lundi 9 octobre 2017

Family Vacations On Guided Hunting Trips

By Angela Stewart


Everyone has heard the stories about experienced hunters having accidents when traipsing through the woods with a gun. Many of these accidents are avoidable if the proper safety procedures are followed. When a mother or father takes their family out for the hunt, they should start out with guided hunting trips so everyone can learn how to avoid accidents.

Children are generally new to this type of sporting, and family members are not likely to be familiar with the territory. Guides not only keep the family from getting lost in the dark, but target practice to hone their shooting skills is part of their adventure. Many hunt camps can provide such training for whole families, having special weekends for family excursions.

Not every hunt camp is going to be deep in the middle of a forest. In fact, some camps have had neighborhoods built on the edges of forest land that may appear more heavily wooded than it really is. Hunters should be aware of all roads or inhabited structures, as well as keeping tabs on the other groups of hunters who may be nearby.

Up until 2011, all safari expeditions in the country of Africa included guides. Not everyone is aware that the African safari is now done with cameras instead of guns due to the proliferation of poaching in spite of this supervised activity. Hunters were duped by some of these guides, and wound up assisting the crime of poaching without being aware.

The poaching of the black rhino into extinction resulted in the closing of all hunt activities in Africa. Those who booked these safaris failed to double-check with legitimate sources to ensure that it was hunting season. They also embarked on their trips without knowing which animals were legal to hunt and which ones were strictly prohibited.

There have been many hunters in the modern sport who kill animals strictly for a fur, or a head stuffed on the wall. This is where the grey area between hunting and poaching exists, and to this day trophy hunts go on during open season. Wisdom would dictate that, even if hunting takes place outside of the legal season, an animal taken for food is not truly an act of poaching.

When a hunter eats his kills, it helps to keep him a good reputation as a hunter. The clubs themselves will make sure the meat of the animal does not go to waste by donating it, or giving it to another club member. In fact, the clubs find it offensive when their business name gets posted on social media with photos of the trophy hunter.

When parents take their children on hunts, it is important that the children get the opportunity to taste the animal. The vast majority of meat sold in supermarkets today are full of bleaches, dyes, antibiotics and growth hormones. Killing wild animals for food allows a family to have clean meat all year long, and this is more valuable than a deer head on the wall.




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