Make Sure UNIVERSITY PARK (Centre Co.) If you’re taking a young ster hunting for the first time this year, make sure he or she under stands some important safety rules, says Earle Robbins, Tioga County extension director for Penn State Cooperative Exten sion. Robbins is a Pennsylvania Game Commission volunteer, a hunting/trapping education in structor and state 4-H shooting sports coordinator for Penn State Cooperative Extension. “Young people handling fire arms need to develop some im portant habits,” says Robbins. “We can instill these habits by instructing them and more im portantly, by setting an example. New hunters, as well as those who have held a hunting license in another state or country, are required to complete a hunter trapper education program. These individuals also need role models who practice safe hunt 7 ' " T I ■ For Value-Added Sales dr for Personal Use 1 Process meat easily and affordably with Chop* ■ Rite Toro Meat Processors. 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Guns must be sighted properly and have proper-sized ammunition. —Familiarize yourself with the hunting site, so that you will know what’s beyond your target. “Walk through the hunting grounds before deer season starts,” Robbins says. “When you know the area, you can keep livestock and buildings out of the line of fire.” —Make sure every member of the group wears a combined min imum of 2SO square inches of hunter orange on the head, chest and back. —Assume every firearm is loaded. “When you pick up a gun, the first thing you should do is check it for ammunition,” Robbins says. “When you pass a Prices Start As Low As firearm to someone else, leave the action open so there is no chance of it firing.” —Unload guns and leave the actions open when you are trans porting them to and from the hunting area. —Always keep track of where your gun is pointed, and keep your finger off the trigger until it’s time to fire at your target. 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