Chapter 3: Safe and Responsible Bowhunting
Objectives

You should be able to...

• List archery and bowhunting safety rules.
• Define “bowhunter responsibility.”
• List words that describe a responsible bowhunter.
• Give reasons for bowhunting laws and regulations.
• Look up these hunting regulations for your area:
  • Legal bowhunting seasons
  • Legal methods and equipment for bowhunters such as required bow weight or broadhead regulations
  • Legal methods and equipment for physically challenged bowhunters
  • Tagging requirements
• Define “ethics.”
• Give examples of bowhunting responsibilities for each of the following: your personal limitations, your equipment, the landowner, game animals and resources, and your hunting companions.
• Define the “rule of first blood.”
• Explain hunter behaviors that lead to negative perceptions and anti-hunting sentiment.
• List hunter actions that promote a positive public image.