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When to take the safety off?
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<blockquote data-quote="TheLBLman" data-source="post: 5057614" data-attributes="member: 1409"><p>With practice, you can do this "quietly". Using gloved fingers also helps, and/or you can kinda "wrap" some portion of your outerwear around the entire trigger guard area as well.</p><p></p><p></p><p>That is how I was taught, and typically do it.</p><p>Even when walking up a bird dog on point, still on "safe", until the birds flush.</p><p></p><p><em>SOME</em> exception with turkey hunting, as when a <u>bird is too close</u>, <u>the air is too quiet</u>,<em> AND</em> <u><strong>have already made the decision to shoot</strong></u> (as soon as can aim the gun), I may quietly turn the safety off before positioning the gun for the shot.</p><p>Sometimes, the shot I'm waiting for doesn't happen, and the safety goes back "on".</p><p></p><p>Ditto. I was also <em>MADE</em> to develop that habit.</p><p>Cannot imagine how many times during an outing I've been asked,</p><p>"Where's your safety?"</p><p>Was very fortunate to have hunting mentors who were very ethical sportsmen and sticklers about hunting safety.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TheLBLman, post: 5057614, member: 1409"] With practice, you can do this "quietly". Using gloved fingers also helps, and/or you can kinda "wrap" some portion of your outerwear around the entire trigger guard area as well. That is how I was taught, and typically do it. Even when walking up a bird dog on point, still on "safe", until the birds flush. [I]SOME[/I] exception with turkey hunting, as when a [U]bird is too close[/U], [U]the air is too quiet[/U],[I] AND[/I] [U][B]have already made the decision to shoot[/B][/U] (as soon as can aim the gun), I may quietly turn the safety off before positioning the gun for the shot. Sometimes, the shot I'm waiting for doesn't happen, and the safety goes back "on". Ditto. I was also [I]MADE[/I] to develop that habit. Cannot imagine how many times during an outing I've been asked, "Where's your safety?" Was very fortunate to have hunting mentors who were very ethical sportsmen and sticklers about hunting safety. [/QUOTE]
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