3 Safety Tips You Should Maintain During Deer Hunting

When you are heading out deer hunting, there are many security concerns that you should keep in mind. The common ones teach you how to avoid being shot by other hunters or how to avoid getting hurt by your own gun; but there are some other important but often missed out security concerns that you should pay attention to. Given below are some of them:

1. The first concern you should keep in mind is during field dressing your deer. The smell of the carcass can attract other animals especially grizzly bears. So if you are in bear country, hunt with friends so that he/she can keep an eye for approaching bear while you field dress your whitetail bucks. You should keep bear repellant in a handy position while dressing the carcass if you are all alone. Be careful with the knife you are using; always use a sharp one and cut away from yourself to prevent getting hurt if the blade slips for some reason.

2. You should learn how to protect your hearing when shooting during deer hunting season. You also should have protective eye gear for your hunting trip. A well designed ear protection gear will prevent you from being temporarily deaf when a handgun or any other gun is fired very close to you. It has been seen that hunters who don’t use ear protection over the years lose their hearing gradually! To avoid that, you can buy something as inexpensive as a simple plastic ear plug that dampen high noise to a sophisticated but costly electronic hearing protection ear muff that will automatically reduce high noises to a level comfortable to your ear.

3. Protecting yourself from ticks that are found in deer is also very important. These ticks can lead to diseases like Lyme disease, babesiosis, human granulocytic anaplasmosis and others. The first thing you should in this regard is treat your hunting clothes with permethrin-based repellent. While in the forest, check yourself every day for ticks. Remove them as soon as you find them with tweezers and wash the area with antiseptic lotion. While field dressing your whitetail buck, wear gloves and see that blood is not splashed across your eyes, mouth or nose.