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Is That So? Look, read this carefully I and for the price of less than S2 it may save your life, or the life of your hunting companion. , To face the monstrous facts: out of every 4.000 hunters .'ho will go into the woods with a gun this lall, one is going to come back on a stretcher! Sure, some of them will have shot themselves accidentally, but the vast majority will be the targets of trigger-happy hunters, sometimes veteran hunters, who thought that a man was a deer. But I shouldn't say, "thought they were deer" because these accidents aren't confined to the deer season. Many occur in mid summer during squirrel nd woodchuck season. Maybe it's because the back of a man's bare head at a distance may look like a squirrel or a woodchuck. At any rate, my argument is that a good many of these stretcher-cases could have been avoided if the "target" had worn the right clothes. But before we consider what the right clothes are, a course in protective hunt ing coloration is in order. The first thing to be learned is this: popular beliefs to the contrary, no mammal below man and the monkeys can see in color except in shades of gray. Wave a green flag at a bull and his reaction will be exactly the same as waving a red flag. The second thing to be learn ed is that ordinary red, the old stand-by of veteran hunters, is not the warning color its repu tation would make it out to be. At a distance, in the shade, or to the side of one's vision, red looks like grey. Blends Court Death How do these facts affect the hunter and perhaps save his life? Sheriff's Deputies Leave for Mid-West Sheriff's deputies Joe Walsh and Veryl Vanoose left last week for Pontiac, Mich., and Eldora, Iowa, where they will pick up prisoners for extradi tion to Jackson counly. In Michigan they will pick up Lawrence W. Pennell, 35, who is wanted here on a charge of writing a fictitious S502 check for down payment on a car at Courtesy Chevrolet com pany. A Medford police depart ment warrant was issued for his arrest. In Iowa, the deputies will pick up Orvill L. Maifield, Eldora, Iowa, who is wanted here on a charge of non support. JAILED Cecil A. Mead, 38. of La Crescenta, Calif., State Medical Board investigator, was jailed at Burbank, Calif, for allegedly seeking a $2500 bride from a convicted abor tionist. Police say Mead in return promised to exert in fluence in keeping the doc tor's license from being re voked. He was arrested while allegedly waiting for the payoff near the Burbank police station. Era like done waij STVj B fUGFNE BURNS ! Raneer-hUturaltst In the first place, hunters who wear clothing which blends with the background browns and greens are courting death. And they are doing it needlessly. It's movement not the color which alerts deer, squirrel, bear and woodchuck. Hence, never wear background-blending col ors when hunting. As for red, it is all right as far as it goes. Many hunters feel that they are amply pro tected with a red hat. Besides red's short-comings, a hat at a ! distance does not make a big enough "warning" spot. For a hunter who is on the prowl for deer and has prepared himself mentally to see a deer, wiil often react before the small red area sometimes no bigger than a patch of red leaves has im pressed him that this thing which moves is no deer but a man. Improving upon this, some hunters wear a red-plaid outfit. Good as far as it goes, but in some areas and under certain conditions of shade and overcast. this is a poor protection. Outside of staying home, away from the woods, what is the answer to the man who wants to go and get his deer? . Fluorescent Red It's this: There is a day-glowing, fluorescent red on the mar ket a development of Joe and Bob Switzer of Cleveland which was perfected by them for the Army Signal Corps during World War II. I first saw it used effectively with troops in Alaska. This material is activated by ultra-violet light. And wherever a hunter is in shade, even during twilight, early morning, over cast, or during snowfall all the most accident-prone shooting times of the day this material looms out like a hous- afire. It is fully four times brighter than the ordinary red and be sides, there is no color in the woods like it. Now for less than $2 any hunter can get himself a vest made of this daylight fluorescent material and it is made bj a host of manufacturers which will provide a stoplight lor all trigger-happy hunters. It makes accidents of mistaken identity Sunday, October 14, I95S MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE THREE almost impossible. Besides vests, caps and hats are also available. But I would not recommend a jacket. The ma terial which has a hard finish is too "noisy" and that fright ens away game. 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