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The 5 R’s of Preparing Your Stands for Hunting Season
Tree stand falls are one of the most common types of hunting-related injuries, and in many cases, they could have been avoided. Using safety straps and harnesses is vital. Prepping and maintaining...
Make Your Property Safer
Outdoor Underwriters is proud to be one of the top insurers of timberland across the U.S. Our team brings more than 30 years of industry experience to the table and has worked diligently to create...
The Color Orange
Everyone wants to have a safe hunting experience, and one of those key elements can be found in the color orange, blaze orange, that is. According to the International Hunter Education Association...
Safely Storing Guns and Ammo
As the season winds down, it’s time to turn your thoughts to the safe storage and protection of your guns and ammo. According to Off the Grid News, there are several major things you need...
ATV Safety
Practicing ATV safety can make ATV riding a fun and exciting sport as well as a key element in agricultural work. In recent years ATV injuries and deaths have dramatically increased in the U.S....
Flooding & High Water
Flooding and high water levels can quickly cause dangerous conditions to exist on timberland. Some simple steps prior to, during, and after flooding may help protect your property....
Gun Safety: Own it. Respect it. Secure it.
Hunting seasons may change but one thing remains the same - gun safety. Outdoor Underwriters would like you to keep the following gun...
Heart Attack
During the 2016 hunting season we noticed an increased incidence of heart attacks. While these are not liability type occurrences, the subject is worthy of discussion. According to the U.S. Fish...
Hunter Check-In Boxes
Background: A hunter was leaving the woods after an early morning hunt. It was a foggy, misty fall day in the Southern coastal plain. Personal Characteristics: He was an experienced...
Hunter Shoots Forester's Pickup
Background: On an early morning in April a turkey hunter set up his blind and decoys on a private wooded road. He was an experienced...
Hunt Club Safety
As your club prepares for the upcoming hunting season now is a good time to review your club’s safety procedures and examine areas that cause the most frequent injuries...
Hunting Lease Liability - Limiting Exposures
Private landowners in the south have a long tradition of leasing their land to hunting clubs. Land leasing permitted clubs to gain some control...
Hunting the Rut
Each year hunters wait patiently for “the rut”, when bucks undoubtedly are less cautious and more visible in their vagrant search for does. Breeding time can in fact be a very productive time of the year...
Tree Stand Injuries
One of the most common deer hunting practices is the use of an elevated hunting stand. The days of walking in the woods ad sitting against a tree along a well-traveled deer trail...
Turkey Hunting Safety
Each spring thousands of hunters enter the woods in pursuit of the eastern wild turkey. Turkey hunting is considered one of the most challenging hunts. The typical hunter will use concealment...
Warming Fire Spreads to Adjacent Landowners
Background: It was a December night in the southeast and weather was cool and breezy. A hunting club was camping on a designated site on leased hunting...
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