2024 Public Hunt Safety Brief

ORIENTATION / RECON DATES

All hunters must attend safety orientation on Sunday, November 10, 2024

Recon from 09:00 a.m.-3:00 p.m.

Recon at least 3 locations. First come, first served.

HUNT DAYS

23 & 24 November, 2024

Enter off 40thStreet –Exit 88 on I-94

Check-in begins at 6:00 a.m.

May leave and return for lunch.

ALL HUNTERS MUST BE CHECKED OUT BY 6:00 p.m.

HUNTING BLINDS

Ground blinds can be constructed out of down material.

Pop-up blinds are allowed but must have hunter orange visible from all sides on the top of the blind.

SAFETY FIRST

Hunter Orange must be worn on your upper torso and visible from all directions

Do not use existing tree stands

Unexploded Ordinance exists on the installation. Do not disturb, pick up, move or dig up metal objects lying on the ground

Take extra care around your vehicle.

Treat every firearm as if it is loaded.

Be aware of your surroundings – know your target and what is beyond it.

Unloading the firearm when crossing obstacles and/or getting in or out of a tree stand.

NO:

Fires

Baiting

Hunting with handguns

Alcohol use

Buckshot

Driving Deer

Tree Stands

Small game hunting

Parking that obstructs traffic

IN THE EVENT OF AN EMERGENCY

Call 911 in a life-threatening emergency

Call the Hunt Coordinator if:

You are lost

Have wounded a deer and are tracking it after dark or the closing hour

Have wounded a deer and are tracking it into the Impact Area

Would like to change hunting areas

Mobility impaired and need help

Hunt Coordinatory / Emergency Contact info will be given out at checkin