Hunter orange
- Thread starter asphalt599
- Start date
I have to add, unfortunately, that I have been on both sides of this debate 
Due to my age I hunted many years BEFORE the hunter orange law, detested it when it came in & just like a lot of you guys felt quite safe with-out it. I have now hunted many years with it & like fatbastard would feel undressed with-out it. I have come to conclusion orange, just as the seat belt law that was rammed down our throats, is a good idea 
As long as guys are spouting "no experience"
just how many have actually have it with orange
Due to my age I hunted many years BEFORE the hunter orange law, detested it when it came in & just like a lot of you guys felt quite safe with-out it. I have now hunted many years with it & like fatbastard would feel undressed with-out it. I have come to conclusion orange, just as the seat belt law that was rammed down our throats, is a good idea As long as guys are spouting "no experience"
just how many have actually have it with orange
I'm not a fan of it, because (and I suspect this the real reason )- you feel self-conscious as hell wearing it in the bush - like the entire f*cking world and every satellite can see you... and you'd be right. Most of us don't go into the bush to be walking neon traffic cones (like that analogy...).
However...most of the bush I hunt in Ontario is guaranteed to have more than one hunter/hunt party in that patch of bush somewhere. Sometimes you don't know they're there until the gun goes right off in what seems to be your left ear. I like to think that I have a fair to middling chance of being seen as another hunter by that party, rather than dinner.
Alternatively, If I can see some blaze working a draw or something in one area or another, I can redirect my route a different way. In camo, or other clothes, I likely wouldn't even see them. I might hear them, but noise direction is terribly inaccurate in the bush.
With bow, or offseason, I'm usually in the bush in season appropriate camo. Ontario bush is sufficiently crowded in some areas that the biggest highlight of the day is sitting on the edge of the trail watching the giggly tree huggers go by full in the knowledge they had no idea you were there.
).However...most of the bush I hunt in Ontario is guaranteed to have more than one hunter/hunt party in that patch of bush somewhere. Sometimes you don't know they're there until the gun goes right off in what seems to be your left ear. I like to think that I have a fair to middling chance of being seen as another hunter by that party, rather than dinner.
Alternatively, If I can see some blaze working a draw or something in one area or another, I can redirect my route a different way. In camo, or other clothes, I likely wouldn't even see them. I might hear them, but noise direction is terribly inaccurate in the bush.
With bow, or offseason, I'm usually in the bush in season appropriate camo. Ontario bush is sufficiently crowded in some areas that the biggest highlight of the day is sitting on the edge of the trail watching the giggly tree huggers go by full in the knowledge they had no idea you were there.
As Jeff Foxworthy would say...
HERE'S YOUR SIGN
While we are all her to pick nits anyway.....that isn't Jeff Foxworthy's thing, it's Bill Engval. They are both part of the Blue Collar Rodeo tour if that helps you though.
And both of them do wear hunter orange when they are out hunting, I've seen the videos myself, which only proves my point. You would have to be a CLOWN to wear hunter orange and run around like an animated PILON.
If your going to be a nit picker try to get it right.
That is a J Foxworthy thing
Whether B Engval does it too, I don't know, but just so you get it right
J Foxworthy is the extreme bowlegged one usually with cowboy boots
I'm not sure if this has been mentioned but wearing orange makes sense when there's a possibility of someone being on the other side of a game animal in your shooting lane, for example clear shooting lane, game animal positively identified and unobstructed and good back stop but.... is there another hunter hiding on the other side of that game animal and is he seeing the same animal as you and preparing to fire, we party hunt alot in this part of the country and I like the fact that i can see the others in my group and it may not be fool proof but the chances of seeing your buddy eating his sandwich at the far end of your shooting lane is defintely increased, I realize it's just another rule and might be a pain to follow them all but I don't know any better as I've only ever hunted in Northern Ontario.
If your going to be a nit picker try to get it right.
That is a J Foxworthy thing
Whether B Engval does it too, I don't know, but just so you get it right
J Foxworthy is the extreme bowlegged one usually with cowboy boots
I do have it right, and I suggest you look up BLUE COLLAR RODEO. Also try Bill Engvall. You will inevitably come up with a track of Engvall`s titled `Here`s Your Sign`. He was the first person to use the phrase in a comedy skit. Ive been a fan since before you heard of Foxworthy, try again
(just go to www. billengval .com and scroll down to your right)
Last edited:
I have to agree with MaxKW on this - its not "sound shooters" that worry me, its having an animal between me and another hunter who has no idea I'm there and can't see me because I'm wearing camo clothing. For example, as recently as last year I pushed a deer that I didn't know was in front of me in fairly thick growth past one of our group who was set up on the side of a hill. He could clearly see me in my hunter orange and refrained from shooting (broke his heart I think). Whether he would have seen me wearing camo is at least open to question. I know how effective camo can be - I use it both turkey hunting and bow hunting for deer, and I've actually talked to people who had a pretty good idea where I was but even then couldn't pick me out for certain. If people who know I'm there couldn't see me in my camo from a few yards, why would I expect that a hunter who doesn't know I'm there and is lining up on a deer from a couple of hundred yards away against what appears to be a safe backdrop should be able to see me?
Personally, during large game gun season I won't go into the bush without my hunter orange even if I'm not hunting - I prefer not to have my headstone engraved "the result of somebody's mistake".
Personally, during large game gun season I won't go into the bush without my hunter orange even if I'm not hunting - I prefer not to have my headstone engraved "the result of somebody's mistake".
WayneD, thats exactly the type of scenario that I see as being the most possible and and where Hunter orange would be the most effective, an accident in this situation would be a mistake but who would be at fault if your concealed and the other hunter follows the rules, (identifies target, has back stop etc..)
PS Orleans is a nice area, I visit there a couple times a year to visit friends, unfortunately they are from the north and are hunters but don't own any land, they don't miss the moose hunt up here though haha
PS Orleans is a nice area, I visit there a couple times a year to visit friends, unfortunately they are from the north and are hunters but don't own any land, they don't miss the moose hunt up here though haha
From page 16
I always thought I looked good in Blaze. There's just something about Golden Retriever coveralls that I like. Also keeps the blood/guts off but everything washes out of it. My uncle has had one since Christ was a cowboy, and it looks just as good as my new pair.
I've never hunted anywhere that doesn't have mandatory blaze (even though I've been in Ab for 5 years, I always hunt in MB). The odd time I see someone with poor or not enough blaze I get kind of disturbed. Almost as disturbed as looking through my glasses and see some one scoping me. Which has happened, even though I'm wandering around like a candle.
There are assclowns out there. Just like drivers on the roads, no amount of legislation or training will keep a person from being a jackass.
Mandatory blaze and hunters training won't stop accidents altogether. Only the attitude of the people in the bush, mountains, sloughs, coulee's or where ever you hunt will be the factor in safe hunting. I hope everyone has a safe and productive season this year. I look forward to hearing the stories and seeing your pics!
I've never hunted anywhere that doesn't have mandatory blaze (even though I've been in Ab for 5 years, I always hunt in MB). The odd time I see someone with poor or not enough blaze I get kind of disturbed. Almost as disturbed as looking through my glasses and see some one scoping me. Which has happened, even though I'm wandering around like a candle.
There are assclowns out there. Just like drivers on the roads, no amount of legislation or training will keep a person from being a jackass.
Mandatory blaze and hunters training won't stop accidents altogether. Only the attitude of the people in the bush, mountains, sloughs, coulee's or where ever you hunt will be the factor in safe hunting. I hope everyone has a safe and productive season this year. I look forward to hearing the stories and seeing your pics!
