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Advanced Hunter Education and Shooting Sports Responsibility DOCUMENT RESUME ED 369 926 CE 066 341 AUTHOR Benson, Delwin E.; Richardson, RoddE. TITLE Advanced Hunter Education and ShootingSports Responsibility. Bulletin 555A. INSTITUTION Colorado State Univ., Ft. Collins.Cooperative Extension Service. REPORT NO ISBN-0-912186-35-6 PUB DATE 92 NOTE 277p. AVAILABLE FROM Bulletin Room, University CooperativeExtension, Colorado State University, 171 Aylesworth,Fort Collins, CO 80523 ($15). PUB TYPE Guides Classroom Use Teaching Guides (For Teacher) (052) EARS PRICE MF01/PC12 Plus Postage. DESCRIPTORS *Agricultural Education; BehavioralObjectives; *Coriservation (Environment); Ethics;*Extension Education; Learning Activities; LessonPlans; *Safety Education; *Sportsmanship; Wildlife IDENTIFIERS Guns; Hunter Safety; *Hunting; *ShootingSports ABSTRACT This manual is designedas a compendium from which instructors can select materials andinstructional aids for use in hunter education and shooting sportsprograms. Presented in the manual are 43 lessons and 34 laboratoryactivities that have been organized into units on the followingtopics: shooting sports responsibility, the learningprocess and teaching methods, firearms facts, ammunition and reloading, riflesand air guns, handguns, shotguns, shooting sportsprograms, field safety, hunting and wildlife conservation, hunting ethics,and advanced huntingprograms. Each unit contains some or all of thefollowing: a cover page that outlines the unit'spurpose, objectives, content, evaluation methods, and references; a lesson guide thatincludes a content outline, introduction, teaching tips,summary, list of recommended teaching aids and methods, and recommendedinstructor and student references; and laboratory activity sheets that includea description of the activity, time limit, list of requiredfacilities/equipment, and teaching tips. Appendixes contain thefollowing: information on the learning process, teaching methodsand techniques, lesson planning, visual aids, and some aspects ofEuropean hunting and game management; shooting positions checklists;and overhead transparencies. (MN) *********************************************************************** Reproductions supplied by EDRSare the best that can be made from the original document. *********************************************************************** ADVANCED HUNTER U.S. DEPARTMENT Of EDUCATtON Office of Educational Research and Improvement EIDU TIONAL RESOURCES INFORMATION CENTER (ERIC) his document has been reproduced as received from the person or organization EDUCArION originating it 0 Minor changes have been made to improve and Shooting Sports reproduction quality Points of view of opinions stated in this docu- ment do not necessarily represent dhow Responsibility OERI position or policy Bulletin 555A "PERMISSION TO REPRODUCE THIS MATERIAL HAS BEEN GRANTED BY ID TO THE EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES INFORMATION CENTER (ERIC)." Iniversity Cooperative 17.xtension 2 INMEL Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data Benson, Delwin E. 1949- Advanced hunter education and shooting sports responsibility. Bibliography: p. 1. ShootingStudy and teaching.2. HuntingStudy and teaching. I. Richardson, Rodd E., 1948- joint authorII. Draney, R. Whitney. III. Title.IV. Series. SK37.B43 799.2'13'071 80-11104 ISBN 0-912186-35-6 Colorado State University does not discriminate on the basis of race, color,religion, national origin, sex, age, veteran status, or handicap. The Univereity complieswith the Civil Rights Act of 1964, related Executive Orders 11246 and 11375, Title IX ofthe Education Amendments Act of 1972, Sections 503 and 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of1973, Section 402 of the Vietnam Era Veteran's Readkistemt Act pf 1974, the AgeDiscrimination in Employment Act of 1967, as amended, and all civil rights laws of the State ofColorado. Accordingly, equal opportunity for employment and admission shall be extended toall persons and the University shall promote equal opportunityand treatment through a positive and continuing affirmative action program. The Office of EqualOpportunity is located in Room 21, Spruce Hall. In order to assist Colorado StateUniversity in meeting its affirmative action responsibilities, ethnic minorities, women, and other protectedclass members are encouraged to apply and to so identify themselves. © Colorado State University Cooperative Extension. 1992. Issued in furtherance of Cooperative Extension work, Acts of May 8 andJune 30, 1914, in cooperation with the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Milan A. Rewerts,interim director of Cooperative Extension, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado.Cooperative Extension programs are available to all without discrimination. To simplifytechnical termi- nology, trade names of products and equipment occasionally will be used.No endorsement of products named is intended, nor is criticism implied of products notmentioned. 500 9192 t ADVANCED HUNTER EDUCATION and Shooting Sports Responsibility Bulletin 555A authors Delwin E. Benson, Cooperative Extension Wildlife Specialist and Professor Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado Rodd E. Richardson, Wildlife Biologist (Former Graduate Student at Colorado State University) illustrations R. Whitney Draney, Colorado Division of Wildlife page design/typography 3B' studio/PTL associates, Denver, Colorado Published by l niversity (boncrative Extension preface Shooting sports training opportunities are quite variable throughout North America. Many schools, colleges and universities are teaching about outdoor skills, hunter education, basic marksmanship and competitive shooting. Federal, state and provincial fish and wildlife management agencies conduct hunter training programs and hunter seminars. Clubs and organizations sponsor and conduct shooting and hunting activities. Many excellent publications and visual aids are available that help instructors to relate shooting and hunting content to students. This manual organizes content and instructional aids into an easy to use compendium. We considered how students learn and how teachers can facilitate learning in addition to reviewing the important areas of knowledge, skill development and ethical conduct necessary to enhance the behavior of students. We will consider our efforts successful if instructors find one lesson or activity useful for improving their program. Many instructors, however, will have the opportunity to use several parts or all of the manual. No subject can ever be fully explored in a single manual or lesson plan. There is never a "best" way t.71 learn or teach. The manual may meet some instructor's objectives exactly, but other instructors will need to modify it by adding to or subtracting from the contents. Again, we will be successful if this Advanced Hunter Education and Shooting Sports Responsibility manual provides impetus for your needs. Because you have this manual, you want to teach. Shooters and hunters want and need to learn. It is now our responsibility to provide proper learning through thoughtful, planned, organized and well-delivered programs that enhance knowledge, skills, ethics and ultimately the behavior of shooters and hunters. QL4 6-20C(24J4-i Delwin E. Benson Rodd E. Richardson t- t) foreword The late Aldo Leopold, father of wildlife management in North America, was also a philosopher. His wisdom has helped many a forward thinker and perhaps a few foreword writers. What he said decades ago could be written today. For example: "An innumerable host of actions and attitudes, comprising perhaps the bulk of all land relations, is determined by the land-user's tastes and predilections, rather than by his purse. The bulk of all land relations hinges on investments of time, forethought, skill, and faith rather than on investments of cash. As a land-user thinketh, so is he." Leopold wrote those words to urge us forward toward creation of a positive land ethic. He said that recreation is not the outdoors, but our reaction to it. Sportsmen during Leopold's time and since have received criticism about hunting and more personally, about hunters themselves. Criticism is leveled at the "reaction" of hunters to the outdoors. Whether the criticism is correct, based upon misconceptions, or both, it is not enough for sportsmen to argue that because they contribute dollars, therefore they are doing their part toward a land ethic. Sportsmen have paid well through the purse. Organizations and agencies like ours appreciate what we have received. Now, more than ever before, sportsmen can rise to the challenge of positive actions and "reactions" in the outdoors. Sportsmen can dedicate a bit of time toward self improvement in addition to their dedication toward resource improvement. We suggest you take the opportunity within the fraternity of sportsmen to advance hunter education. Leopold also said that "the tourist who buys access to his scenery misses it altogether; so also the sportsman who hires the state, or some underling to be his gamekeeper" Likewise, we cannot expect the government to make the public's concern about hunters go away by making laws that direct us toward better knowledge, skills, ethics and behaviors. That job rests with us all and we hope this manual will contribute toward our part. Use this manual in universities, schools, clubs, as part of basic hunter education or for innovative advanced programs. Have as your goal to encourage dedicated shooters and hunters with improved knowledge, skills, ethics and behavior. The achievement of these goals - and insuring the future of sportsmen - is up to all
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