If you have a hunting cabin, you probably look forward to visiting with your guns and embarking on hunting tips in the woods. Hunting is certainly an All-American pastime, whether your preferred game is deer, squirrels, or turkeys. However, nothing ruins a hunting trip faster than a gun-related accident. Gun safety still applies when you're away on vacation. Follow these tips for enhanced gun safety when staying at your hunting cabin.

Tip #1: Install a gun safe.

You probably have a gun safe in your own home for safe firearm storage. However, if you're like many people, you leave your guns out when you're visiting your hunting cabin. While the guns may add to the ambiance when you're visiting for a hunting trip, leaving them out is never a safe choice. Even if the kids are not at the cabin with you, there's a chance that visitors (invited or uninvited) could stop by, putting everyone at risk if they handle the guns. It's best to purchase a gun safe and install it in your cabin. Put the guns inside as soon as you arrive back from your hunting trips each day.

When you install the gun safe, make sure you bolt it to the floor. This will prevent thieves from stealing your guns if you leave the cabin for a while. Make sure you buy a safe that's large enough to accommodate a few extra guns if you happen to have friends visit your cabin with you.

Tip #2: Don't let untrained visitors hunt.

When you're in vacation mode, there's always the temptation to be free-spirited and carefree. In this spirit, you may be tempted to try to teach a visiting friend how to hunt and shoot. However, this is not a wise choice. Someone could become injured far too easily when an inexperienced shooter is shooting. If you have friends who are visiting your cabin and they want to hunt, ask that they take a gun safety course and some shooting lessons, first.

Tip #3: Make sure everyone knows where they can and cannot hunt.

This is especially important if you have visitors coming to hunt with you. Make sure they all know the boundaries of where hunting is permitted, and where it is not. Consider putting some markers out on trails or along the edges of certain fields to establish this boundary. Otherwise, it's far too easy for someone to mistakenly assume they're far enough from the cabin to shoot, only to put others at risk when bullets come roaring through the living area.

Another way to make sure nobody hunts too close to the cabin is to only allow hunting from certain tree stands and the area immediately surrounding them. Make sure everyone knows where these tree stands are and who will be hunting at each one.

Tip #4: Make sure everyone wears orange.

Even if the land around your cabin belongs to you, there's no way to guarantee that nobody is trespassing and hunting on your land. And if you bring visitors to the cabin with you, there will be a few more people meandering around the woods and armed. To keep everyone safe, make it mandatory that anyone who hunts from your cabin wears orange gear. This will make it easier to see each other if you cross paths. Consider keeping a few extra orange jackets and sweatshirts in your cabin so visitors can borrow them if needed.

If you follow the tips above, you and your friends will have a much safer trip to your hunting cabin. Get that safe in place, keep close control over where people hunt, wear orange, and don't permit shooting by untrained individuals. For more information, contact companies like Southern California Security Centers.