There are only two choices: that bright orange, or camouflage. Walking through the store, I saw many customers who had combined both simultaneously into their ensemble!
Larrysays
You can satiate all your black and orange outfit needs for years!
I associate this with the bright red uniforms of the lizard people in”V”.
birgerjohanssonsays
On my image it comes across as bright red rather than orange.
Is this another of those images that different people perceive differently?
I have almost forgotten that photo from ….was it 15 years ago?
charleysays
This may be a dumb question. Orange makes you more visible (to people), and camo makes you less visible (to deer). They’re both designed for hunting. So what determines which one a hunter wears?
Ah yes, that special time of year when American men bond over a shallow grave in the woods (usually somewhere in Maine)
dbarkdogsays
Hey, in Maine they hunt to eat. I am told that is how my grandfather got the family through the last depression. Also there was a recent news story about a food pantry run by the Wabanaki taking donated deer.
There is a lot of blaze orange around. It helps in avoiding being roadkill.
malleefowlsays
What were you doing in that shop. I didn’t realize you needed camouflage to hunt spiders.
Blaze orange laws vary across the Midwest. Here’s a quick look at what’s required in each state during firearm deer seasons and youth hunts:
… Minnesota: A blaze orange or pink* hat and upper body clothing that’s at least 50% orange or pink are required. Camouflage patterns are allowed.
… How Blaze Orange Saves Lives
Wearing blaze orange is one of the simplest ways to keep safe during firearm season. According to the U.S. Army, hunters who wear blaze orange are seven times less likely to be involved in shooting incidents. A New York study found hunters not wearing orange were 7.7 times more likely to be shot. Furthermore, in Maine’s York County, visibility-related accidents dropped from 41% to 23% after blaze orange became required. Deer can’t see blaze orange like humans can, so it doesn’t hurt your concealment in the field.
While blaze orange is required during many firearm seasons, full camouflage makes more sense for certain hunts. Turkey and waterfowl hunters must be entirely hidden, including gloves and face coverings, because those birds have sharp vision and can spot the smallest movement.
Bowhunters also rely on camo because they hunt at closer ranges and need to remain undetected. There are also different camo types: mimicry patterns try to match natural surroundings, while disruption patterns break up your outline. You can also wear pants and bibs. Choosing the correct pattern lets you blend in without sacrificing comfort or mobility in the field.
The facts of the 1988 death of Karen Wood — a man made a mistake, a woman died — got lost in the argument over who owns the woods…
Outside, bright sun shone through bare trees, but the air was Halloween-crisp, so she put on her dark blue jacket and pulled on a pair of white mittens before stepping out the glass door to the deck that overlooked their acre and a half of scrubby woods.
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What didn’t emerge were the details that mattered: what he was shooting at, how long he’d been in the woods, how many shots he fired, whether or not there were deer seen nearby. One warden excited much comment by saying Rogerson may have mistaken her white mittens for the tail of a deer, overlooking the fact that Rogerson was hunting for buck and needed to identify the head, not the tail, of the deer before shooting. What Rogerson did say, over and over, was how sorry he was, to almost anyone who would listen. He didn’t know he was so close to houses; he thought he was shooting at a deer, he said.
In letters and guest editorials to the Bangor Daily News, though many sympathized with Karen, some readers took issue with the fact that she was wearing white mittens, and why wasn’t she wearing blaze orange, as anyone who lives in Maine knows well enough to do during hunting season? …
You see, it was her fault for getting shot in her own back yard because she didn’t wear blaze orange.
* Minnesota is a lib-tard state. Real Midwestern states do not allow the substitution of pink.
Around here, the beginning of hunting season means the end of hiking season. We will not venture into the woods until hunting season is over. Even then, we wear hi-viz (usually fluorescent yellow-green). In fact, we wear that color and similar bright colors whenever we’re out on a road running, walking, or biking. When we’re on the bikes, that also means flashing head and tail lights. You have to do everything you can to get the attention of distracted drivers, otherwise you could wind up “seriously dead”.
I am not being overly dramatic or paranoid. A friend of mine was at a parking area several years ago and overheard the following from a group of hunters: “Listen up, Jack has a doe permit, so we can shoot at anything”. Every year it seems there are stories of people being killed in hunting accidents. The worst one that I remember is a guy who mistook his son for a deer, and shot and killed him. When he discovered what he did, he killed himself. All I could think about when I read it was his poor wife. Can you imagine?
There are only two choices: that bright orange, or camouflage. Walking through the store, I saw many customers who had combined both simultaneously into their ensemble!
You can satiate all your black and orange outfit needs for years!
https://i.pinimg.com/originals/a9/4c/45/a94c45b43e74984f8ed873468e490d5b.jpg
Orange or camo.. So, this was a one stop shop for ICE and those they plan to arrest then?
So orange is the new… camo? Because apparently you’d still blend in?
WTF?!
Kind of has a “Handmaid’s Tale” vibe to me.
Wonder if there’s any statistical evidence that bright orange reduces your risk of getting shot in the woods.
This reminded me of the “orange is the new black” series on Netflix.
That said… what is this? Some kind of halloween thing where you need to blend in with all the pumpkins or something?
It’s deer hunting season!
I associate this with the bright red uniforms of the lizard people in”V”.
On my image it comes across as bright red rather than orange.
Is this another of those images that different people perceive differently?
I have almost forgotten that photo from ….was it 15 years ago?
This may be a dumb question. Orange makes you more visible (to people), and camo makes you less visible (to deer). They’re both designed for hunting. So what determines which one a hunter wears?
Ah yes, that special time of year when American men bond over a shallow grave in the woods (usually somewhere in Maine)
Hey, in Maine they hunt to eat. I am told that is how my grandfather got the family through the last depression. Also there was a recent news story about a food pantry run by the Wabanaki taking donated deer.
There is a lot of blaze orange around. It helps in avoiding being roadkill.
What were you doing in that shop. I didn’t realize you needed camouflage to hunt spiders.
@12 charley
Let’s go to Fleet Farm for an answer to that. Fleet Farm is the store pictured above.
Blaze Orange or Camo? What to Wear During Fall Hunts
I will add one important extra peice of advice here: during deer hunting season in Maine, do not accessorize with white.
The Killing of Karen Wood | Yankee Classic
You see, it was her fault for getting shot in her own back yard because she didn’t wear blaze orange.
* Minnesota is a lib-tard state. Real Midwestern states do not allow the substitution of pink.
Around here, the beginning of hunting season means the end of hiking season. We will not venture into the woods until hunting season is over. Even then, we wear hi-viz (usually fluorescent yellow-green). In fact, we wear that color and similar bright colors whenever we’re out on a road running, walking, or biking. When we’re on the bikes, that also means flashing head and tail lights. You have to do everything you can to get the attention of distracted drivers, otherwise you could wind up “seriously dead”.
I am not being overly dramatic or paranoid. A friend of mine was at a parking area several years ago and overheard the following from a group of hunters: “Listen up, Jack has a doe permit, so we can shoot at anything”. Every year it seems there are stories of people being killed in hunting accidents. The worst one that I remember is a guy who mistook his son for a deer, and shot and killed him. When he discovered what he did, he killed himself. All I could think about when I read it was his poor wife. Can you imagine?
jimf, the internet is wonderful.
https://abolishsporthunting.org/hunting_accidents_category/hunting-accidents-2025/
The law here in Wyoming is that you must be wearing at least one blaxe orange item when you are out hunting, particularly if it is big game season.