Safety for when out shooting

[Salop Matt]

Okay folks after reading a different thread / post there seems to more and more close shave`s happening so i thought it might be an idea to have a topic to share ideas tips and experiences with redards to staying safe in the feild and how we can be more pro-active with safety.

 

I belive in the US hunters all tend to hunt in hi-vis to make things easyr to identifie other hunters !

 

 

I had mentioned :

 

Hi-Vis £1

Whistle £1

Para-flare £25 - £35

 

Mobile phone and all local land owners numbers and the local police desk`s number !

 

So what steps do you take to be identified at night and what plan you have in place should an inccident occur ?

[al4x]

lightforce 170 usually lets people know we're out, other than that have mobile and the farmer on board usually

[Jonno243]

As most of my night shooting is done as "employment" for a local estate, we are actively encouraged to stick to their "lone-worker policy" if we are out on our own. This lays down guidelines on such things as "checking out / checking in", "planned routes and areas" and "means of communication".

 

Usually I am part of a two or three man team. A comprehensive first-aid kit is carried in the LR along with headtorches and mobile phones. Maps of the area and/or in-depth local knowledge are required and a quick safety brief is completed before we start. I am also trained and certified as an emergency First Aider (Trauma)

 

Working in the offshore industry safety concerns have become second nature to me, as it is drilled into us on a daily basis.

 

When stalking I carry a hand held GPS, mobile phone, a couple of Cyalume light-sticks, a first aid kit and a Jotron distress strobe. It sounds like a lot of kit, but in all honesty it doesn't weigh much more than a pound or two, and fits into a pocket (with the fist aid kit on my belt / in my bag). In the event of being injured / stranded on a hill at night the lightsticks / strobe can be life-savers, enabling quick location by rescue teams.

 

The whistle idea is good, some of the modern plastic ones are incredibly loud.

[V8landy]

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I belive in the US hunters all tend to hunt in hi-vis to make things easyr to identifie other hunters !

 

Comon the USA is world renown for "freindly fire", they would win gold in the olympics for it!

[dogfox]

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I belive in the US hunters all tend to hunt in hi-vis to make things easyr to identifie other hunters !

 

Comon the USA is world renown for "freindly fire", they would win gold in the olympics for it!

HAH!! so true!, we usually just let the farmer know that were going out and to be honest, hi vis gear isnt going to make a difference in most of the land around here where there are very few flat fields, usually the lamp is enough at night and on course the nv binocs can be very useful for checking fields at night

[Evil Elvis]

I have a hi vis armband built into my shooting coat

[Salop Matt]

As most of my night shooting is done as "employment" for a local estate, we are actively encouraged to stick to their "lone-worker policy" if we are out on our own. This lays down guidelines on such things as "checking out / checking in", "planned routes and areas" and "means of communication".

 

Usually I am part of a two or three man team. A comprehensive first-aid kit is carried in the LR along with headtorches and mobile phones. Maps of the area and/or in-depth local knowledge are required and a quick safety brief is completed before we start. I am also trained and certified as an emergency First Aider (Trauma)

 

Working in the offshore industry safety concerns have become second nature to me, as it is drilled into us on a daily basis.

 

When stalking I carry a hand held GPS, mobile phone, a couple of Cyalume light-sticks, a first aid kit and a Jotron distress strobe. It sounds like a lot of kit, but in all honesty it doesn't weigh much more than a pound or two, and fits into a pocket (with the fist aid kit on my belt / in my bag). In the event of being injured / stranded on a hill at night the lightsticks / strobe can be life-savers, enabling quick location by rescue teams.

 

The whistle idea is good, some of the modern plastic ones are incredibly loud.

 

Sounds like a bloomin good setup there ! As you say better to carry it and not need it, rather than not carry it and need it.

[MM]

i put the full beam on the General Lee, and do handbrake turns. they usualy know its me then. (joke)

 

 

phone, and lamp. first aid kits in car.

[MC]

i put the full beam on the General Lee, and do handbrake turns. they usualy know its me then. (joke)

 

 

phone, and lamp. first aid kits in car.

 

Not much good if you are bleeding to death at the bottom of a ditch

[MM]

i put the full beam on the General Lee, and do handbrake turns. they usualy know its me then. (joke)

 

 

phone, and lamp. first aid kits in car.

 

Not much good if you are bleeding to death at the bottom of a ditch

 

 

its a flat field i was doing the handbrake turns on, no ditches , although i nearly got bogged down last night, does that count??