Thread: hunter down :(

Originally Posted by Rusky

The victim in this instance had high vis on, and pretty much sums up the insignificance of it. I'll still wear it but it gives me no confidence or security that im any safer in the bush.

After a personal experience last roar, i believe in some situations and conditions wearing hi-viz (blaze orange) actually puts you at a greater risk. I no longer wear mine, instead wear camo and/or green. I know this has been thrashed out a few times before, but i feel its important for people to think about it - You may not be as 'safe' as you think you are when you pull on your blaze orange top or hat.

From my experience where i roared in another hunter (two actually) and saw colour and movement thru tight bush, the small amount of colour i could see looked right, but i couldnt see enough to 100% identify as a deer, saw bush move, was expecting the stag to emerge any second, then two hunters pop out wearing full blaze orange, I alerted them that i was there, and we all shat ourselves. It was a really big wake up call for me i tell you, I honestly believed that it was a stag when i saw the colour and movement thru the thick stuff.

I can certainly see how this happens, very scary shit!

RIP young hunter, my thoughts are with your wife and 2 kids (I have a wife and 2 pre-school kids myself, and cannot imagine the impact on them if i was not to come home one day.