Blaze Orange & ground hunting

[two4hooking]

No problem from me the last 2 years!

[tracker12]

Originally posted by MCNSC:
Anyone know where to find a good quality blaze orange vest?
All I have ever saw were basically junk, but it makes you legal.

LL Bean makes a very nice vest.

[rocketman]

3 times, while still hunting during gun season, wearing solid blaze orange (not the camo type) from the waist up, I've had deer walk through and I was caught standing in the wide-open with no cover at all, I just froze and didn't move and the deer never seemed to notice me.  Those encounters took place at roughly 15 yards, 10 yards and less than 5 yards.  Obviously the wind was with me in each case.  I would not have believed it if I hadn't experienced it.  I've always been tempted to wear the same blaze orange while bow hunting from the ground, but it just never seemed right.

[twitchstick]

I've never hunted Whitetails but I think orange doesn't matter. I think movement hurts you more than than the orange dose. I have a few other Mule deer that have been taken with a compound.

 

[twitchstick]

[30coupe]

Originally posted by GDPolk:
I just use camo blaze and don't worry about it. The print helps break up the outline just like any plaid or camo would. 95% of the rest of the work for deer is knowing when to and when NOT to move, regardless of what camo you have.

It's not legal in Iowa. Our blaze has to be solid. We can't bowhunt during the gun season anyway, so it's not a bowhunting issue here. If I were on public land during the late muzzleloader season, though, I'd probably wear blaze. Early muzzleloader guys don't seem to be as desperate, so I don't worry so much then. The last few years, I've hunted private land anyway, so other hunters haven't been much of an issue.

During gun season here in Iowa, as Pavan said, there are lots of nuts about. I stick to my own place with my muzzleloader during gun season...and I wear a blaze jacket and cap! Just be safe, use the wind, and be still, and the deer won't even notice you.

[hickstick]

WWWAAAAAAAYYYY back in the day...I believe it was Joe Mattingly that said he could wear a powder blue leisure suit into the woods and still kill a deer with a selfbow.   and if memory serves, I believe he did.  lol   (we miss ya Joe!)