R657-5-49. Hunter Orange Exceptions

(1) An individual shall wear a hat, jacket, coat, vest, or sweater made of primarily hunter orange material and so the item can be seen while hunting any species of big game, with the following exceptions: (a) hunters participating in a once-in-a-lifetime, statewide conservation, or statewide sportsmen hunt; (b) hunters participating in an archery or muzzleloader hunt outside of an area where an any weapon general season bull elk or any weapon general season buck deer hunt is occurring; (c) hunters participating in a Handgun-Archery-Muzzleloader-Shotgun-Straight-walled Rifle-Only hunt outside of an area where an any weapon general season bull elk or any weapon general season buck deer hunt is occurring; (d) hunters hunting on a cooperative wildlife management unit unless otherwise required by the operator of the cooperative wildlife management units; (e) hunters participating in a nuisance wildlife removal hunt authorized under a certificate of registration by the division; and (f) hunters participating in an archery hunt with unit boundaries and season dates that overlap the unit boundaries and season dates for the youth any bull elk hunt.