Thread: Was a bit of a worry how many failed the test...

Originally Posted by bumblefoot

@Ranger 888 I'm teaching a female mate how to hunt. And yup; she listens, doesn't pretend to know it all, has no ego/testosterone to try and boost, only has to be shown once, and generally is cool, calm and collected... The goat in the video below was taken on the spur of the moment. She was lining up on a black billy when I told her this big had just come out. It walked past the black one and she quickly lined it up and dropped it without thinking twice, from about 100m. I was really impressed that she'd been so calm and collected. It was only her second goat.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=65WkFb9gbUM

Good stuff, Bumblefoot! You are obviously a good mentor. Well done.

I got my firearms licence at 16 before my drivers licence (had priorities right from the start!). Failed one question, was one of those any one Q is correct, but there is one that was the most correct. Wasn't one of the 7 biggies I got wrong, so passed.

Don't recall any gruesome pictures, like off.the.grid, but it reminded me of a dcc forestry open day when i was in primary school. They had a display board with pictures of chainsaw injuries. I still remember the guys face with a diagonal kickback cut. It about 1cm deep from forehead between eyes and down the cheek. Now that picture gave me a healthy respect for chainsaws i can tell you!!!!

Yep My youngest son Failed his first sit this weekend. It was those ambiguous questions where you have 2 correct answers and have to pick the more correct one.
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Not sure if there are degrees of "correctness"? I'm picking only one of those answers was the correct one?

You do get a bit paranoid though. When I had my FAL renewed he asked to see my rifles and where I kept the keys. So I just told him I couldn't as I didn't know if he was a FAL holder. The way I looked at it; to do the checks etc (just ticking boxes really) you wouldn't need a licence. And if I told him then I would be breaking a rule. He just laughed, showed me his FAL and said it wasn't a trick question.

When I was asked about where I kept my keys I just said there is no point in me telling you as I will change the location as soon as you leave.
She said fair enough but was more interested in knowing that I kept them away from family members than the exact locating. I suspect I was being too suspicious of her motives.

Re hands on training and putting my suspicious hat back on. I wonder if its not a requirement because that training would be given by clubs and that would lead people to join clubs which would lead to higher membership which would bring firearms owners together in a "gun lobby". I use the term a little bit distastefuly but you get what I mean.