Just got back from a day of grouse, etc. hunting in the Southern Adirondacks. We found plenty of grouse in EXTREMELY dense cover of brambles, roses, small trees, etc (as I said to one of the highschool kids hunting with us "if you need any piercings, you've come to the right place!") Anyone not wearing at hunter "Dayglo" orange on most of their upper body would have been invisible in those tangles and at some risk (thank God most grouse flush upward....). In a couple of weeks those woods will also be full of deer hunters (many in tree stands where they may wish to God grouse didn't flush upward). Where we hunt, hunter orange is a must--just gives you a margin of safety you would otherwise lack (Now class, if one just HAS to be a prick, what is it he/she should be a prick about? SAFETY? That's right!)
And Shotgunjones is absolutely right, the best safety investment is an orange hat. Besides, wearing one in public makes a "fashion statement" that I, for one, don't mind making.
