Hunter Orange on the LE elk hunts?

[walleye1121]

Somebody told me that we don't need to wear orange on the LE Elk hunt (Wasatch). The proclamation seems to read that we do. Anybody know the answer for sure. It will save me a long session on hold with the DWR.

 

[browtine]

"The proclamation seems to read that we do."

There is your answer.

Later, Brandon

 

[EROCK1313]

Utah??

Here is the specific answer from that proclamation:


"Hunter Orange...

You must wear hunter orange material if a centerfire rifle hunt is happening in the area where you're archery hunting. Please study the rifle hunt tables..."

Just wear CAMO - Orange....HA!!


?-ERock-> ?

 

[Ticks N Tines]

That depends on wether you would like to be shot at or not. This is Utah, if you don't wear orange and you pack a rack on your back, somebody will probably shoot you.
I would wear orange

 

[Gorilla]

I had a similar question so I email DWR and below is the response. House Bill 0092 passed this year and amened the Utah Wildlife Resources Code requirement to wear hunter orange. They added the conservation tags, the governor's tag, bison and moose to the list of hunts that don't require orange.

What is a conservation tag? Is that a tag the is drawn from the ISE, RMEF, SWF...ect?

The DWR has since added this item to the "Corrections to the guidebook" section online.



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Reply...

Nathan, you are correct and are not required to wear solid hunter orange. You are still required to wear the 400 Sq inches of either solid or camo hunter orange. The proclamation was passed by the wildlife board prior to the legislature meeting and amending the code. I will have the change made in the online version of the big game rule(which should have been done already). Thanks for the catch.

John Pratt

First email to DWR...

On page 40 of the 2009 Big Game Hunting Guidebook it states that hunter
orange in a camo pattern does not meet the requirement of wearing of
hunter orange in a "Centerfire rifle hunt". However House Bill 0092 was
passed in the 2009 Utah legislative session and became effective
5/12/2009. This Bill specifically removed language (Title 23-Chapter
20-Section 31 Amendment 2C) from the Utah Wildlife Resources Code which
stated that camo pattern hunter orange did not meet the requirement for
wearing hunter orange in a centerfire rifle hunt.

So can I legally wear hunter orange in a camouflage pattern while
hunting Deer and Elk in Utah?

http://le.utah.gov/~2009/bills/hbillenr/hb0092.htm
<http://le.utah.gov/~2009/bills/hbillenr/hb0092.htm>

http://www.le.utah.gov/UtahCode/getCodeSection?code=23-20-31

 

[peakfreak]

Thanks Gorilla...I'm all camo on my buff hunt.

 

[SneakAttack]

What about if you aren't the one with the tag?

 

[DesertRam]

Last year on the Southwest Desert LE rifle hunt I ran into a guy who bought the premium elk tag, wearing full camo. He and his buddy tried kicking us out of the canyon they were trying to hunt because he had claims to a bull in there. Guess he forgot it was the rifle hunt and we can still shoot from the top of the canyon.

Anywho, does this mean this guy wasn't required to wear hunter orange during any of his hunt? Not smart in my opinion.