How to Safely Hike During Hunting Season

Rate: (0 Ratings)

Part of the video series: How to Prepare for a Safe Hiking Trip

Summary: Learn how to safely hike during hunting season, including how to prevent being seen as prey and how to stand out so that doesn't happen in this free hiking safety video series.

Views:: 1,069

Presenter

By Kate Carcio
eHow Presenter

Contact: www.zoaroutdoor.com

Kate Carcio, a white water rafting guide, and climbing instructor at Zoar Outdoor, has enjoyed hiking and backpacking all of her life. She has gone on several extended backpacking...read more

URL:

Embed:

Comments

caroline1346 said

Flag This Comment

on 9/21/2009 Please look at this playlist of legalized animal sadism. Humans who kill animals for fun could care less about your life for they have such strong intent to kill they will mistake you for another animals whether you wear a vest or not!

http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=3D7EFD6D45F88AEB

caroline1346 said

Flag This Comment

on 9/21/2009 here is more for 2009 (wait till deer slaughter season comes)

For 2008 and earlier

http://www.all-creatures.org/cash/accident-archive.html#sh

Violations are there too check it out

STOP THE SADISTIC SLAUGHTER OF OUR WILDLIFE AND ENDANGERING HUMAN LIVES.

caroline1346 said

Flag This Comment

on 9/21/2009 You think hunters are "safe" look at these hunting accidents and violations.

How Safe is Hunting by Young People? See the Statistics
2009

WI: Hunter dies after falling from tree stand - 15 Sep 2009
MA: Body Likely That Of Missing Hunter - 15 Sep 2009
VA: hunter in his 80's falls from tree stand - 14 Sep 2009
WI: Green Bay Man Shot in Head During Hunting Accident - 14 Sep 2009
TX: Hunter injured when deer blind falls on him - 7 Sep 2009
CA: Another dove hunter shot - 4 Sep 2009
OH: Hunter shot while hunting geese - 4 Sep 2009
TX: Man shoots himself in head while hunting - 3 Sep 2009
CA: 3 hunters shot on opening day of dove season - 2 Sep 2009
TN: 11-year-old hunter shoots 21-year old hunter - 1 Sep 2009
WA: Man shoots self while hunting opossum - 25 Aug 2009
AK: teen killed while hunting - 24 Aug 2009
SD: Hunter killed in accident - 21 Aug 2009
SC: Deer Hunting Season off to a Dang...

Video Transcript

"Hi, I’m Kate I’m with Zoar Outdoor on behalf of expertvillage.com and we’re going to be talking about hiking today. When you’re hiking you want to be aware if it’s hunting season, wherever you are. If it is hunting season, you should have some bright colored clothing to bring with you. I like to carry this vest, it’s pretty lightweight, pretty cheap, pretty simple and it’s even waterproof. So depending on the area and you should check with the guidebook to decide if it is hunting season or not. You might decide it’s not worth going up, most hunters are pretty safe and know what to do and hopefully won’t shoot you. But if they should be out there where you are, you should probably wear a vest and I actually like to put it over my backpack just in case they can’t see me from the back. These things fit over everything, you can wear a hat, you can wear a vest, you can wear whatever you want that’s orange. If you have pets, you should also put on orange on them, they can be mistaken for any type of animal too. Be aware of your surrounding, be aware of the hunting season it might be."