Why is turkey hunting so safe?
One of the reasons is the National Wild Turkey Federation’s commitment to making hunter safety a top priority. In 1991, the NWTF initiated the National Turkey Hunting Safety Task Force to complement the hunter safety efforts of state agencies, the International Hunters Education Association, the National Rifle Association and the National Shooting Sports Foundation. The task force composed of hunting and shooting safety experts from around the countrymet in 1992 to develop a comprehensive hunter safety program, and has since produced and distributed over one million pieces of hunting safety information. The result? The number of turkey hunting accidents continues to decrease even as turkey hunters flock to the woods in increasing numbers. Spring turkey hunting accidents have decreased from a high of 8.1 per 100,000 in 1991 to a low of 2.95 per 100,000 in 2002. The number of reported turkey hunting injuries has fallen by an impressive 50 percent since 1992. Compare turkey hunting to sho
