems mechanically.

Another would be the track racing bike, which is raced indoors on oval circuits. There is a single fixed gear with no brakes. A rider can only stop by slowing down the way he pedals, and the gear makes it impossible to suddenly stop pedaling. This racing bike is stripped down to the absolute minimum with no extras to make it lighter and faster. While some do ride on the street it is not a safe option.

Since there is no shifting between fixed gears, there is no ‘shift shock’ or jerking sensation, which makes them exceptionally smooth to drive. CVTs also do well in hilly terrain since there is no ‘gear hunting’ or bogging down on a hill, followed by a loud, violent downshift, which also contributes to its superior acceleration.

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Spyder Owners: Are They Bikers Or Not

I have to hold my hand up and admit that I am really thinking about buying a Can Am Spyder soon. Our youngest child will be graduating from high school in a couple of months and most likely headed for marriage soon thereafter, meaning my wife and I will be able to get by with one car. My original plan was to get rid of one of the cars and then buy a two-wheel bike but I have become intrigued by the Spyder. But I have to ask the question will I be considered less of a biker if I own a Spyder?

I will not be doing without my fabulous riding glasses, my gloves, leather jacket and girl behind me but is that going to suffice? I only ask because there are plenty of “weekend warriors” who ride racing bikes and wear nylon jackets, and don’t really know anything about the biker culture.

They are not considered “real bikers” by most of the hard-core Harley riders I know. I’d hate to think that just because I was riding Spyder I could become the next biker outcast. If that happens I suppose I’ll have to buy a Lone Wolf patch just to make a spiteful statement about my independence.

It is the Spyder’s stability that is so intriguing to me. It is so stable that there are currently three states (California, Delaware, and North Carolina) where you don’t even need a special motorcycle license to operate one of the public roads. That’s pretty impressive to me, especially seeing that I’m getting older and I’m more about safety than what other people think of me. Having rolled my Honda 550-four a couple of times when I was younger, I like stability.

With the Spyder I’ll still have the open road feeling, the wind on my face, and sun my shoulders. I’ll just be safer and, depending on whom you talk to, cooler as well. Perhaps I’ll start a trend that will encourage the rest of my older biker friends to go Spyder. We’ll see.

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