I think if I were in an area with 300, 000 armed strangers looking to shoot something on the ground I'd want to wear orange too - and a flashing traffic cone on my head!!
Put in that context, it makes sense.
Does the colour adversely affect your hunting when you don't want to be seen by the quarry?
This is especially true during deer season, when you find people using their rifle scopes in place of binoculars. It is very unnerving to see some one 100 yards away glassing you with their rifle mounted to their shoulder and their hand on or near the trigger of a 30-06.
I have never found that the color makes a bit of difference to most game. In general most game is a prey species. I believe prey is more sensitive to motion than to color. On the other hand, I want to wear as much camo as the law allows while hunting bear, coyote, etc.
When bird hunting. I not only wear orange. I also have orange safety vests for the dogs.
Pete
