Yes, thanks for your input guys. I'll invest in a blaze vest and maybe look at adding some contrast to it. I'll let you know how I go, deer tend to be fairly sparse this close to Melbourne but maybe I'll come across something.

I'm surprised that nobody asked me what a jelopin is? Where's the curiosity guys. I must be losing my touch! I can't even set anybody up for a joke!!!!!!!!! Vint2 played along for a while, never took the plunge, then he lost interest.

Cary

Nah....we are startin' to work ya out mate.

In fact I thought that the jelopin is a cousin to the chupacabra.



Cheers, Vince

HUNTEC and STONEY CREEK both make cool blaze orange camo with twiggy branches and leaves on it stands out like the proverbial.

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Elvis wrote:

HUNTEC and STONEY CREEK both make cool blaze orange camo with twiggy branches and leaves on it stands out like the proverbial.

Make sure whichever State you're hunting in allows it - I'm pretty sure Colorado doesn't.

In Ontario for big game with rifles, shotguns and muzzle leaders you MUST wear a solid Blaze Orange vest and hat totaling to 400 sq ft.

Dimitri

400 SQ ft? Are you going to cover your car and tent too?I'll bet you meant 400sq inches.

Opps you are right.

Dimitri

We don't need to wear any of the blaze orange gear out here in Australia. However, with hunter safety being pushed these days I wouldn't mind betting that it will become mandatory in the not too distant future. I don't see it as a problem....although orange just isn't my colour....I don't look at all good in it.


Anybody that works around machinery or trucks....or pretty much anything outside an office has to wear Hi Viz shirts, vests or coats. The popular colours are ultra bright fluoro yellow or orange.

Cheers, Vince

Oh well if it get mandatory . Poor Dimitri must be smothered under all that orange

I never went for the orange stuff either till I got a family to support at home. now its just peice of mind. its great when tracking to put your hat on last bloodspot as a marker.

My experience is that around where I hunt the orange just makes you a target for poor hunters. They don't shoot what they don't see or hear. I had a friend that lost a milk cow because he put a blaze orange blanket on its back. There was also a ranger who had his horse shot out from under him - lots of blaze orange there too.

A friend of mine was riding a horse and leading a pack horse while hunting in the mountains of Colorado when he had his pack horse shot dead by another hunter in the area. That's scary. I don't like the idea of someone fixing crosshairs on me. Had enough of that in VietNam.

Cary

Hey Vince,
Come on down to NSW and with your 'R' license it is a requirement to wear orange blaze while hunting in State Forests.
I wear something blaze orange all the time when I go out now.