not joking here. what's the point in dressing up in camo to go hunting when you're required to wear a bright orange hat and vest. seems kind of pointless to go nuts on camo gear. can't you just get by on some earth tones to blend in a bit. not to mention the fact that most of the time you may be in a blind or 20 feet up on a tree stand. seems like the scent blocking thing is more of a major consideration. even the orange blaze camo stuff is crazy bright.

The reason for the orange is so other hunters will see you and hopefully not take a blind shot just because they heard something.

not joking here. what's the point in dressing up in camo to go hunting when you're required to wear a bright orange hat and vest. seems kind of pointless to go nuts on camo gear. can't you just get by on some earth tones to blend in a bit. not to mention the fact that most of the time you may be in a blind or 20 feet up on a tree stand. seems like the scent blocking thing is more of a major consideration. even the orange blaze camo stuff is crazy bright.

Hunter safety,
Please don't put on your Carhart suit and walk into the woods and leave your rabbit fur hat at home too. Even if you have a blaze orange cap and vest on...... Try not to wear anything white also, someone may think its a tail a blaze you down.
Scent, how are you getting into the woods? Walking? So your spreading scent as you go to you tree stand location. If you are playing the wind, your screwed.... If you are using deer scents to cover your scent and you smell like Tide and Downy the deer is going to know somethings up.... and never come in to investigate the scent.
As a heads up if you hear a CRACK, then a boom, dive to the ground and feel thankful that they missed.

As I think about the scent thing, I like to hunt the afternoon so when i would get home from work, I would throw on my gear and have deer walk under my tree stand. No scent free shower, Degree deodorant and coffee smell on my breath. So, please forget what I said about scent.....

The most important thing is to block your silhouette by having something big behind you. Although I love my scent blocker stuff...

I think I'm just bent that I haven't gone hunting yet......

Hey Mike do you have a stand like these guys?
YouTube - true redneck hunting story (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ycyJaRRarbo)

I hate when this happens!

YouTube - Elk Field Dressing Gut Bag Explosion (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NMa44W5jNDA)

deer see the colors differently than we do

so what appears orange to the human eye appears as gray to them

quote:

Deer are essentially red-green color blind like some humans. Their color vision is limited to the short [blue] and middle [green] wavelength colors. As a result, deer likely can distinguish blue from red, but not green from red, or orange from red."

Murphy explained that a deer probably perceives a hunter's blaze orange coat as neutral gray, which, if color were the only visual clue, might always blend in well with natural backgrounds. But the ultra-violet radiance of clothing can "give it away" in a deer's eye, even if color does not.




Read more: http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09326/1015149-358.stm#ixzz14bEcP4Xj

Thus some of the new scent control products have UV inhibitors in them..