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From the Canadian Firearms Digest
Date: Thu, 13 Jul 2006 14:20:25 -0600 (CST)
From: owner-cdn-firearms@sfn.saskatoon.sk.ca (Majordomo User)
Subject: Hunters hail new training tool;
PUBLICATION: The Daily Gleaner (Fredericton)
DATE: 2006.07.13
PAGE: A4
SECTION: NEWS
BYLINE: MICHAEL STAPLESmstaples@dailygleaner.com
WORD COUNT: 457
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Hunters hail new training tool;
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Hunter education in the Fredericton area has gone high-tech. Officials
with the Fredericton Area Hunter Safety Instruction Association are
hoping a new $8,000-plus laser training system will create better
hunters and a safer environment for everyone. The Laser Shot system,
already used by police forces and the U.S. military, gives students a
special laser rifle to shoot at a screen showing video footage of
animals. Once the red laser dot is focused on the target and a shot is
taken, the wound is reflected on the animal and the screen freezes.
"Using the laser gives students the practice to track best where to hit
the target and make a more humane kill," said David Steeves, a hunter
safety instructor and an association director. "It's all about hunter
safety, hunter etiquette and how to protect yourself." According to
Laser Shot's website, it allows students to "experience the thrills of
sporting firearms while at the same time receive instruction in safety,
proper ethics and the responsibilities of gun ownership." The system
consists of one adult and one youth rifle, as well as a laser-detection
camera. Aside from the virtual-hunter aspect of the system, it also
includes tools explaining how different guns work. An additional 15
simulation programs cover timing, marksmanship, speed and challenges
focusing on quails, pheasants, ducks and more. Les Hull is the
vice-president of the Fredericton Area Hunter Safety Instruction
Association, which teaches the hunter safety course for the Department
of Natural Resources. Hull said the new program will help promote
safety. "The laser will not only allow us to identify game, but where
and when to shoot," Hull said. The program also includes a federal
element on different types of firearms and sections on ecology and
wildlife management, ethics and responsibilities, hunting laws and
regulations, hunter survival skills and field techniques. Hull said
people who take the course have a low accident ratio. "The success rate
of the program is excellent," he said. Anyone interested in taking the
hunter safety program can contact the Department of Natural Resources.
Date: Thu, 13 Jul 2006 14:20:25 -0600 (CST)
From: owner-cdn-firearms@sfn.saskatoon.sk.ca (Majordomo User)
Subject: Hunters hail new training tool;
PUBLICATION: The Daily Gleaner (Fredericton)
DATE: 2006.07.13
PAGE: A4
SECTION: NEWS
BYLINE: MICHAEL STAPLESmstaples@dailygleaner.com
WORD COUNT: 457
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Hunters hail new training tool;
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Hunter education in the Fredericton area has gone high-tech. Officials
with the Fredericton Area Hunter Safety Instruction Association are
hoping a new $8,000-plus laser training system will create better
hunters and a safer environment for everyone. The Laser Shot system,
already used by police forces and the U.S. military, gives students a
special laser rifle to shoot at a screen showing video footage of
animals. Once the red laser dot is focused on the target and a shot is
taken, the wound is reflected on the animal and the screen freezes.
"Using the laser gives students the practice to track best where to hit
the target and make a more humane kill," said David Steeves, a hunter
safety instructor and an association director. "It's all about hunter
safety, hunter etiquette and how to protect yourself." According to
Laser Shot's website, it allows students to "experience the thrills of
sporting firearms while at the same time receive instruction in safety,
proper ethics and the responsibilities of gun ownership." The system
consists of one adult and one youth rifle, as well as a laser-detection
camera. Aside from the virtual-hunter aspect of the system, it also
includes tools explaining how different guns work. An additional 15
simulation programs cover timing, marksmanship, speed and challenges
focusing on quails, pheasants, ducks and more. Les Hull is the
vice-president of the Fredericton Area Hunter Safety Instruction
Association, which teaches the hunter safety course for the Department
of Natural Resources. Hull said the new program will help promote
safety. "The laser will not only allow us to identify game, but where
and when to shoot," Hull said. The program also includes a federal
element on different types of firearms and sections on ecology and
wildlife management, ethics and responsibilities, hunting laws and
regulations, hunter survival skills and field techniques. Hull said
people who take the course have a low accident ratio. "The success rate
of the program is excellent," he said. Anyone interested in taking the
hunter safety program can contact the Department of Natural Resources.
