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Deer hunters of the OT, do you ALWAYS wear orange? Xmas hunting accident related
Posted on 12/27/23 at 10:11 am
Posted on 12/27/23 at 10:11 am
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I only go deer hunting a few times a year but I always wear orange (even though my wife tells me not to). Thoughts from you more active baws.
BATON ROUGE - A Christmas weekend hunting trip turned tragic when 54-year-old Thomas Franklin mistook 34-year-old Jacob Altazan for a deer and killed him.
Doucet said it's hard for him to believe that Altazan removed his vest.
"He had orange on whenever he got out of the vehicle and went into the woods and the time frame that I put together they couldn't have been in the woods very long at all and where did his orange go to? He didn't take it off and throw it on the ground?" Doucet said.
He said that if Franklin's description is accurate, he doesn't understand why the hunters removed their orange vests. And if they weren't wearing orange, he said he doesn't understand why Franklin wasn't more careful shooting.
I only go deer hunting a few times a year but I always wear orange (even though my wife tells me not to). Thoughts from you more active baws.
BATON ROUGE - A Christmas weekend hunting trip turned tragic when 54-year-old Thomas Franklin mistook 34-year-old Jacob Altazan for a deer and killed him.
Doucet said it's hard for him to believe that Altazan removed his vest.
"He had orange on whenever he got out of the vehicle and went into the woods and the time frame that I put together they couldn't have been in the woods very long at all and where did his orange go to? He didn't take it off and throw it on the ground?" Doucet said.
He said that if Franklin's description is accurate, he doesn't understand why the hunters removed their orange vests. And if they weren't wearing orange, he said he doesn't understand why Franklin wasn't more careful shooting.
Posted on 12/27/23 at 10:13 am to secfballfan
If only there were a board........
Posted on 12/27/23 at 10:14 am to secfballfan
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I always wear orange (even though my wife tells me not to).
Do you have a big life insurance policy by chance?
Posted on 12/27/23 at 10:14 am to secfballfan
I don't understand how you can mistake a person for a deer.
Posted on 12/27/23 at 10:14 am to secfballfan
How do people mistake a deer for human? Must have really bad eye sight
Posted on 12/27/23 at 10:14 am to secfballfan
I always wear orange in/out and if I am scouting.
Posted on 12/27/23 at 10:15 am to secfballfan
How do you shoot at something that you can't fully identify?
Posted on 12/27/23 at 10:19 am to DellTronJon
quote:You Can't!!
I don't understand how you can mistake a person for a deer.
Posted on 12/27/23 at 10:19 am to HenryParsons
Do you have a big life insurance policy by chance?
no, just a really mean wife
no, just a really mean wife
Posted on 12/27/23 at 10:23 am to secfballfan
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Deer hunters of the OT, do you ALWAYS wear orange?
yes, anytime I am not in a stand....and i only hunt on private property, cabelas just dont sell enough orange for me to deer hunt on public property, although this accident involved people in the same party
Posted on 12/27/23 at 10:24 am to secfballfan
If I'm on public land I always wear at least an orange hat if I'm not in a tree. During deer rifle seasons I wear an orange vest and hat at all times.
Posted on 12/27/23 at 10:29 am to bdavids09
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How do people mistake a deer for human?
They don't. They're shooting through brush at any sign of movement. A person in a gillie suit can't be mistaken for a deer if he's walking upright lol.
Posted on 12/27/23 at 10:43 am to secfballfan
I never do because I’m hunting on my place. I would if I hunted public land.
Posted on 12/27/23 at 11:29 am to secfballfan
I wear orange if im out of my stand and its daylight. if Im going in before dark and coming out after dark I have a headlight and dont have on orange showing usually. I dont wear orange in the stand.
Posted on 12/27/23 at 11:32 am to Rize
When I used to hunt on public land and in a club I wore a vest and cap.Hunting on my own property I don’t.The law requires an orange cap on private property but I don’t.Probably I should.
One scary thing lots of deer hunters do is they don’t carry binoculars,they use their riflescopes instead.
There was a guy shot at Tensas good many years ago,that was thought to have happened.I worked with his brother.
What happened is his brother shot a deer,climbed down from the tree and was looking at the deer and a bullet grazed side of his head and knocked him down.
The hunter that shot him came to him and apologized,told him I’m sorry my gun went off,I didn’t mean to shoot you.Apparently he was looking through his scope and accidentally pulled the trigger.
Guy then took off,never did find out who he was.
One scary thing lots of deer hunters do is they don’t carry binoculars,they use their riflescopes instead.
There was a guy shot at Tensas good many years ago,that was thought to have happened.I worked with his brother.
What happened is his brother shot a deer,climbed down from the tree and was looking at the deer and a bullet grazed side of his head and knocked him down.
The hunter that shot him came to him and apologized,told him I’m sorry my gun went off,I didn’t mean to shoot you.Apparently he was looking through his scope and accidentally pulled the trigger.
Guy then took off,never did find out who he was.
Posted on 12/27/23 at 12:04 pm to Tigerpaw123
Most deer hunting accidents happen on private property
Posted on 12/27/23 at 12:14 pm to secfballfan
Each time this post comes up I always reply the same.
When you lose someone by an accidental shooting, you start wearing it anytime you’re off the stand and moving
I wear it on my own property as well. I’m bordered by leased timber ground on two sides and private on two. What’s to say someone hasn’t come over on me while tracking a shot deer, mistakes me for their deer and shoots.
BTW, the friend I lost was shooting the wood duck roost and was standing 75 yards from the nearest tree or bush. He was picking up a duck he’d shot in a large open ag field.
Be careful out there.
When you lose someone by an accidental shooting, you start wearing it anytime you’re off the stand and moving
I wear it on my own property as well. I’m bordered by leased timber ground on two sides and private on two. What’s to say someone hasn’t come over on me while tracking a shot deer, mistakes me for their deer and shoots.
BTW, the friend I lost was shooting the wood duck roost and was standing 75 yards from the nearest tree or bush. He was picking up a duck he’d shot in a large open ag field.
Be careful out there.
Posted on 12/27/23 at 1:07 pm to secfballfan
By Louisiana law even if you are on your own land you are still required to have at least an orange hat on.
La Sportsman
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Deer hunters reminded orange is required by law With deer season in full swing across, the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries is reminding hunters that fluorescent orange is not only an important safety practice, but it’s required by law. According to a press release, during the open firearms season for deer, any hunter in possession of buckshot, slugs, a primitive firearm or centerfire rifle during the open firearms season for deer must display on their head, chest and/or back a minimum of 400 square inches of hunter orange. Some exceptions to the 400-square-inch rule include: 1. Hunters on private land may wear a hunter orange cap or hat instead of the 400 square inches of hunter orange. 2. Hunters on legally posted and privately owned land are not required to display hunter orange while hunting from an elevated stand. However, hunters must display the required hunter orange while walking to and from their elevated stand. 3. Hunters using archery equipment are not required to display hunter orange when hunting on legally posted land where firearm hunting is not allowed by agreement of the landowner or lessee. 4. All hunters (except waterfowl and dove hunters) on Wildlife Management Areas must wear a hunter orange cap in addition to the hunter orange on their chest/back when a firearms season for deer is open on the WMA. Hunter orange is an unnatural color and dramatically improves a hunter’s visibility to other hunters, the release states. While some hunters are concerned that deer will be alerted to their presence if they wear hunter orange, research into deer vision indicates that while deer see color, they don’t see it the way most humans do. Deer are essentially red-green color blind, meaning that red, green and orange all look about the same to a deer. Hunter orange does not look much different to a deer than the various shades of green clothing many hunters wear. In addition to the inability to distinguish between some colors, deer do not have very sharp vision. Their inability to see fine details means that deer are unlikely to detect a motionless hunter, even when the hunter is wearing hunter orange. Most of the time, when a hunter is detected by a deer, it is because of the hunter’s movement or scent, according to the release. Hunter orange is particularly important in heavy cover and during the low-light hours in the early morning and late afternoon when visibility is reduced. In all conditions, hunters must take the time to positively identify their target and what is beyond it before they fire a shot. Wearing hunter orange will help keep hunters safe and in compliance with the law. .
La Sportsman
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