Safe deer hunts demand the utmost respect for gravity

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Paul A. SmithMilwaukee Journal SentinelView Comments0:000:55ADhttps://imasdk.googleapis.com/js/core/bridge3.490.0_en.html#goog_77785390

A hunter's view from a tree stand in Racine County on opening morning of the 2020 Wisconsin nine-day gun deer hunting season.

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I began preparations in earnest about a week ago for Saturday’s opening of the 2021 Wisconsin gun deer hunting season.

My plan is set, riflesighted in,clothing and gear packed.

After doing this for more than 40 years, the kit is whittled down to the necessities.

Which items are most important?

When it comes to safety, it’s a no-brainer: my blaze orange clothing, my full body harness and my lifeline.

I’ve worn blaze orangesince it was required in 1980 in the Badger State. The bright outerwear, along with Wisconsin’s excellent hunter education program which started in 1967, are considered key reasons for vastly improved hunter safety in recent decades.

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  1. I wish they would all fall out of trees

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