Ontario Hunter Education: Firearm safety in the field

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1. Before a group deer drive, what must everyone agree on?

   1. Who will field dress the deer
   2. Which calibre each hunter will use
   3. Who will carry the extra ammunition
   4. Each hunter's safe zone of fire

2. What can happen to a hunter who handles or fires a firearm without due care for people and property?

   1. Only a warning letter from the ministry
   2. A fine up to $25,000, jail up to 2 years, or both
   3. A fine of $100 with no other penalty
   4. Only the loss of the deer tag and licence for that one year

3. Your hunting partner has been drinking at lunch. What should you do?

   1. End the hunt with him for the day
   2. Let him hunt small game only
   3. Let him carry only an unloaded gun
   4. Let him hunt if he feels steady

4. What is the first of the four basic rules of firearm safety taught to hunters?

   1. Carry only one type of ammunition
   2. Assume every firearm is loaded
   3. Keep the safety on at all times
   4. Always hunt with a partner

5. Why should you not use your rifle scope to look at a distant figure you cannot identify?

   1. Scopes are too weak for that distance
   2. You would be aiming your firearm at it
   3. It wastes battery power in the scope
   4. Scopes distort colours at long range

6. You hear a branch snap and see something brown moving. What should you do?

   1. Shoot low so the bullet stays close
   2. Shoot, since deer are often brown
   3. Not shoot until you positively identify it
   4. Fire a warning shot to scare it out

7. A hunter is accidentally shot and needs a doctor's treatment. What must be done?

   1. Only the landowner must be informed
   2. Only the hunter's insurance company must be told about it
   3. The injury must be reported to a conservation officer
   4. Nothing, if the injury is not serious

8. Why is it unsafe to stalk a wild turkey you hear gobbling?

   1. Stalking turkeys is illegal in spring
   2. Turkeys always flee from moving hunters
   3. Gobbling turkeys are always protected birds
   4. The sound may be another hunter calling

9. You are hunting alone from a ground blind. How should you bring your firearm in?

   1. Unload it, set it outside, enter, then bring it in
   2. Carry it in loaded with the safety on so you are ready
   3. Leave it loaded outside the blind for the whole hunt
   4. Pass it in first while loaded, then crawl in after it

10. What is the basic federal rule for carrying a non-restricted hunting rifle in a vehicle?

    1. It must be unloaded
    2. It must be in the trunk at all times
    3. It must be in a locked hard case
    4. It must have a trigger lock fitted

11. Another hunter is approaching your turkey set-up. How should you alert them?

    1. Make a few turkey clucks
    2. Call out in a loud, clear voice
    3. Stand up quickly and wave your hat
    4. Wave your hand above the brush

12. You pull the trigger on a deer and nothing happens. What should you do first?

    1. Open the action right away and check the round in the chamber
    2. Keep the muzzle pointed safely and wait 60 seconds
    3. Look down the barrel to see if it is blocked
    4. Pull the trigger again quickly

13. Why should you never shoot at game standing on a ridge line?

    1. You cannot see what is beyond it
    2. The bullet drops too fast going uphill
    3. Ridge lines are always private land
    4. The animal may roll down toward you

14. You are alone and must cross a page-wire fence. What is the safe method?

    1. Pass it over by the barrel, then climb over
    2. Unload, lay it under the fence pointing away, then cross
    3. Unload it and lean it against a fence post while you climb over
    4. Keep it loaded and hold it high as you climb