Wyoming Hunter Safety
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Terms in this set (194)
A 20-gauge shell is The shell could lodge in the barrel and cause
placed in a 12-gauge serious personal injury.
shotgun. What is the
danger?
The action is the heart of the firearm—the moving
parts that load, fire, and eject the shells or
action cartridges. Several types of actions are used in
modern firearms. Muzzleloaders have locks instead
of actions.
,After field dressing Cover the body with cheesecloth to keep it clean.
game, take steps to
protect the meat. One of
these steps is:
After spending several heat exhaustion
hours outdoors, your skin
is pale and clammy. You
feel weak and have
muscle cramps. These
are symptoms of:
Aldo Leopold is the doing the wrong thing is legal
father of wildlife
management. He once
defined ethical behavior
as doing the right thing
when no one else is
watching, even when:
All hunters should take learn about your quarry
several steps to prepare
for each hunting trip.
Which step will help
ensure that you take only
legal game?
,All hunters should take learn about the game you will hunt
several steps to prepare
for each hunting trip.
Which step will increase
your hunting success and
add to your enjoyment?
Always unload a firearm crossing rough terrain
before:
Arrows have plastic fletching
vanes or feathers that
provide stability and
accuracy in flight. What is
the name for these vanes
or feathers?
Aside from being a good patience
marksman, what is the
key to making a clean
kill?
The barrel is the metal tube that the projectile
travels through (bullets travel through the barrels of
barrel
rifles and handguns; shot travels through the barrel
of shotguns).
The best anchor point is determined through practice
for drawing a bow
, inside of the firearm barrel through which the
bore
projectile travels when fired
Bowhunters should avoid quartering toward
_______ shots, because the
vital areas are protected
by bone from this angle.
breech rear end of the barrel
The bullets for a rifle or lead
handgun are commonly
made out of:
Bullets spin when shot rifling
from a rifle or handgun.
What causes this
spinning?
used to describe the size of a rifle or handgun bore
and the size of cartridges designed for different
Caliber
bores. Caliber usually is measured as the diameter
of the bore from land to opposite land.
ammunition used in modern rifles and handfuns; a
cartridge
case containing primer, gunpowder, and a bullet
container that holds all other ammunitions
case components together (brass, steel, copper, paper,
or plastic)
Save
Terms in this set (194)
A 20-gauge shell is The shell could lodge in the barrel and cause
placed in a 12-gauge serious personal injury.
shotgun. What is the
danger?
The action is the heart of the firearm—the moving
parts that load, fire, and eject the shells or
action cartridges. Several types of actions are used in
modern firearms. Muzzleloaders have locks instead
of actions.
,After field dressing Cover the body with cheesecloth to keep it clean.
game, take steps to
protect the meat. One of
these steps is:
After spending several heat exhaustion
hours outdoors, your skin
is pale and clammy. You
feel weak and have
muscle cramps. These
are symptoms of:
Aldo Leopold is the doing the wrong thing is legal
father of wildlife
management. He once
defined ethical behavior
as doing the right thing
when no one else is
watching, even when:
All hunters should take learn about your quarry
several steps to prepare
for each hunting trip.
Which step will help
ensure that you take only
legal game?
,All hunters should take learn about the game you will hunt
several steps to prepare
for each hunting trip.
Which step will increase
your hunting success and
add to your enjoyment?
Always unload a firearm crossing rough terrain
before:
Arrows have plastic fletching
vanes or feathers that
provide stability and
accuracy in flight. What is
the name for these vanes
or feathers?
Aside from being a good patience
marksman, what is the
key to making a clean
kill?
The barrel is the metal tube that the projectile
travels through (bullets travel through the barrels of
barrel
rifles and handguns; shot travels through the barrel
of shotguns).
The best anchor point is determined through practice
for drawing a bow
, inside of the firearm barrel through which the
bore
projectile travels when fired
Bowhunters should avoid quartering toward
_______ shots, because the
vital areas are protected
by bone from this angle.
breech rear end of the barrel
The bullets for a rifle or lead
handgun are commonly
made out of:
Bullets spin when shot rifling
from a rifle or handgun.
What causes this
spinning?
used to describe the size of a rifle or handgun bore
and the size of cartridges designed for different
Caliber
bores. Caliber usually is measured as the diameter
of the bore from land to opposite land.
ammunition used in modern rifles and handfuns; a
cartridge
case containing primer, gunpowder, and a bullet
container that holds all other ammunitions
case components together (brass, steel, copper, paper,
or plastic)
