Blaze Orange

Wait awhile lol

Am I missing something? It’s been on the books for as long as I remember with big game during gun.

the next paragraph reads:

New York State law requires hunters age 14 and 15, and their mentors, hunting deer or bear with a gun, to wear fluorescent hunter orange or pink visible from all directions: shirt, jacket, or vest with at least 250 square inches of solid or patterned fluorescent orange or pink (the pattern must be at least 50% orange or pink) OR a hat with at least 50% fluorescent orange or pink.
All other hunters are not required by law to wear fluorescent orange while hunting in New York. However, the DEC highly recommends ALL hunters wear a fluorescent orange hat, vest and/or coat while hunting small game or big game.

Yup, this stupid state only requires that hunters accompanying a junior hunter wear blaze orange or blaze pink along with the child. The last few years at least, all fatal shootings have occurred with the victims wearing plaid flannel or military camo, not blaze orange as 43 other states are smart enough to require for their adults. In a way it reminds me of the boating safety nonsense that required only young people to take a course wherein its almost always the 30 and 40 somethings that are involved in fatal boating accidents.

I am in a ground blind in this pic but the blind has multiple strips of orange tape at varying heights and on all sides. If I am aware of other hunters in the area I eschew the blind and sit on a stool. Movement and smell alert a deer, not the color orange. Supposedly they can see blue and yellow but I was wearing blue jeans during my first harvest. I think I fell asleep on the stool and woke up with the buck just 20 yards out, LOL.

As far as I can remember Blaze Orange was standard attire

But not required in NY hence the fatal shootings of guys not in blaze orange each year.

As far as I can remember Blaze Orange was standard attire

I used to hunt the state lands in Suffolk during January shotgun season. Less than half of the hunters showed up at the Ridge DEC check station with any orange at all. Maybe they put on a little vest later, maybe not.

May have to push that here in Smithtown (blaze orange) for the kids at charter school in Nissequogue and the golfers at sunken meadow.
Found one stand on county property 10 yds from back ball field at school. The golf course has no less then a half dozen feet from the rough on east side. No hunting allowed at either and Smithtown moved back to 500' from 150' with a bow. Nissy is a accident that will happen.

I think you would have to be a little crazy to not wear anything orange. Even on the 350 acres of private land I hunt we all know where the others are hunting and none of us walk around much we all still wear some orange.

During the late afternoon we carry flashlights as well when walking out of the woods. A wise man said to me. Deer dont carry flashlights so dont shoot at one.

Heck I don't even go out to blow leaves without an orange vest and hat around here once deer gunning season starts. It's a sad state of affairs, but c'est la vie.

No hunting allowed at either and Smithtown moved back to 500' from 150' with a bow.

That knocks out most of the areas I know.

First time I ever almost drove into a deer was last September in Smithtown. Read somewhere there may be a small group at Bethpage State Park and another in a sump in North Seaford. Sad to say but I foresee DEC trapping or even poisoning them in the future. Just sprayed permethrin on my blaze orange hat and vest, jackets are red and blaze orange camo. I am ready.

I just got back from hunting. I was close to the border of our property when I saw some movement about 200 yards away so I tensed up and got ready. Some moron walking around with zero orange. I can see how someone would pull the trigger if it was gun season. You have to be nuts to not wear any orange. At minimum an orange hat.

Understood but identifying your target and what is behind is the key to safety. Moron yes but someone shooting him should be a prime candidate for Manslaughter One at the very least.

No kidding about identifying target before you pull the trigger. However if everyone did that there would be no "accidental" shootings. Morons on both ends of that, not identifying target and not wearing orange. . One should mitigate the danger if at all possible.

Voluntary manslaughter no
Involuntary manslaughter maybe
Criminally negligent manslaughter definitely.