The Hunting regs state that you must wear 400 square inches of hunter orange on your upper body, visible from all sides. If i am wearing a backpack does it have to be hunter orange. I have a real nice camo pack and would like to use it for deer hunting etc but is it ok? its a fair size pack that covers most of my back.
Hunter orange
- Thread starter asphalt599
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Get a ### large vest and put it over your pack too!
The law is quite clear.... fluorescent orange coat or vest, at least 400 inches unbroken and visible from all sides...INCLUDING a fluorescent orange hat!
The law is quite clear.... fluorescent orange coat or vest, at least 400 inches unbroken and visible from all sides...INCLUDING a fluorescent orange hat!
the only reason ontario established blaze orange requirements is that the politicians could laugh at the retards wearing the orange clothes.... bed enough your mother has to dress you, now your letting some libtard tell you how to dress.
thank god for sensible laws in western canada....
thank god for sensible laws in western canada....
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- Houston, TX
Which provinces / territories still have that dumb old blaze orange regulation?
ninepointer
CGN frequent flyer
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- Central Ontario
Our deer camp has been wearing hunter orange since before it was law in Ontario. And before that the old hunters all wore red. In the 90 year history of our camp there has never been a shooting accident.
Signed,
One of the Retards
It is proven that Hunter Orange reduces the number of accidents... and that most game does not see it as we do.
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- Houston, TX
While it may be a sensible thing to do in a congested area, making everybody do it reeks of the typical bureaucratic heavy-handedness found in most of Canada.
Personal responsibility should trump government interference.
I guess I'm a libertarian too.
Personal responsibility should trump government interference.
I guess I'm a libertarian too.
What does a "Congested Area" have to do with hunting safety or the use of Hunter Orange?
They teach us not to point a firearm at anything we don't want to kill.... yet every year somebody mistakes another person for game and shoots him. This is not a just regional phenomenon nor does it happen in areas of high hunter population only. Hunter Orange saves lives.... I am guessing you don't care?
Johnn Peterson
CGN Ultra frequent flyer
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- Chemainus B.C.
Somewhat of a side issue of this thread, but thinking back to playing snooker with an old high school buddy, the colours he frequently couldn't tell the difference between was green, brown and red. That may have been one of the reasons I was sometimes able to beat him. Apparently, for people that are colour blind, these colours and shades thereof are hard if not impossible sometimes to distinguish between. Perhaps this partially explains people wearing red that have been shot?Bike riding on the highway, when I see a group of riders or runners, the first colour that I notice is bright yellow. So, the question, would bright yellow be a better choice of colour? Even my old pool playing buddy could spot yellow.
In Saskatchewan rifle big-game seasons we have been wearing red, orange, white or yellow suits head to foot plus a hat in any of those colors except for white for all of my life. I am not aware of even one case of a hunter getting shot here due to mistaken identity, but accidental shooting of any type are practically unheard of. They just don't happen. We also have the highest percentage of gun-owners per population and the highest number of guns per owner of anywhere in the country.
Last I looked Saskatchewan was part of Western Canada and their requirement to wear a full suit of red, white or orange along with a hat is I believe the most ridiculous in the country.
BTW, Here in BC we don't need to wear any "colour" and hunting accidents are very, very rare.
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- Houston, TX
No Camo, No Funeral
Hey why don't we ban guns too, if it just saves one life! You sound like Windy & McSquinty. Maybe you should think a bit harder before you type?
Maybe "no camo, no funeral"?
What does a "Congested Area" have to do with hunting safety or the use of Hunter Orange?
They teach us not to point a firearm at anything we don't want to kill.... yet every year somebody mistakes another person for game and shoots him. This is not a just regional phenomenon nor does it happen in areas of high hunter population only. Hunter Orange saves lives.... I am guessing you don't care?
Hey why don't we ban guns too, if it just saves one life! You sound like Windy & McSquinty. Maybe you should think a bit harder before you type?
Maybe "no camo, no funeral"?
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- Back in the Peace Country
what is the debate about?
It is just common sense to wear high vis when in the bush hunting,
For what reason would a hunter not want to. Certainly you are not putting your camo fashion sense, above common sense and human safety.
I hear a lot of this "it should be my choice" ####.
No it shouldn't.
Because you choose to be hidden, while people are hunting with high powered rifles, you are also deciding that it is Ok to put your life on the conscience of every hunter. Should you be injured you are also putting the meds, rescue teams, etc etc etc at risk, ...
when I occasionally hunt big game in camo, I stay in one place and flag the trees, even now i am thinking I will switch to blaze for all my big game hunting
this year.
It is just common sense to wear high vis when in the bush hunting,
For what reason would a hunter not want to. Certainly you are not putting your camo fashion sense, above common sense and human safety.
I hear a lot of this "it should be my choice" ####.
No it shouldn't.
Because you choose to be hidden, while people are hunting with high powered rifles, you are also deciding that it is Ok to put your life on the conscience of every hunter. Should you be injured you are also putting the meds, rescue teams, etc etc etc at risk, ...
when I occasionally hunt big game in camo, I stay in one place and flag the trees, even now i am thinking I will switch to blaze for all my big game hunting
this year.
I hope the "hunter" orange thing never comes to BC. I keep a blaze orange hat in my kit, and if the woods start to get too crowded, I have the option of putting it on.
If they are going to legislate that hunters wear blaze orange while hunting, then why not everyone who enters a legal hunting area. Is it any less possible for someone out walking their dog to be mistaken for a deer, than for someone who is hunting?
If they are going to legislate that hunters wear blaze orange while hunting, then why not everyone who enters a legal hunting area. Is it any less possible for someone out walking their dog to be mistaken for a deer, than for someone who is hunting?
