Hunting Blind Orange?

ninjatoth · 10-28-2009, 04:26 PM

My story begins last November,which was my first time hunting whitetail.I had to get an apprentice license and hunt with my father in law.We hunted out of a pop up camoflauge ground blind,all went well and I got a buck.Well,just a few miles away from there,another hunter was not so lucky.A woman hunter fired at a deer,and apparently the bullet ricocheted off a tree and went into a hidden blind,and a man was hit.The woman heard the screaming and went to help the man,and found a man wearing all brown.It is state law here to wear flouresant orange.The man did die.Now my question is,should I somehow apply flouresant orange to my blind?Do you think that this will hinder my chances at a deer,and do you think it will keep me safer?I have already wrapped some orange flouresant tape around the nearest trees near my blind,and I will be wearing flouresant orange on my chest and head,but is this enough?Does anyone have any safety tips to avoid an incident like what happened last November?

Whootsinator · 10-28-2009, 04:29 PM

I've always heard that deer can't see in color. I can't confirm or deny that, but if they can't, orange camo would work nearly as well as traditional camo. Try to find some orange camp tape and wrap it around your stand a few times if you like.

rimfirenut · 10-28-2009, 04:31 PM

Just put an extra blaze orange vest or something on the blind, most pop up's today have orange flip open dojobies on them above the windows. Also be aware of anyone else hunting around you, maybe even let the neighbor or whoever know where you will be hunting. Better to be safe than sorry... Oh yeah, deer are color blind so orange appears whitish to them..

Purdy · 10-28-2009, 05:45 PM

I believe deer and elk can see colors or at least differentiate between colors-brightness, etc. A few years ago the MT FWP did an experiment on an elk farm, feeding an elk from a bucket painted hunter orange. They had several buckets laid out but only fed from the orange one. The elk quickly learned to look for the orange bucket no matter where they placed it in the feeding area. A week later it ignored the white buckets even when some feed was placed in them, so it wasn't smell.

ninjatoth · 10-28-2009, 07:39 PM

I'm walking a thin line for what I want to achieve from the deer's perspective and the other hunter's perspective.I want the orange up a couple of weeks before opening day so that the deer will say"gee,thats been there a couple of weeks,it's not a person,dum dum dum",but I'm afraid if I put the orange up too early,a neighbor preparing his blind and sitting on opening day might say"dum dum dum,ahh,that orange has been there a couple of weeks,it's not a person"and then shoot my way.If I put the orange up opening day,the neighbor hunter will know it's a person and be safe,but the deer will notice something different and be spooked.

tappedandtagged · 10-29-2009, 06:04 AM

Hunt private land! I know it's rough if you don't have acreage, but I personally refuse to hunt public land when rifle season is in. I love hunting, but I love my life more.

As far as putting blaze on your blind, if you're doing public hunting, I'd do it. I don't think it'll change your success at all esp. if you break it up and don't just have blobs of blaze here and there. Deer can differentiate between different contrasts, but its the movement that gives hunters away. As long as they don't see movement, you'll be fine.

Archetype_wyo · 10-29-2009, 12:18 PM

You could take some orange landscaping flags (for sprinkler systems, gas line marking, etc.) and tape them to the corners of the blind. This will help you somewhat, but a bullet that misses its intended target and ricochets off a rock can go a long ways. But if hunting in a blind is one of your must do's try to mark your blind and the area around it as much as possible.

dog party · 10-29-2009, 12:24 PM

How about something like this Big Edge Sports Yukon Tracks Blaze Orange Camo Sniper Blind Cover

It's a blaze orange camo "cap" for a hunting blind. The camo pattern breaks up the brightness of the blaze...

ArkansasHunter · 10-29-2009, 12:32 PM

You can put blaze orange on your blind today and hunt in it. It will not spook the Deer.
I have a pop up blind set up and I have been thinking of adding some blaze orange to it.
What I'm going to do is add flagging tape in brite orange, this tape is used by loggers and workers to mark stuff.
Wal Mart even sells it. It's also handy to use if you shoot a Deer or game that runs off to keep you from getting lost looking for it...A.H

ninjatoth · 11-07-2009, 03:46 PM

Well,I wrapped some orange tape around some of the trees around my blind,look at my pic,you can see a couple of the little trees that I put orange on,and there are a couple more trees that you can't see in the pic.Hard to see in a picture,but they do stand out real well in person.Now I just have to wait until the 15th(opening day).I got one regular and one antlerless license,and I plan to fill both!

tippmann7 · 11-07-2009, 04:45 PM

would rather have a deer see me and run off than be shot

FortyXDM · 11-07-2009, 10:02 PM

You want to avoid "Florescing colors, but blaze orange is fine. Read this:
What do deer see? - ESPN

ninjatoth · 11-08-2009, 08:52 PM

6.5 days until whitetail firerms season starts here!Anyone else here from Michigan going to be sitting out in the woods freezing at 6am?

G. Green · 11-08-2009, 09:27 PM

I'm in Oklahoma and our's starts on the 21st, but I'll be in camp the night before and sitting in the woods by 0530. (Probably wishing I'd stayed in my goose down bag another 30 minutes :-)

jeepejeep · 12-08-2009, 11:22 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by dog party

How about something like this Big Edge Sports Yukon Tracks Blaze Orange Camo Sniper Blind Cover

It's a blaze orange camo "cap" for a hunting blind. The camo pattern breaks up the brightness of the blaze...

Cabelas has them too:
Cabela's -- Ameristep&#174 Blaze Orange Blind Cap

wirehunt · 12-08-2009, 06:32 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ninjatoth

and apparently the bullet ricocheted off a tree and went into a hidden blind,and a man was hit.

And the orange would have helped him how???

There is nothing can be done about a ricochet.
I got a mates dog with the shotgun like this, it was well away from where I was shooting at around 90 degrees from the target, still cost a few hundred at the vet. Fantastic shot on the rabbit I will add

Vekta · 12-08-2009, 06:39 PM

From what I have read deer can't see color BUT the dyes used in some clothing look like it's glowing to them when UV radiation hits whatever fabric it's dyed with. I don't know how true that is so you'll have to see if it really holds any truth to it.

10-29-2009, 12:18 PM	#7
Archetype_wyo Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Buffalo, Wyo Posts: 2,248	You could take some orange landscaping flags (for sprinkler systems, gas line marking, etc.) and tape them to the corners of the blind. This will help you somewhat, but a bullet that misses its intended target and ricochets off a rock can go a long ways. But if hunting in a blind is one of your must do's try to mark your blind and the area around it as much as possible. __________________ The great object is that every man be armed. Everyone who is able may have a gun. —Patrick Henry

10-29-2009, 12:32 PM	#9
ArkansasHunter Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: South Arkansas. Posts: 18,224	You can put blaze orange on your blind today and hunt in it. It will not spook the Deer. I have a pop up blind set up and I have been thinking of adding some blaze orange to it. What I'm going to do is add flagging tape in brite orange, this tape is used by loggers and workers to mark stuff. Wal Mart even sells it. It's also handy to use if you shoot a Deer or game that runs off to keep you from getting lost looking for it...A.H __________________ IN GOD WE TRUST NRA MEMBER

11-07-2009, 03:46 PM	#10
ninjatoth Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Mid-Michigan Posts: 152	Well,I wrapped some orange tape around some of the trees around my blind,look at my pic,you can see a couple of the little trees that I put orange on,and there are a couple more trees that you can't see in the pic.Hard to see in a picture,but they do stand out real well in person.Now I just have to wait until the 15th(opening day).I got one regular and one antlerless license,and I plan to fill both! Attached Thumbnails

11-07-2009, 04:45 PM	#11
tippmann7 Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Attica, Ohio Posts: 1,218	would rather have a deer see me and run off than be shot __________________ DEWmocracy, the few, the proud, the GREEN

11-07-2009, 10:02 PM	#12
FortyXDM Super Moderator Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Gladstone, Mo. (kc area) Posts: 4,091	You want to avoid "Florescing colors, but blaze orange is fine. Read this: What do deer see? - ESPN
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10-28-2009, 04:26 PM	#1
ninjatoth Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Mid-Michigan Posts: 152	Hunting Blind Orange? My story begins last November,which was my first time hunting whitetail.I had to get an apprentice license and hunt with my father in law.We hunted out of a pop up camoflauge ground blind,all went well and I got a buck.Well,just a few miles away from there,another hunter was not so lucky.A woman hunter fired at a deer,and apparently the bullet ricocheted off a tree and went into a hidden blind,and a man was hit.The woman heard the screaming and went to help the man,and found a man wearing all brown.It is state law here to wear flouresant orange.The man did die.Now my question is,should I somehow apply flouresant orange to my blind?Do you think that this will hinder my chances at a deer,and do you think it will keep me safer?I have already wrapped some orange flouresant tape around the nearest trees near my blind,and I will be wearing flouresant orange on my chest and head,but is this enough?Does anyone have any safety tips to avoid an incident like what happened last November?

10-28-2009, 04:29 PM	#2
Whootsinator Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2008 Posts: 1,040	I've always heard that deer can't see in color. I can't confirm or deny that, but if they can't, orange camo would work nearly as well as traditional camo. Try to find some orange camp tape and wrap it around your stand a few times if you like.

10-28-2009, 04:31 PM	#3
rimfirenut Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: michigan Posts: 683	Just put an extra blaze orange vest or something on the blind, most pop up's today have orange flip open dojobies on them above the windows. Also be aware of anyone else hunting around you, maybe even let the neighbor or whoever know where you will be hunting. Better to be safe than sorry... Oh yeah, deer are color blind so orange appears whitish to them..

10-28-2009, 05:45 PM	#4
Purdy Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Montana Posts: 571	I believe deer and elk can see colors or at least differentiate between colors-brightness, etc. A few years ago the MT FWP did an experiment on an elk farm, feeding an elk from a bucket painted hunter orange. They had several buckets laid out but only fed from the orange one. The elk quickly learned to look for the orange bucket no matter where they placed it in the feeding area. A week later it ignored the white buckets even when some feed was placed in them, so it wasn't smell.

10-28-2009, 07:39 PM	#5
ninjatoth Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Mid-Michigan Posts: 152	I'm walking a thin line for what I want to achieve from the deer's perspective and the other hunter's perspective.I want the orange up a couple of weeks before opening day so that the deer will say"gee,thats been there a couple of weeks,it's not a person,dum dum dum",but I'm afraid if I put the orange up too early,a neighbor preparing his blind and sitting on opening day might say"dum dum dum,ahh,that orange has been there a couple of weeks,it's not a person"and then shoot my way.If I put the orange up opening day,the neighbor hunter will know it's a person and be safe,but the deer will notice something different and be spooked.

10-29-2009, 06:04 AM	#6
tappedandtagged Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Southwest Arkansas Posts: 853 Blog Entries: 1	Hunt private land! I know it's rough if you don't have acreage, but I personally refuse to hunt public land when rifle season is in. I love hunting, but I love my life more. As far as putting blaze on your blind, if you're doing public hunting, I'd do it. I don't think it'll change your success at all esp. if you break it up and don't just have blobs of blaze here and there. Deer can differentiate between different contrasts, but its the movement that gives hunters away. As long as they don't see movement, you'll be fine.

10-29-2009, 12:24 PM	#8
dog party Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Virginia Posts: 327	How about something like this Big Edge Sports Yukon Tracks Blaze Orange Camo Sniper Blind Cover It's a blaze orange camo "cap" for a hunting blind. The camo pattern breaks up the brightness of the blaze...

11-08-2009, 08:52 PM	#13
ninjatoth Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Mid-Michigan Posts: 152	6.5 days until whitetail firerms season starts here!Anyone else here from Michigan going to be sitting out in the woods freezing at 6am?

11-08-2009, 09:27 PM	#14
G. Green Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: NE OK Posts: 1,023	I'm in Oklahoma and our's starts on the 21st, but I'll be in camp the night before and sitting in the woods by 0530. (Probably wishing I'd stayed in my goose down bag another 30 minutes :-)

12-08-2009, 06:39 PM	#17
Vekta Member Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 81	From what I have read deer can't see color BUT the dyes used in some clothing look like it's glowing to them when UV radiation hits whatever fabric it's dyed with. I don't know how true that is so you'll have to see if it really holds any truth to it. __________________ Between your luck and my stacked odds I'll take my stacked odds...double stacked actually.