Transcript The Unwritten Law(hunting ethics) The Third Step

The Unwritten Law(hunting
ethics) The Third Step
• hunting ethics are personal codes by
which we live by
• ethics deal with what is safe,proper and fair.
• Ethics are sometimes known as morals and
morals are generally right
An Example
• it may be legal to shoot many times at an
animal, hoping to hit it with one of the
shots. But, is it ethical? Ethical hunters will
not take shots outside of their effective
range
• Another way to look at ethics is the “4
C’s”.
CAREFUL
• A hunters commitment and attitude to basic
rules of safety
COURTEOUS
• A hunters behavior. To be courteous means
to be polite or gracious
CONSIDERATE
• A hunters respect for others
CAPABLE
• A hunters ability including marksmanship,
outdoor skills, knowledge level and good
judgment.
Who enforces the unwritten law?
• ALL OF US DO
• just like peer pressure can encourage us to
violate laws and ethics, peer pressure can
help us act responsibly
Alcohol and Drugs
• important to make responsible choices
about these two things
• Responsible hunters never go afield while
they are intoxicated or under the influence
of alcohol and drugs.
Body Functions Affected by
Alcohol
• fine motor control(marksmanship)
• judgment(safe zone-of-fire,
background,foreground)
• hearing(locating game or other hunters)
• color perception(game identification)
• reaction time(quickness)
• vision(game ID, safe zone-of-fire)
• coordination(aiming,muzzle control)
PERSONAL CHOICE- The
Fourth Step
• Hunters who follow safe, legal and ethical
practices come to the level which allows
them to make personal choices
• personal choices are influenced by many
things
– how and where you were raised
– your experience with hunting traditions
– your understanding of conservation
Examples of Personal Choice
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Baiting deer with corn or protein pellets
shooting birds on the ground or in trees
shooting from a vehicle/boat
shooting animals which are harmful or
cause damage
INVOLVEMENT (the top of the
mountain)
• This means obligation, cooperation and
dedication
• obligation means duty
• cooperation means working and talking
with each other, landowners, non-hunters
and agency people such as game wardens
• dedication means working for a cause
Landowner’s complaints about
hunters
• hunters think landowners owe them free
hunting
• don’t get permission to hunt
• don’t tel the landowner when they arrive or
leave the property
• make too much noise
• leave litter
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carry loaded firearms in vehicle
drive off ranch road
leave gates open
shoot too close to neighbors homes
leave fires unattended
violate game laws
drink alcohol to excess
complain about poor success
Safety Dilemma
• You are hunting quail. You and your companions
just flushed a covey of quail and are now heading
towards the spot where a few landed. You are in the
middle and one companion on your right. The
companion on your left disappears behind the
thicket. Suddenly three quail explode from in front
of you. Two quail head toward the thicket to your
left. One flies toward an area in front of your
companion on the right.
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What would you do?
Shoot at one which flew left
Shoot at one which flew right
Not shoot
Legal Dilemma
• You are blood-trailing a deer that you shot
two hours earlier. You look up ahead and
see the blood trail cross onto posted
property on which you do not have
permission to hunt. Both trespassing and
game waste are illegal in your state. You
know that the deer could not go much
farther. IT STARTS TO RAIN!
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Go into the posted property
attempt to reach the landowner
attempt to reach the game warden
consider that you made every effort and
leave it go
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