Mojotex

I've hunted white tails since 1962. And a bunch to say the least. My experience is that the colors do matter. Avoid light, bright stuff. Avoid anything that is "noisey" because you will move ... eventually. No way to stay rock still hour after hour after hour.Any woodsy color works. Soft toned dark greens, dark graysand earth browns are super.Combining those colors up in some sort, about any sort, of "cammo" pattern is super. Solid orange, broken orange .... I have not noticed any more "busting" than any other dress.In my opinion, it is scent first by far ... then movement .... with noise a close second ... and color a distant third.If hunter orange was the culprit, I'd have been pretty much skunked for decades because I've worn it as a safety precaution since I was 12 (nearly 50 years ago)... and I still wear it every time out,required by law or not.

Champlain Islander

ditto on that one.

Allen Denton

I am the same way as stated earlier, I have been busted in full camo and had deer stand in front of me with my orange hat on. I believe that deer see movement and react.

jamesward1289

ask bambi

Alsatian

I think hunter orange is only required during rifle deer season where I hunt, in Oklahoma. When you are hunting with a rifle, the rifle lets you shoot deer at such a stand-off range that whether you wear hunter orange or do not wear hunter orange should not be a dominating factor in your hunt. Pay attention to other details, and the hunter orange isn't going to blow your hunt: place yourself in the shadows, surround yourself with brush that breaks up your outline, move not at all or very slowly, cover your skin (white hands, white face) with some kind of material (gloves, face net) that impedes the reflection of light off your skin as you turn your head slowly, place yourself so the wind is blowing towards you from the direction you expect for the deer to appear from. If you DO NOT have these issues addressed, the hunter orange isn't going to make a difference -- these other factors will dominate. If you DO have these issues addressed, my bet is the deer isn't going to see you with the hunter orange on.

But as has already been said, the law calls for hunter orange so you need to wear it.