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1. Treat a firearm always as loaded

That's the best way to avoid accidents. If you think a weapon is unloaded, your safety measures will relax and just one round in the chamber is enough for the disaster; instead if you always manipulate a firearm thinking that is loaded, you'll never get relaxed enough to manipulate the weapon unsafely.

2. Never aim to anyone

The gun muzzle always must point downwards or upwards, away from people or animals. NEVER aim to anyone; a firearm is not a toy but a lethal device able to kill when improperly used.

So, aim to a target you will certainly shoot to; otherwise keep the barrel pointing towards a safe direction.

3. Keep your finger out of the trigger

Walking through the wood with your finger on the trigger ready to shoot pertains more to the movies than to the real life; in fact it's a dangerous behaviour you must to avoid.

Don't trust only on the gun safety; as any other mechanical device the safety might fail anytime at anypoint, and if your finger slips on the trigger, a simple mechanical malfunction could end on disgrace; so keep your finger out of the guard and the trigger until you are ready to shoot.

4. Be aware about what you are shooting to

Don't shoot unless you are completely sure what you have in the target. Hunting accidents are more common than desired and many of them are because of imprudence.

1. Aim to the ears

The impact of a precise shot on the ear holes will break hog neck leading to an instant dead. It's a big, solid target to aim but not so easy to shoot since hoars are constantly moving their heads on different directions.

However if you are patient enough and find the right shooting angle, it will be possible to hit a hoar on the ears killing it instantly.

2. The spine

If a hoar shows its side, the best place to shoot is the spine, behind the neck and up to the shoulders area.

It's a sort of ambush where bears go directly towards hunters rifles, but what about the required skills of a hunter such as scouting and chasing? Furthermore, what will happen when bears are attracted by other human food scents coming from sources different than hunters' lures?

Baiting is not only unfair but also dangerous for nearby communities because once hunters leave the area, other bears will be attracted by human food scent from local people, putting them in critical danger.

On the other hand, once a bear is attracted by baiting it's hard to know if it's a female with cubs or a male since most of time female bears don't take their cubs with them when out for food, so it's possible to kill nursing bears, leaving orphans who will certainly dead without their mother's protection.

Gators' eyes glow red in the dark of the night, so you will be spotting water surface with a spot light trying to locate gators. Once you find one - something that could take several hours, depending of the area where you are hunting - it's time to attract this big predator towards you because if you get near to the animal on yourself, it will simply disappear beneath the water and you won't see it anymore.

So, once the gator is located it's time to use lures and hooks; it's like fishing but more complex since you won't be able to raise a big alligator using only a hook, furthermore, you don't wish to do it because it's very dangerous and you could be ending as the game.

The hook is to set only a temporary line that allows you to get closer without losing the gator since it won't be possible to it to dive; so you'll have the chance to get closer with your boat and proceed with your main weapon; not a gun but a harpoon.

Additionally wild creatures are spread over a very large area, making difficult, if not impossible, to locate them on a regular basis (walking), so hunting from airboats becomes necessary.

People accustomed to hunt  in the mountains might find this hunting way a little noisy and atypical, but it's the only way to hunt on the Everglades. Using airboats allows to cover big extensions of a very tough terrain during daylight or night; otherwise it would be impossible to locate big games fast.

Old fashioned hunters still prefer to hunt using a canoe, but this requires to be out in the glades up to a week, camping on the isles and living from what nature has to offer.

Instead, hunting from airboats is faster and easier, allowing hunters to go back home (or hotel if you are a tourist) each night.