ridecamp@endurance.net: Re: [endurance] You looked like deer....
Re: [endurance] You looked like deer....
Ssolis (ooswsejs@dfw-ix9.ix.netcom.com)
Tue, 23 Apr 1996 18:56:47 -0700
Linda Flemmer wrote:
>
> Diane,
>
> You wrote:
>
> > 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?
>
> Try orange rump rugs (if cold) or orange mesh quarter sheets (if it is
> hot.) It helps some. I would consider a helmet cover in WILD
> colors, too if I couldn't find one in orange. (We carry the orange
> mesh as a turn out sheet.)
>
> White gloves are a NO NO (as if I could keep them clean.) A woman
> wearing white gloves was mistaken & shot for a deer while hanging laundry
> in the NE several years ago in her backyard (suburban). The hunter was
> released from manslaughter charges by the judge (who was also a
> hunter). Go figure!
>
> Good luck!
> Linda Flemmer
> Blue Wolf Equestrian Supplies/ Blue Wolf Ranch
> Chesapeake, VA
>
> "In case of emergency - Fur side up, steel side down!"
I know it does'nt matter but what was a woman doing wearing white gloves
to hang laundry in the back yard?
Sounds kind of strange to me...