Ask Fish and Game: Hunter orange

Q. Are hunters required to wear hunter orange while hunting?

A. The Idaho Department of Fish and Game recommends that all upland and big game hunters wear hunter orange whenever they are hunting. But hunter orange is required only when hunting the nine IDFG wildlife management areas where pheasants are stocked. The areas are Fort Boise, C.J. Strike, Payette River, Montour, Sterling, Market Lake, Mud Lake, Cartier Slough and Niagara Springs. The minimum requirement is 36 square inches of hunter orange above the waist - an orange ball cap fulfills this requirement. Waterfowl and turkey hunters are not required to wear hunter orange. Though the statewide hunting accident rate is low, more than 70 percent of recorded incidents are visibility related.