Color for safety

[pinemarten]

I am wondering what you hunting folk do for safety. Here in Michigan we have to have a Hunter's Orange article that we wear. I do that, but also want to add some traditional color- sash, possible bag straps, etc- especially if I wear my buckskin shirt or other traditional clothing. What do you use?

Dan

 

[bender20]

In pa we have to wear an orange vest and hat unless it's the late season flintlock. I just put a vest over whatever I want to wear for the day. I haven't figured out a good solution for the hat yet so I just wear and orange ball cap or orange bomber/trappers hat when cold.

 

[Black Hand]

Mesh Blaze Orange vest.

 

[Stumpkiller]

I used to wear blaze in regular season or red in m/l only. And lately a blaze vest and possibly a hatband regardless of the season.

 

[spudnut]

I'm in Oakland county Mi. I wear an orange liberty cap and a blaze orange neckerchief Thinking about maybe an orange pouch strap

 

[rushlake1]

Take a look here..http://www.gfredasbell.com/gfa_wool_clothing.php

They have a nice orange wool shoulder cape....
Hard to beat wool in the late season.

 

[Loyalist Dave]

I have a blaze orange knit hat, voyager syle. I have a blaze orange shoulder-cape that gets attached to my hunting shirt. I also sewed a reversible waistcoat, brown on the 18th century side, and reversed it has blaze orange shoulders. (Makes for good B&W photos since the stuff matches PC clothing)

I have a very nice, white, screwtip horn, that I don't use during hunting season. I use a plain, brownish horn, and I don't carry a white, military haversack; instead using a natural linen one as my hunting pack. Don't want anything white bouncing around for some yahoo to think is the South end of a deer, and crack away in my direction.

I also carry an extra blaze orange hat, and post that on the side of the tree opposite where I am standing or sitting. I don't get into tree stands, but if I did I would do the same behind me there as well. You can be dressed like a roadway construction cone, but be hidden behind a tree to the next hunter that comes along.

LD

 

[Archer 756]

:hmm: Wonder why om construction site blazed yellow or lime green try it and you will see that it shows up better

 

[BrownBear]

I've seen it from both sides.

Bought a really nice used capote sewed from a dark brown blanket. Just dandy, and great for concealment in dusky forests. About the third time I walked up on hunting buddies and scared them senseless, I figured it was better to store it than be on the receiving end of a snapshot. Seems it's exactly the same color as our Kodiak brown bears.... :shocked2:

I now wear whatever that isn't bear color, elk color, moose color or deer color, but also a glow orange knit voyagers hat and a sash the same color that I wove. I also carry a roll of surveyor flagging tape and drape a bit of that when I settle down to watch a while.

 

[Spikebuck]

In Minnesota during big game seasons (even if one is hunting small game during an open big game season) you have to have a blaze orange hat and the upper body (arms excluded) must be blaze orange, or a pattern of at least 50% blaze orange.

For dressing traditionally, I had an orange capote made. I'm not sure it's really "blaze" but close enough that I doubt I'll get stopped for it. I also wear a blaze orange voyagers hat.

For non-traditional dress, I just used a camo orange vest over whatever coat I was wearing and a camo orange cap (like in my Avatar).

 

[hanshi]

I hunt on private land but still wear an orange hat to and from my "stand". I also have a hunting coat with orange panels both front and rear I sometimes wear. During rifle season I wear a little more than that.

 

[Old Timer 48]

Here in New Hampshire orange is not mandatory, but a lot of guys do wear some. I wear a camo orange vest & hat. Actually, the wool green & black check shows up well in contrast with even a green background. Another thing about wool is because it is an animal fiber it doesn't reflect light, which is why animals can blend in well.

 

[spudnut]

Yeah , I don't know if a hat is enough, I had a bowhunter walk by me about 20 feet away ,look directly at me and still not see me,and I was standing up! and I'm close to 400 lbs :haha:

 

[hanshi]

Just the opposite for me. I'm so small I just get "overlooked". :hmm:

 

[Loyalist Dave]

blazed yellow or lime green try it and you will see that it shows up better

Actually Florescent Blue is the color that "doesn't occur in nature" while the orange, the yellow, and the green I've found in the woods.

Here it's not a question of what shows up best, it's a question of what the law requires. We have to have a solid colored, blaze orange hat OR an upper body garment that gives 250 square inches of blaze orange front and back. I always have a couple of hats, plus I often augment with some on my torso. I'd hate to get hit in the head as I came over a hill and somebody let fly before my chest and the orange came into view. I've taught several fellows with gray pony tails and gray beards to do the same even on private lands...poachers can kill you as dead as an honest mistake.

The wearing of the orange also protects the wearer in court, if some yahoo tosses a bullet your way and you're not wearing legally required orange, you don't have much recourse.

LD

 

[extrema]

Hi, I agree, in New Zealand there is no law stating what you have to wear. But, a lot of people over here are going away from the fluro orange and going to the blue.

 

[George]

According to studies I've seen that seems backwards. Humans have eyes which are sensitive to the red-orange end of the light spectrum, but deer don't. That's why safety orange doesn't disturb them, they see it as grey or something. On the other hand, deer have increased sensitivity on the blue end of the spectrum, so they can distinguish blue as blue. It would seem a blue safety vest would make you stand out to the deer just as it would to humans.

Spence

 

[Spikebuck]

Spence...same thought I had. :idunno:

 

[tenngun]

We think of camp in greens and browns,but to our eyes anyway blue disappears in the green woods easy. A blue vest would quickly lose its protective ability. I don't know if any color will keep one safe from people who would shoot at donating the were not sure what it was or where they were holding.

 

[jrmflintlock]

When I hunt in Colorado Blaze orange Upper body and hat visible from all sides, are required. I made a blaze orange hunting shirt and a hat covering that I pin to my hat.

The ML hunts are in September so its not overly cold, I just put a few shirts underneath if it gets colder. I want to make a blaze weskit for the future but have not got to it yet.

Since we have to deal with modern laws I don't worry about PC Cloth since Blaze orange is not PC. Once you are out there you don't even realize it because the cut and feel are the same.

When you adjust the color of the photo you can't even tell its Blaze Orange.

I know it was a small doe! :shocked2: It was a harder target to hit with my smooth bore! I was looking for a challenge! That's My story and I'm sticking to it!! And boy was she Tasty!! :grin: