elks96
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So I had a game and fish employee stop by my camp today. Currently in the unit I am hunting we have rifle lope, archery deer and archery elk. I asked a question about the Orange requirement. I have a lope tag, the tag opened for rifle the 15 of September. So I asked, if I am hunting even with archery only/no fire arm do I require orange? I gave him the example that this morning I was hunting the junipers and thick trees areas. Not a lope area but in the unit. I asked about if I needed orange.
He looked up this spot as he could not say for certain… After looking at this spot he said regardless of tag any one hunting big game during a rifle season has to wear orange. So I asked again, I asked a clarifying question or 2. I said so because the antelope rifle tag is currently open, anyone hunting in the unit has to wear orange? He said the way it is written, yes… so n archery elk hunter in the wilderness area should be wearing orange? Yes because there is a fire arms/rifle season.
He then went on to state that it would be the wardens discretion and he has never heard of such an issue.
The end result is I have to run into town and grab a hat…. If I did not have the antelope tag, I would not worry, but now I know…
So what do you think? Archery elk hunters on Ferris and green need to wear orange because of the lope tags?
I think we should explore and see how this might be changed…
He looked up this spot as he could not say for certain… After looking at this spot he said regardless of tag any one hunting big game during a rifle season has to wear orange. So I asked again, I asked a clarifying question or 2. I said so because the antelope rifle tag is currently open, anyone hunting in the unit has to wear orange? He said the way it is written, yes… so n archery elk hunter in the wilderness area should be wearing orange? Yes because there is a fire arms/rifle season.
He then went on to state that it would be the wardens discretion and he has never heard of such an issue.
The end result is I have to run into town and grab a hat…. If I did not have the antelope tag, I would not worry, but now I know…
So what do you think? Archery elk hunters on Ferris and green need to wear orange because of the lope tags?
I think we should explore and see how this might be changed…