General Deer Opener

[Dmanmastertracker]

That brings up another good point, red and black flannel shirts or coats from the good ol days are not a substitute for blaze orange.

 I wear a boonie that has orange on the top, an orange vest and an orange pack sometimes but at minimum a hat and vest. You should get out of the habit of "spotting" with your gun regardless of what you see with the naked eye. I confess to this stupidity my first year of hunting, I was 18 and dumb, I saw a guy hiking below us on the ridge and thought all of us were accounted for on the ridge, my first thought was one of us got turned around and couldn't see us up there, wrong. I checked to see who it was (hands under the stock and at the rear of the gun) and it was one of us, but he wasn't turned around and did see me do it and was very pissed. I don't blame him, really the only dumb thing I can think of that I did in my first years of hunting and I definitely learned my lesson, I have the best bino's I can afford at all times and never scope check unless I'm certain it is a deer. Packing a deer can be even more dangerous, many shed their orange once a deer is down, BAD idea. I actually get more orange out when I down a deer and wrap the deer partially in orange, it may sound silly but a moving deer is a moving deer, even if it is already tagged .

[huntnphool]

Good point Dman.

[gasman]

I always carry binos and am very ademit about everyone in myfamily carring binos at all times when hunting. I have a buddy that does not carry binos and throws his scope up to check things out. we get in arguements every year about it and this year he bought his first set of binos. we will see if uses them or not. he is more concerned about losing a shot at an animal because it takes to much time to switch between scope and binos.

My daughter even called him out on it last year when he was scoping out a hill side.
 


I carry them for archery hunting at all times also.

[huntnphool]

 As of right now this thread has been viewed 233 times and only has 18 posts, half by me I'm sure. Point is I'm sure a couple people have read it and realized they are the problem.

 You still have several days to buy or borrow a set of binos, don't end up in prison for manslaughter or horizontal because you scoped the wrong person.

[luvtohnt]

As of right now this thread has been viewed 233 times and only has 18 posts, half by me I'm sure. Point is I'm sure a couple people have read it and realized they are the problem.

 You still have several days to buy or borrow a set of binos, don't end up in prison for manslaughter or horizontal because you scoped the wrong person.

I have viewed it at least as many times as there are posts.

I am an archery hunter so I don't have to worry because the day I draw on a human is the day I will give it up forever.

I had one close call one time however. I was rifle hunting (the only time ever) and I saw a deer, and put my rifle up in case it was legal. It was moving fast so I wanted to be ready for the shot. As I was watching it I noticed something moving with my naked eye (yes I used to shoot with my left eye open, I had to retrain myself for more accuracy). So I set my rifle down and checked out what was moving, it was a person not wearing any highly visible orange that had bumped the deer and was trying to get into place for a shot. Needless to say I left the area and let them have at it. I heard a total of 11 shots from that draw only a couple minutes after I left.

[TheHunt]

Good point on the back pack...  I purchased the blaze orange option on my eberlestock backpack for that reason.   

For the most part, if you hike you butt in about four miles you remove about 90% of the dumies...

[Caseyd]

As of right now this thread has been viewed 233 times and only has 18 posts, half by me I'm sure. Point is I'm sure a couple people have read it and realized they are the problem.

 You still have several days to buy or borrow a set of binos, don't end up in prison for manslaughter or horizontal because you scoped the wrong person.

Just cause people read it and didnt post doesnt mean they are the problem!

I read and didnt post. But like you mentioned this thread has come up before.

I fully agree with you and if i was put in the situation (to my knowledge i havnt been scoped) i would be very angry too.

[JackOfAllTrades]

heres my hunting outfit. should be ok right?

Yup, meets the 3pt minimum! 

-Steve

[huntnphool]

I said a couple out of the 233 not all.

[7mag.]

Using your rifle scope to spot or identify something is absolutely a novice action. Rifle scopes are for shooting, bino's and spotting scopes are for looking. It shouldn't be that hard to understand. Being scoped makes my blood boil. I don't like any body pointing a gun at me for any reason.

[Dmanmastertracker]

 "I am an archery hunter so I don't have to worry because the day I draw on a human is the day I will give it up forever. "

 I was drawn on at the Carbon River fisherman's trail one September riding my bike down to fish the river . How do you mistake a guy in jeans with wader's on a bike for a deer? Shure he just heard something coming and drew .

[BIGINNER]

I JUST BOUGHT MYSELF NEW BINOS,  WHEN I JUST STARTED HUNTING,   I HAD TWO SCOPES,  AND TO IDENTIFY A TARGET, I WOULD USE MY EXTRA SCOPE,  I WOULDN'T DARE  LOOK THROUGH THE SCOPE THAT WAS ATTACHED TO MY GUN UNLESS I WAS READY TO PULL THE TRIGGER,    SCOPING SOMEONE IS NO DIFFERENT THAN LOOKING THROUGH OPEN SIGHTS POINTED AT A PERSON, 

[BIGINNER]

I TAKE MY NEPHEWS OUT VARMINT HUNTING ALOT,  AND I MAKE SURE THE CHAMBER IS EMPTY UNTIL THEY ARE READY TO SHOOT,    I CAN DEFINATELY SEE WHY ANY ONE WOULDN'T HESESTATE TO CICK SOMEONES ASS IF THEY SCOPED THEM WITH KIDS AROUND.

[bankwalker]

I am an archery hunter so I don't have to worry because the day I draw on a human is the day I will give it up forever.

been drawn on a few times, now that is scary shiat right there.

id much rather have a quick death due to bullet, then to have a slow death AND be able to see the person that shot me with an arrow. everytime i have had someone at full draw looking at me has been less then 20yds. it is very scary, and i make sure i let the sob know exactly how stupid they are to come to full draw at something they do not first id. im just glad they wait to see what i was instead of shooting through brush at the noise.

 

[NRA4LIFE]

I'm going to be using a larger pack this year that covers up my whole back and I bought an el-cheapo orange vest at Walmart for $5 to have it on the backside of my pack.  I have never witnessed this myself.  It could have happened I guess witrhout me knowing.  I would go have a "chat" with anyone who did this to me and I saw it.  It would start off something like this...YOU &^% *&^ &^%$ING MORON WHAT THE &^%$ WERE YOU THINKING? Repeat and repeat and repeat.

Phool, would you reveal what unit that was in?  I'm not trying to be nosey but I am hunting in several new units this year that look an awful lot like that picture.