hunters orange

[brandonessary]

I was just wanderin what u guys use as ur soulution to hunters orange :hmm:

 

[Slake]

I wear red, same old red I've worn for thrity years.

 

[arcticap]

Usually a simple, quiet blaze vest, maybe a blaze hat, jacket or even insulated bibs in the winter.

 

[Pork Chop]

Well, first I strip to the waist. Then I shave all body hair off of my upper body - eyebrows, ear hair and all. Then I go get some dayglow orange paint at WalMart - still stripped from the waist up - and go home. Then....

I quit kidding around with sad humor like that and just put on a quiet orange vest and maybe a hat...

 

[paulvallandigham]

what problem??? I just wear blaze orange. Animals react to movement, not to color. Yes, they can see colors in some lighting conditions, but not in the same low light when you can see it. Deer hunting is done either at first light, or at dusk, when they are moving, and feeding. Deer do not see blaze orange well. I do wear a blaze orange camo jacket with sleeves, to obscure necessary arm movements, under my blaze orange vest, to meet local laws. I have had all manner of animals, from squirrels, to deer come right up to me, and even walk on me when I was dress from head to toe in Blaze orange. I learned not to move many years ago, and I practice it a lot to be good at it. Most hunters haven't a clue how to sit and stand still, in my experience over the past 50 years.

I would rather be seen by some other hunter because I am wearing blaze orange, and not be shot by the idiot, than to not wear blaze orange, and get Mistaken for a Turkey, or deer, or whatever else they can think up as an excuse when they are caught. A southern Illinois jury awarded a plaintiff about $50,000 against a man who shot him mistaking him for a turkey, and the defendant had the gall to appeal. Even the Appellate Court commented that they could not fathom how a 6 foot, 220 lbs. man could possibly be mistaken for a turkey, and affirmed the trial court decision.

Paul

 

[Hoyt]

I hunt all public land so when I'm on the move I got an orange hat and coat on. When I get in a tree I take all the orange off.

 

[Pork Chop]

Hoyt,

You may be in violation of Florida law by taking that orange off. I am not a legal type, so I am just going by what limited knowledge I have though...

 

[Roy]

I wear my bright orange vest at all times because its not worth being shot, or shot at by some yahoo with buck fever. :v

 

[Kuckus]

I wear a blaze orange weskit (vest) that is styled to the french and indian war period. As an earlier post notes, when sitting still deer do not notice me until it's too late :grin: . I actually worry more about the scent of the thing (wood/pipe smoke) than I do about the color.

 

[Stumpkiller]

Hat, jacket, overalls, gloves. Everything I can find in 10-mile cloth. If I sit still the deer will walk right up to me. In the snow it is probably the best "camo" there could be. Too many bullets flying during deer season for my liking.

For small game & off season hunting I just had a sleeved wasitcoat made out of lobsterback red wool

 

[gmww]

When I have to wear hunter orange, I use the camo orange as it is broken up with dark lines. However, one of the reasons I like ML season in Wa. is because your not required to wear hunter orange. Not a whole lot of ML hunter around to worry about.

 

[Pork Chop]

I wonder if anyone makes a tricorn hat in Blaze Orange...

 

[Marc Adamchek]

Kuckus - Where did you find a blaze orange weskit in the F & I style!? I've been looking in vain for something like that for almost a year. I look forward to hunting with my muzzleloader all year, and when the beautiful autumn comes I forge out into the woods with my Lancaster, shot pouch, breeches, leggins, etc and a stupid 21st century blaze orange jacket. Where did you find your weskit? I'd be forever in your debt!

 

[paulvallandigham]

Hoyt: In Illinois, archery deer hunters are not required to wear hunter orange, and neither are turkey hunters. However, I always recommend that if they are going to sit in a tree, or at the base of a tree without blaze orange gear on, then take some blaze orange surveyor's tape along, and wrap a piece around the tree.

If you are in a tree stand, wrap one below the stand and one above it. The human eye even at long distances, can see between those lines and realize that a human is there, dressed in his ghillie suit, or camo. If you are sitting at the bottom of a tree, wrap the tape around the tree above your head. Again, anyone approaching will be able to see that 1 inch wide, or less, tape of blaze orange, and realize that they are coming into the range of another hunter.

If they have any decency, they will back away, and give you a wide circle, so as not to spoil your hunt. When you leave, you can cut the tape with a knife, and take it out with you for disposal.

Protect yourself from the idiots out there. Deer and even turkey do not react to such blaze orange tape, because it is not moving. Turkeys can definitely see the orange tape, while there is still some dispute about how much a deer can see. I think they can see, or at least I act accordingly. But see it or not, they don't seem to get nervous, or shy away from a decoy, or from their path going by my stand.

You can buy a roll of the surveyor's tape at a discount home store for less than $5.00, or pay twice that in some of the sportsmen's catalogues. Go figure. Either way, its very cheap life insurance.

I have a friend who just missed being shot by some bird hunters who were working a field where he was set up with his bow and arrow in full camo . He saw a pheasant rise and start to cross in front of him, and saw the guns coming up. He was tied to the tree, so he swung around and put the tree between himself and the shooter just in time for the shot pellets to go whizzing by and through his tree! He has no doubt he would have been hit if he had not moved when he did. He still won't use the surveyor's tape, as he is like you. But, at least he knows what a chance he is taking, and that there really is no good reason for him to be doing so.

 

[squirejohn]

Marc - The Ohio Valley Peddler has them and will be at the "Original" vous in West Thompson CT next week. Check out the Public Events forum for more info as to visitors dates, time etc.

 

[Hoyt]

Hoyt,

You may be in violation of Florida law by taking that orange off. I am not a legal type, so I am just going by what limited knowledge I have though...

I got a buddy who got written up in Ga. for taking his orange off after getting in tree.
Game wardens don't go in the woods around here during gun season. Too much trouble trying to walk around with a truck seat grown to their butt.

 

[Trey]

The Ohio Valley Peddler carries them as well as Barkertown Sutlers. My buddy Kuckus has the Barkertown version with bone buttons and it looks great... for orange :winking: .

 

[Pork Chop]

Well, you do have a point there! A few years back, the mob I used to hunt with all knew the wardens, so they could get away with just about anything...

 

[madbrad]

Do you have a picture of your vest?

 

[Russianblood]

I have a blaze orange voyager's cap. Works great for small game hunting. When hunting deer on public land though, I use an blaze orange cloth vest as well.