ridecamp@endurance.net: [endurance] You looked like deer....

[endurance] You looked like deer....

Diane E. Nelson (nelsonde@ttown.apci.com)
Tue, 23 Apr 1996 09:20:09 -0400 (EDT)

That's what the fellow told us when we came across him in the Stae
Gamelands near Allentown, PA. He was on a hillside with a scope and all
he could see over the fence row were our two white Troxel helmuts bobbing
up and down. Apparently looked like deer tails! That's disconcerting!
I always thought that the white helmuts would give us some extra
visibility--but not that kind! I'm considering putting a couple strips
of reflecting tape on the helmuts.

I use day-glo orange tack (bridle & breastplate, fanny pack) on the horse
whenever riding in the gamelands and will often use an orange safety
vest. And not just during hunting season--though goodness knows, they're
always hunting something, sometime in PA.

Any other suggestions for improving your visibility?

Diane @ Safe Haven (my place is "Safe" but boy it's a jungle out there &
it's full of hunters!)
Allentown, PA