GETTING READY FOR HUNTING SEASON: How all hunters can 
best prepare for the upcoming deer season. We’ll explain, 
on Passport to Texas.

This is Passport to Texas

Deer season is fast approaching, and hunter readiness is 
key to experiencing a safe and successful hunt. 

04—Preparation, Practice and Planning for that upcoming hunt.

Texas Parks and Wildlife’s Hunter Education Coordinator 
Steve Hall.

14—The practice is the big one. I think that in our busy world 
we just don’t seem to carve out that time. But you can join 
clubs, you can join shoots like archery shoots or clubs like long-
distance rifle shooting to kind of keep your skills honed.

Another way for veteran hunters to sharpen their skills is 
to become hunter education instructors, giving their 
knowledge and skills to young hunters. The number one 
citation written during hunting season is not having a 
hunter education course, required for anyone born on or 
before September 2, 1971. Educated hunters understand 
safety is paramount. Even so, Steve says hunters should 
be mindful of the most common mishaps.    

17—Even though hunting is safe and getting safer, remember 
the three top hunting incidents. One is careless handling in and 
around vehicles. Number two is swinging on game outside of a 
safe zone of fire, and number three is being sure of your target, 
what is font of and beyond it.

Have a successful and safe hunting season and remember 
to share your knowledge with new hunters. That’s how 
we keep the tradition alive.

For Texas Parks and Wildlife…I’m Cecilia Nasti. 






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