Hey guys, I'm a new hunter and am going out grouse hunting soon. I've checked the 2015 hunting regulations summary and it would appear the elk, deer, and moose season for the WMU I'll be hunting in is not on right now. Does that mean I don't have to wear hunter orange? Thanks.
Hunter Orange Necessary?
- Thread starter tnsaf
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crasheralex
Regular
- Location
- Cambridge, On
Why wouldn't you wear it? The grouse don't notice and it let's other hunters know your there
Maritime Storm
CGN frequent flyer
- Location
- Riverview, NB
I rather be seen then not.
It would even help more if you told us which region. Orange during controlled hunt. I also wear orange when out hunting with friends, its just makes things easier.
little bear
Regular
Orange is not a requirement here in NL, but I wear it sometimes depending where I am going. For instance, if I take my canoe and travel 5 km off the road I will not wear it, but if I am hunting rabbit or grouse close to a woods road or trail I wear a vest. A few tears back, this Einstein shot a lady in the arm while she and a couple kids were "boiling the kettle". She was wearing a brown sweater. And don't forget the famous case where a lady shot her husband because she thought he was a bear.....
Yep. Once you get shot at which happened to us one evening some years ago walking out on a pole line at dusk we have been since orange from head to toe .
Lucky the idiot was a poor shot and missed but I will never forget the sound of that bullet going through the alders about 4 feet in front of us
WHY would one not wear it. If you watch the wind doesn't matter what color you wear as far as most game goes. I don't hunt turkey so have no idea on those.
Cheers
- Safety first!
There's a minimum requirement for hunter's orange coverage in ON, 400 square inches. The time I was stopped by an MNR officer, he assured me they enforce it. Not a problem for me, I have an intense dislike of getting shot. Where I was before and where I'm hunting so far this year, I keep encountering dog and recreational walkers who don't wear anything bright and human looking; I keep wondering if I should say something but it would probably be interpreted as a threat of some kind, telling them to stay out of the woods etc.
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Hunter Orange
The objective of the hunter orange regulation is to maximize hunter safety without negatively impacting hunting success.
Hunter orange product is available at the OFAH Online Store Under this regulation, all licensed hunters, including archery hunters hunting during the gun season for deer and moose, are required to wear hunter orange. As well, all black bear hunters hunting during the black bear season are required to wear hunter orange except when in a tree stand. (This exception is in place because, unlike deer and moose, black bears have colour vision.) Waterfowl hunters, wild turkey hunters and archery hunters in archery-only areas are exempt from the hunter orange requirement.
A hunter orange garment and head cover must be worn. The hunter orange garment must cover a minimum of 400 square inches (2,580 square cm) above the waist and be visible from all sides. Open mesh or camouflage hunter orange must not be part of the 400 square inches. A hunting coat or vest generally meets this requirement. The hunter orange head cover may have: open mesh; a peak or brim colour other than hunter orange; a crest or logo which does not completely cover the hunter orange on the side where it is affixed. The head cover may not contain camouflage material.
Hunter orange colour standards are generally consistent across North America. Manufacturers can provide information regarding clothing compliance with this standard. Hunter orange product is available at the OFAH Online Store. "
http://www.ohep.net/Info.cfm?ID=4
People may not like or trust the OFAH, but they are quoting the legislation correctly:
Ontario Reg. 665/98: HUNTING
GENERAL
25. (1) A reference in this section to a table is a reference to a Table set out in Ontario Regulation 670/98 (Open Seasons — Wildlife). O. Reg. 665/98, s. 25 (1); O. Reg. 581/99, s. 1 (1).
(2) Except as otherwise provided in this Regulation, a person shall not hunt a species of game wildlife specified in a Table unless the person hunts the species,
(a) in an area specified in the Table;
(b) during the open season applicable to the person and to the area, as specified in the Table; and
(c) of the age and ### specified in the Table, if any. O. Reg. 665/98, s. 25 (2); O. Reg. 581/99, s. 1 (2); O. Reg. 82/15, s. 1.
(3) A person shall not kill or capture in one day or possess at any time more of a species of small game than the number specified in a Table if the number is specified. O. Reg. 665/98, s. 25 (3); O. Reg. 581/99, s. 1 (3).
(3.1) A person hunting game birds or small game on the same day during the open seasons established under Tables 7 and 7.1 or Tables 9 and 9.1 shall not kill in one day, or possess at any time, more of a species than the number specified for that species for the wildlife management unit in Table 7 or 9. O. Reg. 262/05, s. 2.
(4) If a Table limits hunting to a specific time period during the day, a person shall not hunt except during the time period specified. O. Reg. 665/98, s. 25 (4); O. Reg. 581/99, s. 1 (4).
(5) Wildlife referred to in clauses 5 (2) (a) and 6 (1) (h) of the Act and chukar partridge released under section 54 of the Act may be hunted at any time of the year. O. Reg. 665/98, s. 25 (5).
26. (1) The holder of a hunting or trapping licence shall wear a garment in hunter orange and a head cover in hunter orange while hunting wildlife,
(a) during the open seasons for deer, elk or moose, other than the seasons restricted to the use of bows only; and
(b) during the open season for bear. O. Reg. 665/98, s. 26 (1); O. Reg. 529/10, s. 6; O. Reg. 49/11, s. 3 (1).
(2) The garment referred to in subsection (1) must be solid and not open mesh clothing with a minimum total area of not less than 400 square inches above the waist and visible from all sides. O. Reg. 665/98, s. 26 (2).
(3) Clause (1) (a) does not apply to a person who is hunting migratory game birds other than woodcock. O. Reg. 665/98, s. 26 (3).
(4) Clause (1) (b) does not apply to a person who, during an open season for bear,
(a) hunts small game or wild turkey;
(b) hunts wildlife, other than bear, authorized by a trapping licence on his or her trapline;
(c) hunts moose, deer or elk during an open season for moose, deer or elk that is restricted to the use of bows only and that runs concurrently with the open season for bear; or
(d) is in a tree stand while hunting bear. O. Reg. 49/11, s. 3 (2).
(5) In this section,
“hunter orange” means a daylight fluorescent orange colour with a dominant wave length between 595 and 605 nanometers, excitation purity of not less than 85 per cent and a luminance factor of not less than 40 per cent, but does not include camouflage hunter orange colouring. O. Reg. 665/98, s. 26 (5).
http://www.ontario.ca/laws/regulation/980665#BK3
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