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The majority of sportsman fatalities on the water are preventable. Follow these steps to avoid becoming another statistic.

During its 144th Annual Meetings and Exhibits in Nashville, Tenn., the NRA unveiled a brand new look, including a new video and website, for its Eddie Eagle GunSafe Program.

Colt’s Manufacturing Company LLC (“Colt”) has recently learned of a potential safety issue with its CBX bolt-action rifles. Both the CBX Precision and CBX Tac Hunter models are affected. Colt is voluntarily initiating a recall of these rifles because of the potential for an unintentional discharge of the rifle, without pulling the trigger, under certain conditions when the manual safety is disengaged.

Here are 10 simple safety tips that every hunter should keep in mind when utilizing a treestand.

Certain lots of recently manufactured .45 Auto ammunition may contain an incorrect propellant charge.

Deer hunting has indeed become safer over time, primarily because hunters have become safer. It all began decades ago with the advent of first voluntary then mandatory hunter safety training, and blaze-orange requirements in the deer woods and upland fields.

In 1949, New York asked the National Rifle Association for help to improve hunter safety afield. The four-hour course that followed was a “pioneer effort” that has saved lives ever since. Today, no one can imagine American hunting without hunter education as a prudent rite of passage.

Any hunter that hunts from a stand or any other elevated platform must wear a safety harness.

Hunters armed with the wisdom of age plan for eventualities like ailments, first-aid emergencies and remote communication. Everyone else should heed sage advice if they want to become an old hunter.