Hunter Safety Chapter 7,8 & 9

What group sets hunting regulations in most states?

• the state legislature

• a wildlife management agency

• an environmental agency

• local hunting regulations

Which of the following is a complaint that landowners have about hunters?

• Hunters clean up all their litter and leave the land better than they found it

• Hunters leave all the gates as they found them (open or shut)

• Hunters notify the landowners when they arrive and leave the property

• Hunters do not get permission to hunt

Unlike conservation, what does preservation emphasize?

• carrying capacity

• saving natural resources

• renewing natural resources

• management

What do the contour lines on a geographic map show?

• location of game trails

• lakes and rivers

• roads and highways

• elevation of the ground

What does the acronym HELP signify (the position you should assume in cold water)?

• Huddle escape lessening position

• huddle exhaustion lessening posture

• heat exhaustion lessening position

• heat escape lessening posture

What is addressed by rules of fair chase?

• bag limits

• size limits

• how game may be taken

• hunting with dogs

Which of these was not a reason for establishing hunting laws?

• To limit hunting methods and equipment

• to limit the profits of sporting goods manufacturers

• to set rules on how hunters take game

• to limit harvesting and avoid hunting during nesting and mating seasons

In the ______, success is determined by bagging the limit, which can cause hunters to take unsafe shots.

• shooting stage

• limiting-out stage

• trophy stage

• sportsman stage

A habitat for wildlife must include ____________.

• Space, arrangement, food, cover, water

• brush and rocks, predators, water and space

• space, vegetation, food and resting and breeding places

• cover, predators, large area, arrangement and food

Trapping and relocating animals is an example of the _____ wildlife management practice

• hunting

• artificial stocking

• setting bag limits and legal methods for taking wildlife

• habitat improvement