Would that "no experience" cover you & Florecence orange hunting gear?
No I own some, because I hunt in Saskatchewan also, were it is mandatory. There is no 'experienced' literature out there that compels me to wear it. The only incident I have ever had that would have, maybe, seen a difference was with a hunter from Ontario out here. And his @ssh@t excuse was we weren't wearing orange
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I don't know any body who shoots at things with out identifying it first. That means if it isn't clear, you check first, before you point or shoot.
My experience is extensive enough practically and in literature (I have 4 moving boxes in my garage with the literature on these general subjects that I've read and re-read. I only hope that I have retained a tenth of it to keep me from believing old-wise tales.)
I believe that in the beginning, you missed the point of my post; you may have read it too quickly in haste to retort.
you see little diversity in your province.
Wll that quote makes it obvious you know nothing of Ontario, too
Uh, ya, how are your mountains, or your deserts, I have both within at least 2 hours drive,as well as swamp and high tundra prairie. My point to make in this was the fellow in question was judging terrain from a visit to Salmon Arm
. IF he would have taken a walk up Skimikin Valley he might have seen some very thick black timber (which is even harder to navigate because it is on a 20% grade). I have been to Ontario, and seen some, but definitely not all. There is diversity between the Georgia Bay and Lanark county, but not nearly as extreme as the difference between Nordegg, and Lethbridge in Alberta or Chilliwack and Atlin Lake in BC. If you are going tho argue with that, geography isn't a strong point
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Did you ever visit the slopes around Kitimat where the Devil's Club is
so thick you cannot physically walk without slashing it down? Or have you ever visited the muskeg forest of northern Alberta where you have pines
so thick its painful to walk through, not from the needles, but the lower dead snags hanging off of the trees intertwined?
Please enlighten me then why most everyone in Atb & BC advocate scopes in the 3x9, 4x12 range
Seems to me they would be quite useless in situations described
Only a small portion of people hunt that specific terrain, but I've found 3x and 4x usable in 15yd applications (I prefer a 2.5-8 or 1.75-6 in that type of dense foliage myself). That same rifle is likely to be used to hunt sheep in Cache Creek or Mule deer in Peace River where 300yd shots aren't the norm, but are likely. The variable scope idea speaks again of our diverse hunting conditions. It really isn't all that confusing of a situation.
That and what the heck does scope application have to do with this subject
Well i have been reading this and trying hard to stay out of this debate.
But
I have lived in Northern Ontario for over 40 years I have hunted the woods of Northern Ontario from North Bay to Moose factory and West to the lake head.
I have walked through brush so thick that you have to cover your face to walk through it to recover game. I wore the orange as it was the law I feel undressed now that I live and hunt in Northern BC. I do not mind not wearing orange now. The bush here is as thick and nasty as some parts of Ontario. The thing that seems to be missed in this thread is if the bush is as thick as you say why would you hunt there as the game animals will not be able to get through it. I have hunted many cut overs and walked many a trail. I have always make sure of what I was going to shoot before I lifted my gun. It sounds to me that this is a pissing match again between people how either know nothing about what they are saying or just wont to stir the pot.
Give it a rest.
The woods are thick in Canada of redneck and un educated people.
Ignorance is bliss.
We should try and talk about stuff we know about.
Don
You sir, are way to level headed and it would be appreciated if you would keep your common sense to yourself, before it spreads and takes all of the fun out of threads like these. Shoo......shoo.....
you want to. It's safe for Ontario "dude" and if you wanna argue about that then well. your just a wingding.
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