nomad 68
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Speak for yourself bud.
Man dies following hunting accident in Nova Scotia: RCMP
- Thread starter Thomas D'Arcy McGee
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Maybe some eyes are different but to me Blaze Orange does exactly that....it "blazes". You can see that color from a long ways off in the brush, in heavy timber or at dusk when you would have a very hard time picking our a deer in the same place .
I don't wear blaze orange any more until I get to my hunting area... got stopped too many times even on public roads/highways by the CO"s who when questioned on the legality of them stopping us just shrugged and said " you were wearing orange ".
CO's don't have to wear Blaze Orange because they don't want to be seen .
I don't wear blaze orange any more until I get to my hunting area... got stopped too many times even on public roads/highways by the CO"s who when questioned on the legality of them stopping us just shrugged and said " you were wearing orange ".
CO's don't have to wear Blaze Orange because they don't want to be seen .
Kind of reminds me of seat belts when I read some posts here.
Belts like hunters orange are useless to some still today
Too bad many of these guys cannot speak to tell us why they think like that since they are dead or crippled
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Belts like hunters orange are useless to some still today
Too bad many of these guys cannot speak to tell us why they think like that since they are dead or crippled
Cheers
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When the sound shot "hunter" hears a shot in the bush he fires at it hoping he lucks out and hits a deer.
Idiots who take sound shots usually carry semis and will empty the magazine at sounds in the bush.
You were wrong here btw. I am sorry but be sure of your target and what is beyond it....before ya point rifle and take safety off ffs. It isn't hard.
This. I think the orange is stupid. Wearing bright colors by choice i dont think is stupid but not the alternative to proper gun safety. Certainly the overly detailed regs about it are stupid in every way.
I still don’t get how you mistake a hunter for a deer, like don’t you need to make sure you know the correct animal / species / what gender they identify as / and make sure you have a clean shot on the vital sweet spot ?
It’s crazy how many hunters talk #### about owners of tactical looking “scary” guns, yet are so damn careless when hunting game, all these numb nuts give all Canadian gun owners a bad name.
It’s crazy how many hunters talk #### about owners of tactical looking “scary” guns, yet are so damn careless when hunting game, all these numb nuts give all Canadian gun owners a bad name.
That is not what they were here back in the day
They would shoot over the tree line to see if they could get what was inside to come out
Dangerous yes but some did it
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From what I was told by a coworker they are one and the same. The son shot his father. Coworker knew them both.
Let the stats speak for themselves. Hunter orange used to be mandatory in Alberta, and since the requirement was dropped, the number of accidental shootings did jot increase. What does that indicate?
smokin'stoegie
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"Hunter" orange or rather a particular florescent orange was selected for the regulations due to its high visibility in the colour spectrum and the fact it is not observed in nature as a "natural" colour.
Is it stupid ?? Absolutely not.
It was an effort to reduce hunter related injuries and/or fatalities because the plain and simple truth is that there are morons out there.
I agree with you that practicing hunter safety is paramount however we all know that never will exist across the board.
PS: I don't know what that indicates Stubblejumper,, could be many things. Skewed stats ? the fact that hunter orange is no longer prevalent in the woods made people more cautious ? People stopped shooting at orange deer?
I don't know either.
Look at the over all stats of north america . It is bad which is why it is used in 40 states in the US and mandatory in many of them
Big difference also hunting in Alberta and NS. Done both so know
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Tons of data out there that proves it works
Several studies have demonstrated that there is a lower proportion of hunting accidents among those hunters who wear Hunter Orange compared to those who do not wear Hunter Orange garments. In New York State from 1989 to 1995, of the 125 incidents in which hunters were mistaken for game, only six (5%) were wearing hunter orange.
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Regardless of the reason why, it indicates that in Alberta, you are no more likely to be mistaken for an animal and shot, whether you wear hunter orange or not.
Are you suggesting that the hunters in NS. are more careless and are more likely to shoot at unidentified targets? I have hunted n four provinces, two which have a color restriction, and two that don't, and I felt no safer in the provinces that do.
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I am saying it is much more difficult to see your target since the brush is so think or easier have an accident since a bullet can go a long way beyond what you may see in your line of timber in front of you
May be a guy standing 40 yards away in that timber and no way can I see him. With orange on I have a better chance
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Ardent
CGN Ultra frequent flyer
Orange is a response to poor target identification. In B.C. I can’t remember the last person accidentally shot that wasn’t during a grizzly attack, going through a fence etc, different circumstances, we wear camo or drab colours here.
We also have point and horn restrictions on most species meaning if your don’t stop and count tines or check horn curl etc, you can enjoy a court date. That’s probably a factor in the lack of deer and moose hunters shooting each other here despite being camo’d, we’re used to having to study the animal to make sure it’s legal in many zones. Moose in my zone is 3 brow tines on one side or ten points total on one antler, that can take some study through the binos especially when a point is marginal and you’re trying to see if it qualifies through thick bush. I had to get to 25 yards on one good sized bull this year in the willows and alders to determine he was a point shy of legal. It as thick in much of the BC bush as anywhere, yet the blacktail hunters aren’t shooting each other.
People need to put the rifle to the side and hold their binos. Then again we don’t do driven hunts here either.
We also have point and horn restrictions on most species meaning if your don’t stop and count tines or check horn curl etc, you can enjoy a court date. That’s probably a factor in the lack of deer and moose hunters shooting each other here despite being camo’d, we’re used to having to study the animal to make sure it’s legal in many zones. Moose in my zone is 3 brow tines on one side or ten points total on one antler, that can take some study through the binos especially when a point is marginal and you’re trying to see if it qualifies through thick bush. I had to get to 25 yards on one good sized bull this year in the willows and alders to determine he was a point shy of legal. It as thick in much of the BC bush as anywhere, yet the blacktail hunters aren’t shooting each other.
People need to put the rifle to the side and hold their binos. Then again we don’t do driven hunts here either.
So you are saying that the bush is thicker in N.S. than the interior of BC. or the coastal B.C.rain forest, where there is no color requirement?
My binoculars are always around my neck when hunting .
Hunter orange was ruled as discrimination against hunters in Alberta ..if all other recreational users of the outdoors are not required to wear orange during the same time periods you can't make it mandatory for hunters.
Hunter orange was ruled as discrimination against hunters in Alberta ..if all other recreational users of the outdoors are not required to wear orange during the same time periods you can't make it mandatory for hunters.
I grew up wearing hunter orange since I started hunting and would continue to wear it regardless if I didn't have to. All I'm saying is it doesn't spook the deer and it can't hurt anything to put it on. This year due to hip problems I was issued a permit to hunt from a vehicle by MNRF and I still had my hunter orange on regardless of only being able to sit in the truck. Neither the orange or the vehicle bothered the 9pt buck I got opening morning. Idiots are going to be idiots regardless of what your wearing. The old boy in our gang that passed away early this fall once told us that he glassed another member of group walking back to stand on neighboring farm as he could only see something bopping over the hill. He had blaze orange hat on but still didn't stop the old timer. Regardless of being 600yds away and never making that shot with a 243 anyway and I know he didn't carry binos, I knew he scoped him and was told to use some better judgement next time. If you can't tell its a game animal, the gun stays down.
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