Do You Wear Hunter Orange When Getting To Your Stand?

[Firenailer]

During Gun Season I always wear an Orange Hat, and add an Orange vest while walking in and out, or stalking around later in the Season.

[Elmo]

Orange hat on when walking/ to spot or stalking. Rest my hat near me when sitting. Vest and hat during gun season.

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[Two Track]

Orange vest and hat in warm gun season, orange jacket & hat when cold.

 

Moving to a spot for Turkey on public land, orange hat, vest too if I can stash it under something once in my spot.

 

If in archery only area, orange hat only while it is warm out to get to a spot - just in case a turkey comes around.

[RTGobbler]

Bow season I am usually an orange hat, but not always.

 

In gun season always an orange hat, in the stand I usually have it resting or hanging somewhere. I will also often wrap an orange safety mesh around my tree or rock. I will usually have a red/black checkered vest on too. When moving the hat goes on, the mesh around my belt, and the vest reversed to the orange side.

 

Turkey season is very similar to gun season.

[fasteddie]

I only wear Blaze Orange when gun hunting . I hunt private property and want hunters on adjacent land to be able to see me . I don't gun hunt without wearing the Orange .

[DirtTime]

I have always worn an orange vest walking, and used to leave it on all the time gun hunting. Even in an archery only hunting area, I  will keep the vest on moving. Even in the dark. One of the areas I am hunting this year is bow only for deer and bear, but they allow small game hunting with a shotgun. So have thought of leaving the vest on all the time hunting from the ground.

[Fletch]

Gun season orange vest and hat

Bow I will wear orange hat coming in or out on public or if I am not alone on private

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Edited October 24, 2014 by Fletch

[jjb4900]

I notice that there is always different standards for wearing orange when hunting public or private lands, I think that the overwhelming majority of people shot while hunting are shot by members of their own hunting party and not by strangers........

[BizCT]

I'm going to wear orange when xbow hunting on private land. I'd rather be safe than sorry, don't want some neighbor shooting me with a shotgun thinking I'm a yote or fox sitting against a stonewall

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[SteveB]

I only wear Blaze Orange when gun hunting . I hunt private property and want hunters on adjacent land to be able to see me . I don't gun hunt without wearing the Orange .

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[Doc]

These days with all kinds of non-bow equipment in the woods during bow season, I feel compelled to have at least a very bright blaze orange hat on as a minimum. I have seen evidence that deer do not interpret blaze orange as danger, so why not.

 

 

[Two Track]

Fall turkey hunting on public land is a tough choice with hunter orange.  Don't want turkeys to see you, but have to worry about small game hunters covering vast areas looking for pheasant, quail, and rabbits using their dogs.

 

I keep an orange hat tucked away.  When temps are low, I will put orange vest under my jacket to increase visibility when necessary by opening or removing the jacket.

[landtracdeerhunter]

 "The other hunters should know what target they are shooting at and beyond!"

 

For this reason, I feel compelled to wear orange socks and undies,.

[chiefbkt]

Not when it's pitch black out in the morning and I'm headed to my stand.  But when the hunt is done, I put on the orange and climb down.

[thphm]

It's bow season.I hope I don't have to worry about being shot.

 

Turkey, Yotes and small game is on now. Bang , Bang.

[Vince1]

hunted public land and heard shots going past two weekends. I have a camo orange hat that I have to dig out cause people being what they are tend to not give a crap sometimes

[grampy]

I hunt private property that borders state land. And property behind my house.Always wear orange hat and vest during firearms. Never during archery though.

[Estobles]

I always wear orange camo vest when on the move. All of the guys in our hunting group wear some orange when moving to or from our stands and especially when putting on a drive of any kind. We are all experienced hunters on private land but we have had guys sneak on to hunt and you just don't know what might happen.

[skeets716]

I always wear an orange hat.  Too many times I have walked up on a hunter with camo not noticing him till > 100 yds.  Might be my eyes but the orange always helps.

[grampy]

I hunt private land that borders state land. I will always have on a blaze orange hat and vest. I want to be sure I'm seen. I use the "camo" orange with the black on orange and it seems to blend in nicely while on watch. Mainly a ground hunter,and unless I get caught moving or get winded,deer don't seem to notice at all.

[Northsox65]

I wear so much orange that I probably look like a walking pumpkin, so unless its pumpkin season I should be safe!

[DirtTime]

Like mentioned before, deer don't really see color. Not like we do anyway. They see ultraviolet very well though. So got some UV killer for one of my vests, some spray on clothing paint, and broke up the the over all 'blob' of the vest.

After an incident this morning, I will never take off my orange vest when sitting on the ground again. There used to be a rule, "Be sure of your background/drop in hunting.".

I think they need to remove hunting small game with a shotgun from the Albany Pine Bush. At least during the deer season.

[turks]

Why remove small game? Better to enforce common sense. We(hunters) really are are worst enemies. " they" shouldn't remove half of what "they" already have!!

[DirtTime]

Like mentioned before, deer don't really see color. Not like we do anyway. They see ultraviolet very well though. So got some UV killer for one of my vests, some spray on clothing paint, and broke up the the over all 'blob' of the vest.

After an incident this morning, I will never take off my orange vest when sitting on the ground again. There used to be a rule, "Be sure of your background/drop in hunting.".

I think they need to remove hunting small game with a shotgun from the Albany Pine Bush. At least during the deer season.

 

I edited what I said in red. It's the 'burbs'. I have not one issue that you can use a shotgun in there for small game. But, maybe not during deer season.

 

I agree 1,000,000,000%, people should use some brains when hunting. This time of year a deer hunter might just be over a knoll, on the ground.

 

 

Anyway, I was using the reference to make a point about hunter orange. I am think of switching to chartreuse.

Edited November 6, 2014 by JustRob

[turks]

Maybe "they" will decide you can't hunt deer there during small game, be seen, be safe, know your target have fun