Is orange a part of your gear

[HOUNDS77]

Camo

[ATbuckhunter]

I wear an orange vest when i'm rifle hunting but I don't while turkey or bowhunting. I don't wear it during bowhunting season because I personally like the looks of camo better.

Edited August 12, 2014 by ATbuckhunter

[turkeyfeathers]

I go in when it's dark and if i don't pull the trigger I come out when it's dark, Carry an orange vest and hat in my backpack. If i decide to take a slow walk midday or drop something I throw on the pumpkin wear. Sitting in my tree stand I wear camo. 

[stubby68]

Go for it bubba pick on my nickname all you want.Thing is it will not bother me at all nor will anything anyone says about me. Gotta admit saying that someone has nothing to add when they resort to personal attacks is a good one. Seeing that almost all of your posts are personal attacks of some kind. As was the post I was responding to.

Hay I know how about having a answer when you get called out for your stupidity instead of side stepping it. Like I said I never said I use a scope to identify a target yet I never said that. I also never said anything about how much camo or orange you wear. Also like I said what the hell do dmp or fawn kills have to do with wearing orange. Do not said answer please. I was not haveing a fit then nor am I now just commenting on your ignorance.

[bubba]

Pick on your nickname. Look up you analyzed mine and knew all about me.  I never analyzed yours. I simply said with that name you should be leery of analyzing others names.  If you took the time to read the posts way back in the beginning I said I wear an orange hat all the time.  Maybe try reading and comprehending before calling names and  then crying foul when someone responds.  Maybe by your definition of my user name I should give the name bubba to you.  Now lighten up frances.  Internet tough guys are not that appealing, and almost always end up looking very silly like you do again now.  Have a nice day.

[bubba]

You can move with less of a chance of being spotted when NOT wearing orange.

 

 

ok so then deer can detect it?  If not how should it matter.  I am simply trying to figure out the basis for deer will be less likely to see me moving in camo ,but can not detect orange.  Do you mean solid orange, or orange camo?

 

 

  And just as an fyi Orange does not make you safer.  How you handle yourself in the woods make you safer.  You can wear orange and still not be safe.  Orange helps you feel safer in the woods.  Big difference. 

Edited August 12, 2014 by bubba

[thphm]

Google Atsko products, they have a pretty good wright up on what and how deer see.

I have been washing all of my clothes in sport wash for a very long time and had deer right alongside my platform 8 feet off of the ground dressed in bright orange head to toe and never spooked them.One time I had a 6 pointer stand there for 15 minutes before he diceded to walk off.

[stubby68]

yes you did say you wear a orange hat. I never said anything about what you wear or how much as you indicated in the post. I also never said I use scope to identify targets which you indicated I did. You also brought dmps and fawn kills into the subject, again what do they have to do with wearing orange. By the way deer can see shapes reguardless of the color camo or orange they still see you. Everyone here has said it is the movement that see not the color you are the one bringing color all the time. If you limit movement they have a hard time telling what you are.

I am not being a tough guy internet or other. And for the record I wouldn't say anything different if you were standing in front of me. I never try being a tough guy I just say what I think and do not sugar coat it for anyone or anything. Why is it that when someone doesn't sugar there words they are being a tough guy? being a tough guy would be threatening someone or something of the like wouldn't it? I do not read anything like that in my post.

The subject of the thread was the wearing of orange or camo and I think we should let things get back to that. So If you wish to continue send me a privet message or we can meet [not a threat just saying that is a option]

[Five Seasons]

There is no question that deer have different tolerance levels to different situations and conditions.

 

exactly. Go to Old Forge, they'll eat of your hand. Parts of Wayne county they hear 4 wheelers and cars and kids and dogs all day and do not flinch. Go to more remote parts of the adirondaks and a good fart might scare a deer. It all depends.

[Five Seasons]

So everyone agrees that deer do not see it, then why not orange during archery season I ask again.  Tradition? not really sure they do not see it?  Do not want your archery buddies laughing at you?  I am just curious why.

 

while I hunt private land, the land is surrounded by other hunters. Never been a huge fan of being the pumpkin in the tree for all to see. There's something cool and stealthy about bow hunting. A "gang" of bow hunters could harvest a dozen deer on any property and nobody would ever know. The same cannot be said for gun hunting. You see the hunters walk in and walk out and you can hear every shot. I like to slip in, slip out and be undetected. Is there any reason for this feeling? No not really, and i'm not sure I care what others think about this feeling, but I know I'm not alone.

 

While I respect the turkey hunter and small game hunter argument, I really do not see a lot of this in my area to be concerned.

[bubba]

Oh stubby dish it out but can't take it?  You again call me ignorant and then when I say something you deny it and then want me to drive hours so you can try to intimidate me.  i do not intimidate easily and I also do not sugar coat things. However it appears you do not like to hear things straight up.  I will not drive to meet you or send you a private or privet message either.  Just remember who started and did all the assuming here.  You fired at me first. I returned fire.  Either step up to the line or retreat.  Now again for the last time Have a nice day.  Feel free to look back and see how silly you look with your attacks and you can send me an apology in a privet message ok.

[landtracdeerhunter]

Ah, another orange debate. How many is that now?

[bubba]

at least it is not political

[Danny]

Orange hat and vest its not worth playing with stupid, and many hunters that are out there are in fact stupid

[Woodjr55]

A buddy if mine was hunting once so a guy moving through the woods in all brown with rattling antlers hanging out the top of his back pack.... He's what we call special

[Ford]

Wear a Cabelas small game orange vest. Lots of pockets.

 

Would not be walking around without orange during gun season.

 

"I thought he was a deer!" Ugh, brown is down with some of those wackjobs.

[Doc]

To be honest, I have never read anything about deer not being able to see blaze orange. No, if you put blaze orange on, you are not "invisible". No, they do not see it as we do, but I haven't seen any evidence that it does not grab their attention quicker when movement is involved than other more subdued and less "flashy", reflective colors. Has anybody ever heard or read that claim from any credible source?

 

My take is that I don't really care whether they see it or not when there are guys out there that are shooting long distance projectiles at anything  that they can somehow misinterpret as a deer. With a gun, I can take precautions to keep my movements super slow and down to minimum to take care of any added attention getting colors. But if I am out there in any gun-deer season without blaze orange (and plenty of it), there are very few precautions that I can take that will stop a bullet. That's a little more important to me than whether I happen to spook an occasional deer once in a blue moon.

[Doc]

Ah, another orange debate. How many is that now?

Are we really going to start criticizing every topic selection now? Seriously, if the subject does not interest you, simply don't access it. Or better yet, start your own topics of whatever you think is worthy of discussion.

[bubba]

A buddy if mine was hunting once so a guy moving through the woods in all brown with rattling antlers hanging out the top of his back pack.... He's what we call special

 

 

regardless the guy does not deserve to be shot.  he has all the right to do so and feel safe.  The special one would be the fool who shot him.  I have never see a deer walk upright on two legs with antlers swinging around.  Granted that would get my curiosity, but after 10 seconds easy to tell it is not a deer.  If you need to shoot into the brush at brown, that simply proves my point brown is down is a dangerous way to hunt.   Blaming the guy not wearing orange for getting shot is like blaming the guy who hits you when you run a red light in front of him.  My simple point about all this orange will save so many lives.  Proper target identification and what is beyond  will do the same thing.  All you do with mandatory orange is trained the less fortunate hunters that are doing the shooting now that if it is not orange it is not human.  Bang.  I know 99% of all hunters are safe and I am pretty much preaching to the choir.  But putting all your eggs in the I wear orange I am safe is not exactly true.  

[landtracdeerhunter]

Are we really going to start criticizing every topic selection now? Seriously, if the subject does not interest you, simply don't access it. Or better yet, start your own topics of whatever you think is worthy of discussion.

Thanks for the constructive criticism and for practicing being a moderator, for once!

[Five Seasons]

Doc's a pretty solid mod. I'm not sure that comment was warranted.

[turkeyfeathers]

http://r.search.yahoo.com/_ylt=A0LEV7ibautT5jQAcGkPxQt.;_ylu=X3oDMTByODJtaWUzBHNlYwNzcgRwb3MDMwRjb2xvA2JmMQR2dGlkAw--/RV=2/RE=1407965979/RO=10/RU=http%3a%2f%2fwww.bowhunting.net%2fartman%2fpublish%2fatskodeersee.shtml/RK=0/RS=1TLGn2crZJFUJ1tP6KPcBwBqQGg-

 

Link to what deer see. I did once hear deer can't see pink very well so break out those pink clothes gents 

Edited August 13, 2014 by turkeyfeathers