Thread: Another Hunter Killed

Originally Posted by john m

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If only everybody would totally identify there targets beyond any doubt. We will all be safer out there doing what we love and return to our families at the end of a hunt.

Absolutely.... but also those going hunting think about what you wear... I know it shouldn't matter you should ID 100% but your brain can play tricks and if you go fallow hunting in a brown and black top half and are crouching I am sure you go a long way to looking like a deer :/

Be safe and dont dress in deer colours, plenty of the olive brown gear looks way to close for my liking

I'm always amazed that so many dont seem to be able to accept that "good guys" get it wrong.
The answer could be a including training about how the human mind can see what it wants to see. It could be a fun and educational part of getting a licence.

All the rest..tougher sentences(they dont deter people who want to hurt someone) practical tests etc could be distractions from the issue.

I dont really know about blaze orange. I'm totally color blind and dont see what you see...blue is going to be safest around me.

Originally Posted by Fisherman

.blue is going to be safest around me.

I agree Fisherman. Blue sticks out like the proverbial hairy dogs nuts and is very alien and obvious in the green and brown of the hunting domain.

When I was doing the MSC part for my FAL the he said blue is the best color to wear.

Originally Posted by Fisherman

I'm always amazed that so many dont seem to be able to accept that "good guys" get it wrong.
The answer could be a including training about how the human mind can see what it wants to see. It could be a fun and educational part of getting a licence.

All the rest..tougher sentences(they dont deter people who want to hurt someone) practical tests etc could be distractions from the issue.

I dont really know about blaze orange. I'm totally color blind and dont see what you see...blue is going to be safest around me.

Very well put and I think the I will never do that attitude stinks and is half the cause.....if you doubt your eyes and brain surely everyone is safer as when it plays tricks on you you will doubt the brain and second guess it!

If you are so sure about yourself you may end up like so many other "I will never do that" people in court and a charge ....

I have the benefit to have had a discussion with a mate that swore black and blue he had a deer in his scope pulled the gun down then back up and it wasn't there..... went over and no tracks. He was positive it was a deer but it was just a collection of ferns and trees the resembled a deer, second look and they didn't even resemble a deer that well. He took the second look and is not one to squeeze the trigger at the drop of a hat.... if he was a snap shooter type and there was a hunter in the middle of those twigs....well you don't want to think about it

I like the current campain of holgram images - look from one angle and it's a deer, look from another and it's a guy walking or a hunter sitting having his lunch, there's also one where it's a dude walking out with deer on his back. Quite effective in my opinion.

I personally wouldn't wear blue, especially in low light conditions.

Originally Posted by Dougie

I like the current campain of holgram images - look from one angle and it's a deer, look from another and it's a guy walking or a hunter sitting having his lunch, there's also one where it's a dude walking out with deer on his back. Quite effective in my opinion.

Huh. Share?

Originally Posted by Ryan

I personally wouldn't wear blue, especially in low light conditions.

Why is that?

I have been wearing blue for ages and the others I hunt recon its always easy to spot me.... Including one that is colour blind

OK, of course there are different types of blue but to me, blue = dark. Dark + low light = bad.

Originally Posted by leathel

Why is that?

I have been wearing blue for ages and the others I hunt recon its always easy to spot me.... Including one that is colour blind

Peacekeeper blue is what lethal is probably talking about. Good stuff that

Rushy I don't really know how to explain it any more than that....I have seen posters and little cards that are the two images layed over each other. Do you sort of know what I mean??

Makes sense I guess.

Originally Posted by Dougie

Peacekeeper blue is what lethal is probably talking about. Good stuff that

Rushy I don't really know how to explain it any more than that....I have seen posters and little cards that are the two images layed over each other. Do you sort of know what I mean??

Yes but never hunting / accident related. where did you see them?

Originally Posted by Rushy

Yes but never hunting / accident related. where did you see them?

MSC

Originally Posted by Ryan

OK, of course there are different types of blue but to me, blue = dark. Dark + low light = bad.

i have seen the early morning and evening sun light up the bush blaze orange i have never seen the sun light up the bush blue.