Hunting With No FAL

I grew up in the country and we were cruising on bikes etc at young ages and all that stuff, wife's family is from the chatthams and similar story there. When we look back now though at permanent injuries to friends and how many friends have died in accidents you can see the logic in adopting more careful practice in things in general...accidents happen so it's a matter of eliminating risk, not being distracted by your own temptation to shoot and focusing solely on the new shooter reduces the chance of something happening unnoticed. A lot of people do a lot of prep work to get the young ones responsible, a lot don't... i still think one rifle is the best approach

It all comes down down training .
I think the general idea is that alot of young people without FAL have the training ,but if there is a stuff up you leave yourself exposed and open to alot of heartache .
Private land vs Public land is simple on Private land you are only affecting people you let on there .
Public land you could affect others who are not part of your party.
As a young 14 year old I learnt my lesson early ,walking down a farm track stalking rabbits with a old loaded semi browning shotgun flicking safety catch on and off with trigger finger.
Boom I tripped and pulled trigger .
Lucky my old man had been smart enough only to let us hunt alone .
pity I hadnt followed his other rule and lucky I didnt blow my own foot off.

I don't entirely agree, only thing it comes down to is responsibility.
As the licence holder you are the one responsible for an unlicensed user. If there is an incident, whether involving a 3rd party or not, you are the one that is culpable and liable.
I agree that some discretion comes into it, obviously the manor/level in which a mature knowledgable and experienced 15 year old is mentored will be different to say supervising my own 7 year old lad.
But either way, the buck stops with the licence holder.

Sorry to be blunt Dundee but its your licence are you prepared to loose it if shit goes bad ? There was a article a while in the NZ Outdoors magazine about direct supervision and it certainly gave me a wake up call. Your call. Judging by the posts on here id P.T is more than competent in handling firearms but....is it worth from a legal point of view?

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Originally Posted by tiroatedson

Sorry to be blunt Dundee but its your licence are you prepared to loose it if shit goes bad ? There was a article a while in the NZ Outdoors magazine about direct supervision and it certainly gave me a wake up call. Your call. Judging by the posts on here id P.T is more than competent in handling firearms but....is it worth from a legal point of view?

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No! that is why we went bush last night and he took the bow and I thank you all for the advice.
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I only carry 1 rifle when hunting with the Son (22yrs), well actually he carries it and I tag along . So when we shoot a deer he can carry the deer and I only have to carry 1 rifle back, simple. In the Maimai we are only allowed 2 guns between our 3 shooters so the Son learnt firearm safety ( 10yrs at the time) under double tuition, we all just rotated who shot next. The fire safety that he demonstrates now is bloody great. Same with the daughter we only carry 1 firearm so as I can instruct her on her hunt and firearm use. Also stops the tendency to split up whilst hunting, the biggest cause of accidents.