Got My PA bird this morning

[petey]

Same story all over from buddies in CT, NY and OH. Not too talkative nowadays.

I thought it may have to do with PA and their stupid laws of orange. Ever since they enstated that 100 sq in on head while moving it's been getting harder each year. I think they are seeing more hunters in the field b/c of it and are more "aware" of our presence now.

Sad part is it hasn't helped for saftey. People still get shoot, which is beyond me during a "bearded bird ONLY" season. How can someone mistake a hunter for a bearded bird when you have to identify it?

Anyhow, the laws are changing, and this is just another one that I think is a stupid as the rest. Just my opinion. If the numbers come back the same (or more for that fact) for injured hunters after they have the new orange law, then why have it? Kind of like their "REQUIRED" 250 sq in of orange during fall turkey. Try calling a bird in wearing that much orange on and see how good you do. It forces us to use other means to hunt. Forces us to have to use a rifle, b/c the closest you're gonna get is only 80 yards (in some instances). Kind of a catch 22; Here you can use a rifle in the fall, but you have to wear the orange b/c of the rifle hunters! So....why don't they get rid of the rifle and get rid of the orange and let us hunt turkey the way we're supposed to, by calling them into shotgun/bow range. Sometimes I just wonder who's writing these laws for PA, Martha Stewart??