(Radio Iowa) – Iowa’s busiest hunting season of the year opens Saturday as some 100-thousand shotgun-wielding deer hunters will hit the woods and fields over the next few weeks.
Megan Anderson, a trauma injury prevention coordinator at Gundersen Health System, says if it’s been a while since you’ve been hunting, you would likely benefit from brushing up on your safety skills. Anderson says young hunters or new hunters should take a hunter safety course. All hunters should know rules like: When firearms aren’t in use, be sure they’re stored safely, locked and unloaded.
Anderson says you should always know where other members of your party are located, and to let someone not with the group know where you are and when you’ll be back. She says prepare for emergencies, carry a first aid kit, and learn hands-only C-P-R.
