Please Don't Shoot Me! (live, safety, licensed)

[CoastalMaine]

Originally Posted by chaosX5

What I've learned from this.......

I need to get a gun (and know how to use it)

I will need lots of signs

I will need massive amounts of orange RIT dye and dip my children in it everyday! (being boys, they will find that amusing)

I don't mind hunting, just don't wish to be hunted

By jove, I think you've got it!!!!

[tcrackly]

Originally Posted by AlisonL

Posting won't keep out the idiots, no matter if the signs were 6 inches apart. Had a truck full of hunters stop in front of our house one time and bail out to go get the deer in my back yard. Said deer was a pony!! Needless to say I met them with shotgun in hand.

Then you have the drunk hunters. My husband gave up hunting years ago when he met up with one in the woods. Luckily the guy was more interested in talking than shooting. Hub offered to carry his gun and emptied the clip on the ground as they were walking. This took place at 8 a.m!!! Hub has also been shot at in the past and was wearing blaze orange. We both decided hunting is not worth the headaches, no matter how much we miss venison steaks.

Good thing hubby thinks fast. Offering to carry the weapon is pretty resourceful.

[tcrackly]

Originally Posted by Nor'Eastah

Oddly, a fellow who belongs to our club down here goes up to Maine every year for a deer. Hasn't got one in the past 3 years or so, nor have any of his buddies at the lodge up there. He just came back, and reported to us that he had seen NO deer, NO moose, just some rabbit and grouse and small mammals. None of the guys got anything. This camp of theirs is near the Bangor area; I have never been there, but it seems that there would be plenty of game within easy driving distance of Bangor. They used to get plenty of deer in years gone by.

What's happening? These guys are field-and-woods hunters, they don't hang around suburban back yards. But to have seen nothing - deer or moose - sounds odd to me. They are very experienced, professional about handling firearms and knowing their backstops, and wearing the required blaze orange, as well as being on the lookout for it.

On the other hand, they are getting into their 60's and 70's...so maybe that's it!

Last winter took its toll on deer...heavy snows. The ones that are left do very well to avoid people when they need to. They know when it's hunting season.

[Chorizo]

I never understood the orange thing really. Here in AZ hardly anyone uses the blaze orange clothes and accidental shootings are rare.

Honestly I think the last time I recall someone being shot while a hunt was going on, the injured person WAS wearing orange, so it made no difference!

Just some food for thought! better safe(r) than sorry I guess!

[tcrackly]

Originally Posted by Chorizo

I never understood the orange thing really. Here in AZ hardly anyone uses the blaze orange clothes and accidental shootings are rare.

Honestly I think the last time I recall someone being shot while a hunt was going on, the injured person WAS wearing orange, so it made no difference!

Just some food for thought! better safe(r) than sorry I guess!

Probably has to do with the lighting and the foliage color in ME this time of year. There's been lots of studies about visibility to the human eye. Wardens here actually have a luminosity % value to determine if it's the right orange or not.

[AlisonL]

Originally Posted by Chorizo

I never understood the orange thing really. Here in AZ hardly anyone uses the blaze orange clothes and accidental shootings are rare.

Honestly I think the last time I recall someone being shot while a hunt was going on, the injured person WAS wearing orange, so it made no difference!

Just some food for thought! better safe(r) than sorry I guess!

The Maine woods are very very thick and its hard to see and distinguish between a person and a deer. Blaze orange will show up through the growth...or at least it should. I've yet to see any woods up the northern part of NM that are as dense as the Maine woods.

[BacktoNE]

Originally Posted by chaosX5

What I've learned from this.......

I need to get a gun (and know how to use it)

I will need lots of signs

I will need massive amounts of orange RIT dye and dip my children in it everyday! (being boys, they will find that amusing)

I don't mind hunting, just don't wish to be hunted

Sounds like a perfectly sound plan

[Submariner]

Originally Posted by Nor'Eastah

Oddly, a fellow who belongs to our club down here goes up to Maine every year for a deer. Hasn't got one in the past 3 years or so, nor have any of his buddies at the lodge up there. He just came back, and reported to us that he had seen NO deer, NO moose, just some rabbit and grouse and small mammals. None of the guys got anything. This camp of theirs is near the Bangor area; I have never been there, but it seems that there would be plenty of game within easy driving distance of Bangor. They used to get plenty of deer in years gone by.

What's happening? These guys are field-and-woods hunters, they don't hang around suburban back yards. But to have seen nothing - deer or moose - sounds odd to me. They are very experienced, professional about handling firearms and knowing their backstops, and wearing the required blaze orange, as well as being on the lookout for it.

On the other hand, they are getting into their 60's and 70's...so maybe that's it!

Around here we are chasing them off the pavement.

[Submariner]

Originally Posted by AlisonL

The Maine woods are very very thick and its hard to see and distinguish between a person and a deer. Blaze orange will show up through the growth...or at least it should. I've yet to see any woods up the northern part of NM that are as dense as the Maine woods.

Deer are four-footed, carry antlers, and tend to be covered with brown hair. Many will have a tail.

People are two-footed, may wear a hat, and very few of us are furry.

Although I do admit that some folk's tail is much more interesting than a deer's tail.

[Bydand]

Originally Posted by forest beekeeper

People are two-footed, may wear a hat, and very few of us are furry.

Are you sure about that? I've seen your profile photo.