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Safe hunting
includes vision
check
Hunters are an endangered species, according to Roland L. Pitts, program director, National Society to Prevent Blindness - Virginia Affiliate. Every year shooting accidents occur when hunters either mistake people for game or fail to see others standing in their line of fire.
In 1985 the Virginia Game Commission reported eight deaths and 67 people injured due to hunting accidents. To help prevent these tragic accidents, the National Society to Prevent Blindness advises hunters to have their eyes checked before taking to the field.
“This won’t stop shooting accidents due to carelessness, but it will help eliminate target mistakes,” said Mr. Pitts. “In order to identify wildlife in its natural habitat and to make a clean shot, it’s critical that a hunter’s vision be as perfect as possible.”
Eye doctors can prescribe glasses to improve a hunter’s aim, he noted. They can also detect color perception problems before a hunter mistakes his buddy’s orange cap for the red head of a gobbler turkey.
Mr. Pitts urged hunters to be es
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