Unfortunately, hunting accidents involving firearms occur systematically during hunts, but they can be avoided by primarily observing basic safety requirements by hunters.
Unfortunately, hunting accidents involving firearms occur systematically during hunts, but they can be avoided by primarily observing basic safety requirements by hunters. The main causes of accidents during hunts are firing along the shooting line or outside one's sector, leaving one's assigned position without permission, firing at noise or rustling, at an unclearly visible target, and careless handling of hunting firearms.
We remind you that the Hunting Safety Regulations prohibit:
• boarding or alighting from a vehicle with a loaded hunting weapon;
• removing a assembled hunting weapon by the barrel(s) from a vehicle;
• firing at noise, rustling, at an unclearly visible target, in conditions of poor visibility (in dense fog, heavy snowfall, against the sun, etc.);
• firing and being with a loaded hunting weapon at a distance of less than 200 meters from the outermost building of a populated area;
• firing in the direction of people, populated areas, agricultural or domestic animals (except stray cats and mongrel dogs), vehicles with smoothbore hunting firearms at a distance of less than 500 meters from them and with rifled hunting firearms – less than 2 kilometers;
• pointing a hunting weapon, including an unloaded one, at a person, agricultural or domestic animals (except stray cats and mongrel dogs) or their places of accommodation;
• firing unnecessarily, cocking an external hammer weapon or releasing the safety on an internal hammer weapon;
• finishing off a wounded hunting animal with the butt of a weapon.
During driven hunts, hunters are prohibited from:
• conducting them in conditions of poor visibility;
• moving to the middle of the shooting line, including a clearing or road, or to its side opposite the shooters' positions (numbers);
• changing positions, independently
select locations and leave your post before the end of the drive, except in cases where the hunter must provide immediate assistance to another person in distress;• use semi-automatic weapons with a magazine capacity of more than 10 rounds, as well as cartridges for rifled weapons with full metal jacket bullets and for smoothbore weapons with round bullets;
• shoot at game animals along the firing line, outside their sector, after the signal to end the drive.
A shot along the firing line is considered a shot at such an angle to it that the projectile or part of the projectile will fly at a distance closer than 15 meters from the adjacent post.
Each shooter at a post must accurately know the location of adjacent posts and the entire firing line. Adjacent shooters must show each other their positions before masking at their posts.
During a drive hunt, weapons may only be loaded at the post. Weapons must be unloaded before leaving the post.
Shooting during a drive hunt is carried out in accordance with the requirements established by the hunt leader.
Shooting during a drive hunt is carried out after the game animal has crossed the firing line. In exceptional cases, with the permission of the hunt leader, shooting inwards and (or) within the enclosure is allowed, provided that safety is ensured. The hunter making the shot is responsible for the consequences of shots fired inwards and (or) within the enclosure.
A hunter may only shoot after first ensuring that there are no people, agricultural or domestic animals in the direction of the shot.
Violation of the requirements of the Hunting Safety Rules entails administrative liability (a fine of up to 15 base units, and for repeated violation of these rules within a year – a fine of 10 to 30 base units or deprivation of the right to hunt).