Scared alot of game to death with mine....
I've always liked seeing that gun in photos. Mine almost identical has never spooked game either. of course like anything else out there, folks should use common sense to prevent issues with all kinds of things while hunting.
I'd venture to guess that scent has spooked more game by far than any gun has.
I saw the picture of the camo tape on the African gun on a later post here... I"m going to say it didn't hurt anything, but flash from glasses, optics, white legs, movement, scent, etc are just as bad if not worse. And some management of all the above goes a long ways, even without taping....Wonder what the guide would have said if there was blue tape on the muzzle. LMAO