California Hunter Safety – Unit 4 Quiz

All hunters should take several steps to prepare for each hunting trip. Which step will help ensure that you take only legal game?

purchase a hunting license
purchase a topographical map
learn about your quarry
learn the legal bag limit

learn about your quarry

You sit concealed in one spot above the level of your quarry. This hunting strategy uses:

an elevated stand
posting
a ground blind
still hunting

an elevated stand

You walk quietly through an animal’s habitat. You stop often to look and listen for game. This hunting strategy is called:

still hunting
stalking
posting
trailing

still hunting

Aside from being a good marksman, what is the key to making a clean kill?

luck
patience
range
weather

range

To take game and minimize its suffering, you must know the ______ of the animal you are hunting.

habitat
anatomy
characteristics
tracks

anatomy

Which shot angle rarely results in a clean kill, ruins a lot of meat, and provides an animal the best opportunity to detect the hunter?

quartering-away
quartering-toward
broadside
head-on

head-on

Bowhunters should avoid _______ shots, because the vital areas are protected by bone from this angle.

quartering-away
quartering-toward
broadside
rear-end

quartering-toward

A downed animal appears to be dead. What should you do before approaching this animal?

Make a loud noise. Wait to see if the animal reacts.
Use your rifle or a long branch to prod the animal’s hindquarters. Wait to see if the animal reacts.
Wait a short distance away. Watch for any rise and fall of the animal’s chest.
Wait a short distance away. Watch for the animal’s eyes to blink.

Wait a short distance away. Watch for any rise and fall of the animal’s chest.

What is the number one cause of spoiled meat?

moisture
smoke
heat
dirt

heat

What should you do as soon as possible after tagging game?

Take it back to camp.
Hang it up.
Allow it to cool.
Field dress it.

Field dress it.