Thread: Not getting shot or shooting someone by mistake

I am keen to hear from other hunters who have had near misses with either being shot at or near to or have accidentally shot at or near to another hunter/person believing they were a deer/pig.
I have had 2 close calls, both with me being the shooter. One right hard on dark at absolutely minimal light on a heavily used deer track where I knew a good Sambar stag came out on dusk. Fortunately I held off when a tramper walked up the track so close to dark he was within 15 metres before I could tell him from a deer. Finger was on the trigger ready to go. Gave me a hell of a shock as had never seen anyone in there before.
Other time I missed the first shot and the animal ran 20 metres and stopped to look back. Fired second time and heard a yell as my mate had the projectile whiz over his head as he was fortunately behind but below the animal. Again, absolute shock on my part that I had come so close to dealing to someone.
In both of my cases it was totally my fault the situation occurred. I accept that. I also know that this stuff happens and the longer you hunt the more likely it is to happen. What I also know is that if all of us were wearing something that allowed us to more readily differentiate us from the background I would not have been aiming in that direction. So , I have been working on a cap with red flashing waterproof LED's on it-(deer don't see red ) and run off a rechargeable battery ( minute but lasts 60 hrs) . What I don't know is whether hunters will actually use them- other than me and my mates who would rather come home than worry about looking cool when no one is there to see anyway other than the guy that might shoot you or your kid. I am after feedback to decide whether to get them made in a commercial quantity or to just make a few for me and mine. So if you have had an "incident" I am keen to hear about it as no one has any real idea of how often such things happen and any opinion on whether you think the target ( could be a deer on a hunters back) would not have been one if wearing a flashing red LED hat much appreciated.
Thanks