Ask Fish and Game: Hunter Orange

Q. Am I always supposed to wear hunter orange while hunting? A. It is recommended that all upland and big game hunters wear hunter orange whenever they are hunting. Though the statewide hunting accident rate is low, more than 70 percent of recorded incidents are visually-related. Hunter orange, however, is required by Idaho Fish and Game only when hunting upland game on the nine wildlife management areas where pheasants are stocked: Fort Boise, C.J. Strike, Payette River, Montour, Sterling, Market Lake, Mud Lake, Cartier Slough and Niagara Springs WMAs. Waterfowl and turkey hunters are not required to wear hunter orange.