I was thinking the other way. I am somewhat shocked at how many people are anti BO. Because they don't like being told what to do? They put the chance of not being spotted by a buck above 7 out of 10 huntes losing their lives?
Perhaps I misunderstood what you are trying to get across. Actually, 10 out of 10 hunters will die, but a very tiny number will die while hunting. In 2003, we had only three fatal accidents, and in 2004, only four fatal accidents in the entire state of PA. Hunting is a very safe sport. With nearly a million of us buying licenses, this is amazing. If you would like some statistics as to our hunting accidents, here is a webpage:
http://www.pgc.state.pa.us/pgc/cwp/view.asp?a=461&q=158315
Now, what is amazing about this is that in 2003 and also in 2004, none of the fatal accidents occured in spring gobbler season when we are not required to wear any blaze orange. It seems that the most fatal accidents occur during rifle deer season when we are required to do our pumpkin immitation.
Of further interest should be the fact that way back in the early years of hunting in PA, there were far more accidents and far more fatalities. Were those old guys not as safety conscious? Perhaps it is more due to the fact that most of them hunted deer by driving and shot at running deer.