Fluorescent orange (hunter orange) clothing promotes
hunter safety because it is easy for other hunters to see outdoors.
A fluorescent orange outer garment or hat must be worn by all people
who hunt any wildlife or accompany, aid, or assist a hunter in a
field, marsh, wooded area, or on the water.
Whenever hunting, both hunters and
companions must wear either:
-
A cap of solid daylight fluorescent orange color (worn as an outer
garment on the head at all times);
-
A vest or jacket containing back and front panels of at least 250
square inches of solid fluorescent orange color (worn as outer
garment at all times) or;
-
An outer garment of camouflage fluorescent orange worn above the
waist which contains at least 50% fluorescent orange color.
Persons required to wear
fluorescent orange that hunt from a ground blind that has four
sides, a top, and is placed no more than 4 feet above the ground
must display, on or within 25 feet of the blind, a cap of solid
daylight fluorescent orange color or a panel, band, strip, or
garment containing at least 250 square inches (approximately
16”x16”) of solid daylight fluorescent orange color.
NOTE: Bowhunters
hunting during the Junior Deer Hunt, Deer Firearms, and Deer
Muzzleloader Seasons are required to wear fluorescent orange.
The following persons are exempt from the requirement of wearing
fluorescent orange (but are still encouraged to wear it when
hunting):
- A person who hunts deer with a bow during the season restricted to
hunting with a bow;
- A person who hunts or accompanies, aids or assists another person
hunting the following species: brant, coot, crow, dove,
furbearing mammals, rails, snipe, waterfowl, or wild turkey;
- A person who hunts game birds or mammals using falcons, hawks or
owls.
