How hard is it to figure out that you need to lower and raise up unloaded guns? It is not like time counts when you are getting into or out of a tree stand. Go slow. Unload the gun. Do not be stupid. I have seen countless examples of shooters handling guns which makes me cringe. Clay target shooters are some of the worst. They get so use to handing loaded guns that they wave them like a broom stick and forget that they can kill or injure.

I quit a very good duck and goose hunting club 40 years because I got tire of hunting with one slob who refused to adhere to basic gun safety. I could stand him being lazy but will not put up with a slob who handles guns like a child or drunk.