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Upland4Ever

Upland4Ever

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Deer hunters have a woodland camo, duck hunters have a waterfowl camo. Why do they put camo on pheasant gear. We should as a bird hunter have our own camo on our own gear like praire grass and milow field camo.
 
Upland4Ever said:
Deer hunters have a woodland camo, duck hunters have a waterfowl camo. Why do they put camo on pheasant gear. We should as a bird hunter have our own camo on our own gear like praire grass and milow field camo.
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What???? We do It's called orange. Wear it and don't get shot. :thumbsup:
 
Of course orange lol, but I'm talking like you wanna wear your nice pheasant or quail hat, they always have camo on them...
 
Upland4Ever said:
Deer hunters have a woodland camo, duck hunters have a waterfowl camo. Why do they put camo on pheasant gear. We should as a bird hunter have our own camo on our own gear like praire grass and milow field camo.
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Avatars dressed in Orange. :thumbsup:

Stubble and Orange......I like it.:cheers:
 
The only camo upland hunters need is to cover our noise.
 
Pheasantflauge

I bought a blaze orange hat with silouttes of pheasant (black) all over the hat. It is very bright yet has a camo appearance. I bought it at the local tee shirt shop. Kinda cool.
 
This is an old thread, but it came up in my search for my topic.

I hunt in cover that is always less than thigh-high. Pheasant are not colorblind. Since birds that see us run, why would so many pheasant hunters wear orange?

I hunt with four or fewer in our party, and we can always see each other. Since we walk in-line, no one is out of sight at any time. If anyone is too careless to see others that are not wearing orange, I don't hunt with them.

So, why make ourselves more visible to the birds by wearing orange? I don't wear orange, nor do most of my hunting partners.

I understand wearing orange if the cover is chest-high, or undulating where you can't always see each other, but I am only talking about in fields where everyone is visible at all times, and hunting in a line. Not talking about blockers, as we never hunt that way.
 
Pheasants seeing you is a non factor when walking through cover with bird dogs I would think.
 
A good product would be a reversible vest. Wear orange when you hunt with others and reverse it when hunting late season roosters by yourself or with someone experienced. Same with the hat. if you run into another party, let them see the orange.

Best day this year was when I left the orange in the truck. Astro told me the dog was on point 60 yards away. Before I saw the dog, pheasants started getting up. Shot one flying almost over me to the left and another about the same distance to the right. So close it tore the breasts up a little.
 
I wear an orange hat on wildlife areas and appreciate it when others do. It has saved me miles of walking when I can see the direction of other hunters.

Agree that the birds will hear me long before they see me.
 
It will not matter if your all dolled up in cammo. You have to wear orange in many places, same with deer hunting. So if the bird can see you with orange, why the need for cammo? If you took the idea to shark tank all you would hear is "I'm out" and your dead to me.:D It would not sell. Even if your all decked out with no orange, birds will still hear and spot you coming if they are out watching LOL. Too small of a not needed market.
 
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RealTree has a new pattern called Open Country, a set of which I bought for turkey hunting in western Kansas.
 
I guess I should have also said that I hunt mostly without dogs, and always on private land with visibility for over half a mile. Just 1- 4 of us, usually 2 of us, walking. Since I hunt lots of wheat stubble, milo stubble, and grasses knee-high or less, I think them seeing me is at least as likely as them hearing me. And, since I can see the other hunter(s) in my peripheral vision, orange doesn't seem necessary, and can be counter-productive.

Today, we walked treelines, where visibility is the bane of the hunt. Don't want to be noticed until I am on top of the birds. Worked well, as birds flushed within range. Since they normally have a sentry or two, or at least a bird that is paranoid, getting close can be difficult along a tree line.

Thanks for the responses! Some agree, some disagree, which is expected.

Safe hunting!
 
In as much as most hunting accidents are caused by swinging on game, it is important to wear blaze orange no matter whether you consider yourself in the wide open or not. Your hunting partners need to pick you up in the peripheral vision before the gun is swinging across your position. Camo and traditional tan won't do that. Do an experiment some time. Turn the lights off with a line of people in different attire. Have one with blaze orange on and turn the lights on for a second or two with several observers. After conducting the exercise, ask them who they noticed. No surprise, it will be the individual in blaze.
 
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