Chapter 5: Outdoor Safety
Drugs and Alcohol

The effects of drugs and alcohol on the body can influence your ability to perform simple tasks. In order to hunt or trap safely, do not take any of these substances. Below is a short list of how alcohol and drugs, even over-the-counter medications, can impair your ability to hunt or trap.

Impaired Functions

• Coordination: Disorientation, loss of balance, loss or slowing down of motor skills
• Hearing: Lack of sound acuity (cannot hear well)
• Vision: Difficulty in focusing, lack of peripheral vision, impaired color perception
• Communication: Slurred speech
• Judgment and Reasoning: Confusion, dizziness, slow or unable to make decisions