Rod Slings Hunting 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.

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.

Knowing it is, in fact, a turkey, by positively identifying the beard and spurs of a turkey, and knowing what is behind the target is key. Think about who you go hunting with - it's people close to you: your family and your friends. Practice safe hunting. The ultimate goal is for everyone to get home at the end of the day.

It's been one of the most successful safety programs on record, reducing the number of hunting related shootings. Whenever you pick up a firearm, you are picking up a responsibility.

Swinging on game is when the (bird) gets up and the shotgun is swung to the left or right, following that bird. Make sure you don't violate your zone of fire, that 'V' out in front of you. Also, know where your hunting companions are at all times.