To Orange or not to orange?

I'll wear it if it's required ie. Saskatchewan deer hunting.

But I'm not a big fan of camo either.

I was out on the Alaska hwy looking for deer last week and saw 2 quads with 4 guys on it cruising up and down the road looking for bison with full camo on AND blaze orange vests and toques.

Maybe it'll stop them from getting smoked by a vehicle?:D
 
Not a requirement in BC, and I am grateful for that. I don't wear orange clothing regularly, and don't' wear it to hunt in either.

When I see all the Elmer Fudds in their blaze in hunting magazines I think it looks silly.:)
 
I approve of the orange requirements in Ontario... it helps me see the asshats trespassing on our private land :p

Given, if you're trespassing and/or poaching on private land, you probably won't be wearing orange anyways...
 
chappy said:
i always wonder why in bc when we don't have to wear orange and don't get seem to get shot.
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one theory is that in areas where you dont have to wear orange hunters are more careful in identifying what it is that they are shooting at. It is assumed in this theory that some hunters in areas where orange is mandated think that if you don't see orange then its an animal and may shoot without careful identification as to what they are really shooting at.
 
As I mentioned earlier, I don't like wearing orange.
A few years back though, I bought a metre of hunter orange fleece at walmart in the fabric department. If I shooot an animal and am lugging it out I pin that pice of fleece on or wrap it in the altlers.

Occasionally you may find me wearing an orange hat, but pretty unlikely, unless required.
 
I wear orange where I hunt. Moving around without it, is just plain dangerous. A few years back I was on stand, it was raining and quite grey and dark. I hear and see movement in the very thickest of bush barely 15 yards away. I am almost certain it must be a deer and it was my last chance to fill my tag. I start thinking here we go another few steps and it will be in the open! I see a patch of something dark looking. Could be the body of a deer, oops I see some more...then WTF out comes a man wearing dark clothing and my heart skips a beat. WTF??!!! First of all, what the heck is he doing on private property and why would he be walking in that thick wet mess in the worst of conditions and why wasn't he wearing orange? (It's the law here to wear it here.)

I wanted to go over and slap that azzhat on the back side of the head.

If you are moving around, especially in thick bush. Wear orange!
 
Gatehouse said:
Not a requirement in BC, and I am grateful for that. I don't wear orange clothing regularly, and don't' wear it to hunt in either.

When I see all the Elmer Fudds in their blaze in hunting magazines I think it looks silly.:)
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Ask yourself this: Have you ever been scoped? Would you have been scoped if the guy waving his rifle around never saw you in the first place?
 
Woodsman said:
I wear orange where I hunt. Moving around without it, is just plain dangerous. A few years back I was on stand, it was raining and quite grey and dark. I hear and see movement in the very thickest of bush barely 15 yards away. I am almost certain it must be a deer and it was my last chance to fill my tag. I start thinking here we go another few steps and it will be in the open! I see a patch of something dark looking. Could be the body of a deer, oops I see some more...then WTF out comes a man wearing dark clothing and my heart skips a beat. WTF??!!! First of all, what the heck is he doing on private property and why would he be walking in that thick wet mess in the worst of conditions and why wasn't he wearing orange? (It's the law here to wear it here.)

I wanted to go over and slap that azzhat on the back side of the head.

If you are moving around, especially in thick bush. Wear orange!
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This is a good example of the ORANGE places...

"If it ain't wearing orange, it is probably good to shoot at!:p

I prefer BC were nobody looks for orange.;)
 
I don't wear orange and unlike a hunting partner that does wear orange,I haven't caught anyone scoping me.I would rather not be seen at all than have some retard checking me out through his scope.
 
Gatehouse said:
This is a good example of the ORANGE places...

"If it ain't wearing orange, it is probably good to shoot at!:p

I prefer BC were nobody looks for orange.;)
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...and gets shot because numbnuts thought it was a bear.:p;)


I prefer not to be seen either... when I'm on stand.

On stand I will set up some camo netting and sit behind it. No one sees me there, nor sees any movement from me.

However, moving around in a place where I know there are other hunters, no way.

During the bow season for moose and deer, no orange is required and I don't wear any. I am, however, wearing full camo with face mask and camo goves and usually in a blind or tree stand where logically I should be relatively safe. However, here too, I will put on an orange hat when I move around.

Quebec has a relatively large hunting population and meeting up with others in our sport is a more than a likely occurance. While I would feel fairly safe with most of the gunnutz folks here, there are quite a few running around our bush and forests to be more "concerned" about.

An acquaintance of mine got shot and killed because he stopped with his boat on shore (he was out fishing) and went for a dump off one of our main lakes around Montreal. The fella who shot him thought he was a turkey.
 
I usually wear a blaze orange hat in busy areas. My upland vest also has orange on it. We are not required to wear orange in Alberta.
 
xcr800 said:
I wouldn't wear it if it wasn't law here in ontario.That being said I do only hunt private land.
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Full orange is only required when large-game hunting is in effect, IIRC. I don't walk in non-orange where turkey hunting is permitted, nor when I know centerfire rifles are permitted for hunting. If you mistake me for a white bunny, I've got a world of hurt coming for you!


I asked the local MNR chief if he'd give me grief for being in a gravel pit plinking away. Told me in no uncertain terms he'd only rattle sabers if I was wearing full-camo, with no spent casings or targets in sight. He asked me where I plinked, told him the two major places, he'd make a mental note as to any "concerned citizen" phone calls if they were ever to come about. For such a socialist neck of the woods, we have it real easy up here (at least for non-restricted). :cool:

That being said, I'm sure one of his over-zealous officers will come upon me one day. Can't wait to send him back to his boss. :D
 
.and gets shot because numbnuts thought it was a bear
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Yet the number of accidental shootings did not skyrocket in Alberta when the hunter orange requirement was done away with.
Accidental shootings are much rarer in western Canada than in most other locations.I guess that we have more game animals for less hunters,and as a result,hunters aren't as anxious to shoot at noise or movement as they are elsewhere.:D
 
I was scoped in a very remote area, I thought that I was the only person in that thousand or so acres. Since then I wear as much blaze as possible.

Yesterday I was out hunting bear and I was in a full blaze jacket (pheasent hunting jacket) and a blaze hat. I stalked up within 50m of the bear and the blaze did not affect him.

It was my movment that allerted him.

At the end of the day, the blaze orange only affects humans IMO other animals dont see it.

NwG Dutchie
 
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