Doughboy,
He was wearing MossyOak camo. He also had a brown beenie and brown boots along with a stainless rifle.
I think that the noisy leaves combined with the screen of brush made the other guy ready his rifle prematurely.
It's scary out there.
It's scary out there...then stay home. Don't go in the woods, and quit making BS stories.
Don't believe you either. How could he hear a sigh of relief if he was walking in the leaves?
The leaves didn't make that much noise; the hunter was only about 10 feet above him and 20 feet off to the side AND at the same time he saw movement of the guy lowering his rifle! He had just come into view along the top of the ridge, around some trees. I swear that Idaho gets more and more hunting pressure each year in some places!
There was a study done that's interesting about hunter orange:
This year, the New York State Hunting and Trapping Regulations Guide and news releases feature the following message. �Don�t be a victim! Four out of five NY big game hunters wear hunter orange. Since 1992, none of them have been mistaken for deer and killed. But 18 hunters who did not wear hunter orange were mistaken for deer and killed.� In New York State from 1989 to 1995, of the 125 incidents in which hunters were mistaken for game, only six (5%) were wearing hunter orange.Let�s hope hunters get the message. Better yet, let�s deliver it!
