Do you wear Hunter Orange in Nevada?
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NVBird'n'Big
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I usually don't and most guys I see out here don't either. I used to have an orange hat clipped to the top loop of my pack but don't do it any more. I think if I were hunting a thick area that I know a lot of other hunters are in I would throw the hat on. Growing up hunting here it's not something you are used to, no doubt much safer though. Now that I'm getting older and have a kid I should probably be thinking safety before looks.
Musket Man
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I dont usually wear it unless its required or its a hunt with alot of pressure but I do my best to avoid those kind of hunts.
swampokie
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I think it is crazy and irresponsible for anyone to go afield during rifle season without even an orange cap. This should be a nationwide law. Almost all game animals don't c orange anyhow! Be safe wear orange
Musket Man
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I dont think it should be a law anywhere. Not that I am against wearing it at all, I just think it should be your decision. I feel the same way about seat belts.
libidilatimmy
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If you're not required to wear it, it seems prudent to at least have some with you for various reasons. Especially when packing game out, and double especially when you have horns/antlers strapped to a pack.
On a side note, when packing out antlers on your back, always turn the rack DOWN to make it look as unnatural as possible. You never know what angle another hunter may see those things from where the hunter could be almost totally obscured.
On a side note, when packing out antlers on your back, always turn the rack DOWN to make it look as unnatural as possible. You never know what angle another hunter may see those things from where the hunter could be almost totally obscured.
Againstthewind
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I agree it with this. On another thread where they were carrying the animal like a backpack, tying a bandana to the antlers and putting the orange on the animal was suggested for safety. Other than that post the other day, I have only heard of one person getting shot while hunting, and that was on purpose. In the Big Horns during rifle season it sounds like an old fashioned range war sometimes, so I would personally wear orange if given a choice.
Muleys 24/7
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I hardly ever wear it here in California . Mainly so other hunters can't spot me as easily. However I do carry some with me for emergency or pack out situations.
OregonJim
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A few years ago I caved in and compromised and started wearing orange for just about every rifle situation.
(Happy wife happy life as they say)
Some may think that is a cop out but I really don't mind because I like to hunt alone and she tolerates it.
This past year I tried to help out an old man who was having elk/deer problems with his garden. He asked me to set up over his garden but I was uncomfortable with a gun (way too close to the house to be legal).
One weekend while he was gone I set up in some thick stuff with my bow 45 yards from the game trail leading in to the corner of the garden. I was still on the ground but had about 12 feet of elevation and I was well inside this guys property line.
Right at dusk the neighbor who was wheelchair bound and freshly medicated (we are one of those states) cooks off a .30-06 round that whizzed by no more than 10 feet from me. I feel lucky to be here today after that idiot almost shot me from his deck.
I'll try to not put myself in that situation again.
(Happy wife happy life as they say)
Some may think that is a cop out but I really don't mind because I like to hunt alone and she tolerates it.
This past year I tried to help out an old man who was having elk/deer problems with his garden. He asked me to set up over his garden but I was uncomfortable with a gun (way too close to the house to be legal).
One weekend while he was gone I set up in some thick stuff with my bow 45 yards from the game trail leading in to the corner of the garden. I was still on the ground but had about 12 feet of elevation and I was well inside this guys property line.
Right at dusk the neighbor who was wheelchair bound and freshly medicated (we are one of those states) cooks off a .30-06 round that whizzed by no more than 10 feet from me. I feel lucky to be here today after that idiot almost shot me from his deck.
I'll try to not put myself in that situation again.
Musket Man
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OregonJim
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No Musket I was in Archery mode never dreaming that someone would be shooting that close to a house (toward another mans property).
Like I said I'll do my best not to get in that situation again
I'm right there with ya, it might be safer but it's not just the animals I'm hunting that I'm hiding from. I just don't want to be seen 3/4 up a ridge or whatever. Total concealment
NVBird'n'Big
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Ya there is something cool and beneficial about being up on the hill and seeing another hunter come in. You can play the fact that you see them but they can't see you to your advantage.
One of the weirdest things I've ever experienced is running in to another hunter 5 miles deep at the top of a hill where I could have sworn I was miles from anyone else. I was eating lunch at the base of a rock cropping and he came over the rocks right behind me, I am pretty sure I scared the pants off him too. Story isn't super related to the subject at hand but I guess it goes to show that even when you think you are alone there's a good chance you're not.
Colorado Cowboy
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NO, but hell no! Packing and animal out is the only reason I can see to justify it.
Here in Colorado M/L hunters have to wear orange and its during archery season when they all camo up. Don't really have any problem with the M/L's shooting at the archers in their camo that I know of. Never wore any camo in California in 60 years of hunting either. The Colorado situation really frosts me. I wear orange so the archery guys can see me (and my gun), but they wear camo and I can't see them.....don't make a lot of sense. Somebody enlighten me!
The bad thing is that I believe that the deer, elk, antelope, etc can see the orange. The experts say it looks white to them, but no matter how they perceive it, it is not natural and they see it.
Here in Colorado M/L hunters have to wear orange and its during archery season when they all camo up. Don't really have any problem with the M/L's shooting at the archers in their camo that I know of. Never wore any camo in California in 60 years of hunting either. The Colorado situation really frosts me. I wear orange so the archery guys can see me (and my gun), but they wear camo and I can't see them.....don't make a lot of sense. Somebody enlighten me!
The bad thing is that I believe that the deer, elk, antelope, etc can see the orange. The experts say it looks white to them, but no matter how they perceive it, it is not natural and they see it.
