Oregon hunters oppose bright orange safety clothing

[runamuk]

I still wonder.... why can't I wear pink?   

I am with you not sure why it has to be orange why not glo pink or glo yellow or glo green....

[MikeWalking]

but some notes to think about for those who have issues with all this......
Deer are colorblind....So they don't know your wearing orange....
I might be wrong but the idea of wearing camo is so that it breaks up your body pattern against whats behind or around you...so you blend in....the different patterns for different outdoor situations, seasons, etc...blah, blah, blah

Good Point.  Deer are colorblind and see everything in shades of gray but see a wider wavelength of light than humans, from deep in the Infrared to Ultraviolet. What that means is they can see light reflecting off material in ways that we can't. Things like Nylon, Denim, Polyester will shine a bit compared to ferns and pine branches. You can wear blaze orange overalls or tiger stripe and look the same to deer. If they're washed in modern Color brightening detergents you will shine compared to vegetation.

Now if I could just find a Blaze orange wool Ghillie suit and wash it in the right stuff...

[Coasthunterjay]

Now if I could just find a Blaze orange wool Ghillie suit and wash it in the right stuff...

WOW....I TOTALLY THOUGHT ABOUT THAT BEFORE ALSO...

Think about getting busted from a gamewarden for not having enough orange on and having to pull 400SQ inches of it tied to your ghillie suit off...one small strip at a time putting it together on the hood of his truck.....bet the game warden would still write you a ticket....lol....

[MikeWalking]

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Now if I could just find a Blaze orange wool Ghillie suit and wash it in the right stuff...


WOW....I TOTALLY THOUGHT ABOUT THAT BEFORE ALSO...

Think about getting busted from a gamewarden for not having enough orange on and having to pull 400SQ inches of it tied to your ghillie suit off...one small strip at a time putting it together on the hood of his truck.....bet the game warden would still write you a ticket/quote]

  If a gammie saw a blaze orange ghillie suit he might just go the other way

[rasbo]

I still wonder.... why can't I wear pink?   

I am with you not sure why it has to be orange why not glo pink or glo yellow or glo green....

a corkie vest

[bobcat]

You guys ever notice that all the good clothing made for hunters is camo, and NOT available in orange Why buy expensive camo clothing and then cover it up with orange? It's very difficult to even find a rain coat in orange. Lots of green, yellow, blue, but orange is hard come by.

[Bob33]

You guys ever notice that all the good clothing made for hunters is camo, and NOT available in orange Why buy expensive camo clothing and then cover it up with orange? It's very difficult to even find a rain coat in orange. Lots of green, yellow, blue, but orange is hard come by.

I sure have.  Cabelas has catalogs full of camo, but just a few if any orange, waterproof, quiet, uninsulated garments.  I asked once and they told me they don't sell enough to justify carrying it.

[bobcat]

Exactly. I wanted to get a good, orange coat. But they're not available, not in anything decent. I've got my orange vest I like to wear, it has lots of pockets, and a pouch on the back for carrying an extra shirt, lunch, etc. But sometimes when it rains I like to put a good rain coat over my vest to keep all the stuff in my vest dry. Well, once I do that, I'm not legal. Oh well, haven't been caught, or shot, yet.