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Hi all, well personally I don't wear it when I'm bird hunting, have to when I hunt deer. I do however have my boys wear it. At least a hat or on their vests. I just don't care for it.

One thing I do get a chuckle from is when you see guys wearing it every place they go. The amount of guys who wear it into stores, cafes etc just floors me. They all are wearing vests and even strap vests. Almost like saying "Look at me, I'm a hunter". Almost to a man they are brand new and never saw a bird in the game bag. To me they just look foolish.

Anyway, to me it's, to each his own.

Be Good!

Greg

Yep. Pretty much how I feel about the camo wearers. Most of the ones I see should wearing camo that looks like asphalt parking lots and store fronts.

Man,next time we hunt together I am going to be so self concious because of my orange! Now I know what you really think of me.

Jolly Joker!!! You're a far cry from those fools I mentioned (but not by much, wink!).

Be Good!

Greg

We all have to buy new outfits occasionally, but the stuff Cabelas sells me just doesn't hold a crease, or bold khaki colors after I follow the dogs into the cattail bogs and Russian Olive patches once or twice.

Makes me wonder if those fellows who look like they're modeling for a catalog spread have really been out chasing the hounds.

You should avoid the Sioux Falls Airport then.

I'm going to have to re-think what I wear to breakfast and dinner on my hunting trips.

Another thought on this topic....

Many of us are now (or soon will be) grandparents. I hope to be around to teach my grand-daughter trout fishing, to see her graduate college, marry, etc.; and to help my grand-son dress his first buck, or down his first pheasant.

If wearing blaze orange while I hunt even slightly increases my chances of doing so, it seems like a very simple decision.

JERRY

There is nothing silly about wearing orange while hunting, Jerry, but it is a little silly to wear it out to dinner at night.

I think that is what Greg was talking about, and it surely marks the out of state fellows for all the locals, something that is a little amusement the first week, but is much less so later in the season.

On the money Bob, Thanks!!! I guess my point is, you see guys running around wearing all kinds of hunting garb, some which you can tell the guy is a real hunter who takes his sport to heart, then you have those who have a need to show what they want to be. I don't care if the guy wears hot prink, it's his call, but it sure gets a laugh from others. I know I sure would look stupid if I wore my Wing Works vest into Ohm's Cafe for breakfast before going out. I know I don't put my vest on until I'm in the field.

I saw one guy, I sh** you not, wearing his full blaze orange vest, with the shell loops all filled and a bandoler also full of shells go into the cafe in Center, ND. The guy had ND plates on his rig, but sure looked stupid, so this is not confined to out of staters either.

I'm not against blaze orange at all, good idea all the way around. But for Gods sake use a little common sense when wearing it. Leave it in the truck until you get to the field. Hunting is a sport not a fashion show. End rant!

Thanks again all!

Greg