I have been hunting my entire life, and I still can't to this day imagine how anyone could mistake a human being, regardless of what they are wearing, for a deer or any game animal. Unfortunately there are way too many slob hunters around which have made the wearing of blaze orange mandatory for many of us.

Hunting safety has nothing to do with what color we are wearing. If people would just follow the first rule that gets pounded into youngster's heads when they take many hunter's safety classes across the country..."be sure of your target".

Even if a hunting related shooting is not a matter of mistaken identity and it is related to someone being shot through thick cover or a stray bullet at long range, all of these are the result of carelessness which the wearing of blaze orange should not have any impact to being with. Unfortunately there are so many negligent hunters out there, that horse has been let out of the barn for good.

“I left long before daylight, alone but not lonely.”~Gordon Macquarrie