Ali Juten and Project ChildSafe have your safety in mind with 5 layout blind safety tips for goose hunting. While folding fowl in twain with flightless friends may be better than a good day at work, it’s important to remember the fundamentals and in an environment that often fluctuates between action and ambiance. Let Project ChildSafe show you how to goose hunt with safety in mind.
To the layperson not acquainted with goose hunting from a layout blind, the prospect of lying down in order to hunt may seem foreign. From this horizontal sentry position, goose hunters are keenly oriented at the sky and snap into a shooting posture when targets or opportunity make themselves known. Ali Juten walks through some of the basics of this style of hunting with safety and fulfillment in mind.
Rehearsing with your equipment is a no-brainer; however, leading with action can be more difficult than the poetry of inner-promises. Perhaps one of the best features of rehearsals is the identification of deficiencies that could tarnish an otherwise good hunt. Such obstacles could range from identifying the need for better hearing protection to planning your comfort inside of the blind.
Fowl hunting can often be dynamic and fast-paced. Establishing sectors of fire with recognizable left and right limits is easy and fun with a little discipline. While goose hunters are often oriented at the air, feeling out the posture of the body at those limits can spell the difference between cooperative teamwork and flagging a friend. Don’t get caught in the excitement sacrificing safety for any shot.
Rehearse, listen, watch and adjust as needed.
Have fun out there and remember the different layers of safety – from basic firearms use to incorporating them into a particular hunting style. -IBR
When you are ready to shoot, always shoot forward. Field hunting from a layout blind means you may have hunting buddies on either side of you. That’s why it is even more important to carefully be sure your gun is always pointed forward to where you would shoot. Crossing over your hunting buddy to shoot a bird is absolutely unsafe; that goose is not worth it.
Read the the original post to find four more safety tips that you can use if you afield for geese. Be sure to familiarize yourself with the NSSF’s important program, Project ChildSafe.
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