California Online Hunters Education Course

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The following course material is for reference only. Please go to the new course to complete your California certification.

Chapter 3 Review Questions
1.	Good marksmanship is __________. being able to hit your target at least 50% of the time correctly marking your target being a good sport if you miss your target hitting your target accurately and consistently
2.	Sight alignment is .
3.	To help you steady the rifle when you're ready to shoot, draw a deep breath and .
4.	The proper technique for pulling the trigger when shooting a rifle is to __________. pull the trigger quickly, moving only your finger squeeze the trigger slowly jerk the trigger snap the trigger
5.	Of the four standard rifle shooting positions, the steadiest is the position.
6.	All handguns should be fired at length.
7.	If you are hunting small, fast, close birds like dove or quail, the best choke selection would be or choke.
8.	When patterning a shotgun, the goal is to produce a pattern of pellets with even and a sufficient percentage of the within a 30-inch circle.
9.	Which shotgun-shooting technique is best for a beginning hunter and is performed by pointing at a moving target, and then moving past it and firing? snap-shooting swing-through sustained lead patterning
10.	A common error when hunting birds with a shotgun is __________. tapping the trigger and not squeezing it slowly bringing the stock all the way up to the cheek without lowering the head lowering the head and cheek to the stock of the shotgun failing to align the sights on the target properly and then take a deep breath

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