I wear a blaze orange hat while bird hunting as a considerate act toward my hunting companions. I would like them to be able to know exactly where I am and never have to check their swing or not take a shot because I might be 'over there' somewhere and be not quite as visible as to make for a comfortable shooting situation.

On the other hand - If a person is shot in the pursuit of big game because that person was mistaken for game the shooter must be prosecuted to the full extent of the law. He will suffer enough by the fact that his carelessness caused the death or maiming of a fellow hunter or worse, an innocent bystander but so what!?! His intent was to "kill" something and the fact that it turned out to be another human being doesn't lessen the motive of "to kill". Shouldn't we all be absolutely positive of our target before we squeeze that trigger? "It looked like a.." or "I thought it was a.." or "It sounded like a.." just doesn't cut it! Again and again every year hunters are a laughing stock because we shoot people in "hunting accidents". These are not accidents at all but are horrible incidents of negligence. Blaze orange or hunter orange might help hunters not to get shot but the lady hanging out her wash in a brown jacket and white mittens shouldn't be required to protect her own life with bright clothing... IT IS NOT HER RESPONSIBILITY !!