hunter orange
11-16-2003, 07:36 PM
#1
Thread Starter
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: Davenport NY
Posts: 3
hunter orange
Just in case you havent heard starting next year you will be required to wear blaze orange during gun season(deer) in New York state there is an article on it in this months New York game and fish magazine.What it comes down to is at least a a piece of clothing that can be seen in a 360 degree raduis.It has to be above the waist.(vest,coat,hat)
Dave Baird
Dave Baird
11-17-2003, 06:01 AM
#2
Join Date: Oct 2003
Location: Gouldsboro, PA
Posts: 548
RE: hunter orange
I wear a orange vest that I put on over my cameo. I wear this going into my stand, or walking through the woods, or anythime I go hunting, even muzzleloading. It also has my tags on it so every time I go hunting, I have to put it on. The deer don' t mind and other hunter can see me.
Tomster
Tomster
11-18-2003, 08:52 PM
#3
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: Calais Maine
Posts: 498
RE: hunter orange
Its really not all that bad. I live up here in maine whare you need two articles of orange. One peice must cover the torso and the other must be a hat. Plenty of deer are still taken it dont have any affect.
11-19-2003, 09:48 AM
#4
Join Date: Sep 2003
Posts: 14
RE: hunter orange
im also from maine and andy o is correct it dont bother the deer at all i took a nice doe this year walking right at me she was about 40 yds out when i shot her. so lets al be safe and wear the orange. even if your state dosnt require it .please dont become a statistic .....
11-20-2003, 05:31 PM
#5
Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: New Hampshire
Posts: 65
RE: hunter orange
I live in New Hampshire, where hunter orange is a recomendation, but I always wear it during rifle season and still see plenty of deer, it doesn' t seem to affect them too much, and if it helps me to stay alive, I have no problem with it.
It is a shame that it is needed at all, humans look nothing like deer to me, and if I can' t see something, I won' t shoot, plain and simple. Seems like there are too many idiots out there that will shoot at the first sound they hear, and find out later what it was.
Just my 2 cents,
Mike
It is a shame that it is needed at all, humans look nothing like deer to me, and if I can' t see something, I won' t shoot, plain and simple. Seems like there are too many idiots out there that will shoot at the first sound they hear, and find out later what it was.
Just my 2 cents,
Mike
11-20-2003, 06:24 PM
#6
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Macungie Pa USA
Posts: 79
RE: hunter orange
I had a similar situation like Spiegel. last year opening morning I had a buck walk by my stand perhaps 45 minutes before light, Now I must be honest that I was not the quietest guy in the woods that moning since I still needed to hoist my rifle up to my stand. That deer was still there 3o minutes after it got light out and he kept looking up at me. It was nasty in the fact that the buck was not of legal size. But oh well it was great to watch this animal for that period of time. Well anyway GOOD LUCK to you all this year.[8D]
11-20-2003, 08:03 PM
#7
Join Date: Oct 2003
Location: williamstown vt
Posts: 699
RE: hunter orange
Speaking of idiots in the woods, in ' 88 my second year of hunting i had a orange, very bright, hat and vest on. i was down in a softwood section of woods below my parents house, sitting under a hemlock tree, now mind you i was in plain view, someone shot and the next thing i heard was splat, i looked up and saw a hole in the tree about four feet above my head. scared the ever lovin sheet right out of me. Here in vt orange isnt required but reccomended. Now maybe its because of getting shot at, that i have this thing with orange, when hunting now im about 98% mossyoak and two % orange. i wear a orange hat and an orange neck tie(it looks like half a bandanna), I realize that makes it easier for me to become a statistic but i have this fear of being shot at, 
, not that i' m any different then anybody else, NOBODY likes getting shot at!!!! Dont get me wrong i still feel that people are safer wearing it but after the experience i had, I wear my hat and scarf. but unless I get lucky enough to be able to hunt in another state or until vt makes it law that its required in some fassion i prefer to stay cammo' ed up. Be safe- good luck to all..
, not that i' m any different then anybody else, NOBODY likes getting shot at!!!! Dont get me wrong i still feel that people are safer wearing it but after the experience i had, I wear my hat and scarf. but unless I get lucky enough to be able to hunt in another state or until vt makes it law that its required in some fassion i prefer to stay cammo' ed up. Be safe- good luck to all..
11-20-2003, 08:31 PM
#8
Join Date: Nov 2003
Posts: 48
RE: hunter orange
PA requires 250 square inches of orange, viewable from 360 degrees, except when in your stand in archery, and I don' t see wut difference it makes because I' ve always heard that deer are color blind, so it' s braking up your outline that I think people should worry about rather than being seen by a color-blind animal, because it' s better safe than sorry.