Tomorrow night after checking in your firearms and taking attendance, we will review your homework assignment due for tomorrow night.
We will review and correct the treestand worksheets on pages 50 and 53. Then we will go over the sight alignment worksheets on pages 59-60 by determining your dominant eye, discussing sight alignment, sight picture, and sight adjustment and reviewing and correcting the worksheet on page 60.
Then we will discuss the six fundamental steps of shooting (position, sight alignment, sight picture, breathing, smooth trigger action, and follow through), and review the four standard shooting positions (standing, kneeling, sitting, and prone).
Then we will have a class discussion while viewing the interactive video Shoot, Don’t Shoot. This video presents several hunting and shooting scenarios and we will be discussing whether you would shoot or not shoot in each scenario and explain what the correct choice is and why.
Then we will review, correct, and discuss the Hunter Image, Ethics, and Responsibility worksheet pages 88-89, have this done before class. We will discuss the five stages of a hunter (shooter, limiting out, trophy, method, and sportsperson), as well as discuss the characteristics of a responsible hunter, the hunter’s code, and to whom the hunter is responsible to present a positive public image.
The Hunting Dilemmas worksheet pages 85-87 we will be doing as a group discussion project in class, but read the dilemmas ahead of time so you are familiar with and can begin thinking about the situations.
We will also talk about the progress you are making on your Survival Kit, and I will give you your assignment to prepare for the next time we meet.
Then we will spend the last half hour of class time with hands-on practice with your firearms. You may continue to bring a .22 long rifle caliber rifle with you to class for each remaining night of the course if you have one available to you. We will review and practice the six field carries (sling, shoulder, trail, elbow, cradle, and two-hand ready), and the four standard shooting positions (standing, kneeling, sitting, and prone). At all times, we will continue to practice the proper way to pass and accept a firearm from a hunting or shooting partner.
