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Hunting Orange
DDC "Orange"
Living in the middle of a vast tract of National Forest means that we have to learn to live with hunters frequently getting inside our comfort zone. We own an entire big bin of orange garb, just for this season. When hunting season finally ends, we gleefully wash all the ugly orange stuff, and hide the bin until the next year. In this photo, Shyla is wearing my orange jacket and hat, and she doesn't look terribly happy about it. I agree, Shyla.
One upsetting thing is the growth of poaching around us. It takes the form of hunting out of season. The Forest Service and the Colorado wildlife authorities are so underfunded that I have never run into a ranger in my 2 decades of spending hours every day in the forest. So, of course, bad people can get away with poaching. However, I'll be damned if I'll start wearing this orange stuff all year around.
Hunting Orange
DDC "Orange"
Living in the middle of a vast tract of National Forest means that we have to learn to live with hunters frequently getting inside our comfort zone. We own an entire big bin of orange garb, just for this season. When hunting season finally ends, we gleefully wash all the ugly orange stuff, and hide the bin until the next year. In this photo, Shyla is wearing my orange jacket and hat, and she doesn't look terribly happy about it. I agree, Shyla.
One upsetting thing is the growth of poaching around us. It takes the form of hunting out of season. The Forest Service and the Colorado wildlife authorities are so underfunded that I have never run into a ranger in my 2 decades of spending hours every day in the forest. So, of course, bad people can get away with poaching. However, I'll be damned if I'll start wearing this orange stuff all year around.