Know This Massive Law Before Hunting In New York State

Opening day is almost here and deer hunters across New York State are eager to get back into the woods!

We are at the midway point of November and the cold, frosty mornings have arrived. While there is not any snow on the ground, hunters in New York State are anxious to get to the woods for deer season!

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When the whitetail deer season opens this Saturday, November 16th, thousands of hunters will be in the woods and they all MUST follow this important clothing law. New York State is known for having laws designed to keep hunters, and those in the woods with them, as safe as possible.

On the New York State DEC website, it is noted that hunters and others in the woods with them are:

Required to wear fluorescent orange or fluorescent pink clothing while hunting with a firearm. Any person who is accompanying someone hunting deer or bear with a firearm must also wear fluorescent orange or fluorescent pink clothing. The clothing must be:
a minimum of two hundred fifty square inches of solid fluorescent orange or fluorescent pink material worn above the waist and visible from all directions; or
-a minimum of two hundred fifty square inches of patterned fluorescent orange or fluorescent pink consisting of no less than fifty percent fluorescent orange or fluorescent pink worn above the waist and visible from all directions; or
-a hat or cap with no less than fifty percent of the exterior consisting of solid fluorescent orange or fluorescent pink material and visible from all directions.

Good luck this weekend! The weather is going to be ideal for being outside from sunrise to sunset!