Hunting on Long Island

[VitaBene]

Originally Posted by jrc

I do a lot of hiking and I have my hunter orange hat for this time of year. I'm amazed when other hikers tell me not to bother because hunting isn't allowed near hiking trails. You can't teach some people.

That said, hunters accidentally shooting hikers is an exceedingly rare occurrence. I found one report in whole country in the last four years. Most hunters are pretty careful.

JRC, was that the one in MA where the hunter shot a woman walking her dog (he was a state trooper). I don't remember all of the details.

My dog comes out every week for snomo trail work days, I always tie orange flagging tape in a bow around his neck.