Rod Slings Hunters Quotations

We're still in good shape with the numbers. When we put out as many deer hunting tags as we do, and when we have as many opportunities for hunters as we do, we're still below the national average of 5.4 incidents per 100,000 hunters.

It was one of those cases that we always warn hunters about that you never fire if you don't know where that slug is going to end up.

Since spring turkey hunting can often be a solitary event, it is really important for hunters to leave a hunting plan with someone before they head out to the woods. Outline where you're going, if you will be hunting with someone and when you will return.

There is a passion to turkey hunting that is hard to describe unless you've been out there as the woods have woken up. I know turkey hunters who have been waiting for this day since last May.

We had a lot of injuries that were the result of individuals not following proper gun-handling safety precautions. We always stress that hunters don't point the gun at their toe and don't point a gun with the safety off.