Mn red clothing regs

[harvey lee]

Do you have to wear a orange hat if you are deer hunting in Mn during the slug season or is any color hat fine?

Thx

[picksbigwagon]

Orange Hat Harvey Lee

[Jameson]

orange hat or no hat

[96trigger]

At least some part of it has to be Blaze orange, so essentially, yes.

[Wanderer]

At least 50% of your upper body plus a hat. I don't recall if they cited the 50% minimum on the hat too but I don't know why you wouldn't.

Gloves and pants are optional.

[Double D]

I've gone pants optional hunting once, it was really cold.

DD

[Wanderer]

It's best done while snipe hunting.

[harvey lee]

Has to be raining also for a good snipe hunt. It rained hard on my first snipe outing but I bagged 2.

[deerminator]

I don't like hats or facemasks. Too constricting. What about orange face paint? Is that an acceptable substitute?

[Jameson]

If'n you wanted to go out during firearms season with nothing but a blaze vest on I think you would be legal.

[Jameson]

page 31:

Deer Season: One visible portion of a cap and outer clothing above the

waist, excluding sleeves and gloves, must be blaze orange when hunting

or trapping during any open season where deer may be taken by firearms...

What does 'one visable portion of a cap' mean? Is that a change? Thought it use to be just cap, not one visable portion.

edit: last year's regs read

unless the visible portion of your cap and outer clothing above the waist, excluding sleeves and gloves, is blaze orange.

[Jameson]

Hey Picksbigwagon, remember the post of yours wondering if there would be a rule change about the hat thing....looks like there was. Now less blaze is legal.

[picksbigwagon]

No, I don't remember but less blaze is not a good idea.......in my opinion that is

[Jameson]

You are definitely not alone. Many folks on here were upset that you didn't have to have an orange cap on, you could have no cap at all. Now it looks like only one part of a visible portion needs to be orange. I liked the old rule better.

[harvey lee]

I will say this, when I have grouse hunted in heavy foilage, if your partners are wearing a orange cap, it is sure visible when one is walking in the woods.

I think the orange cap is a great safety item, at least for walking in heavy head high cover.

[echotrail]

I've gone pants optional hunting once, it was really cold.

DD

Everyone I've ever seen in woods has always had pants on. I wouldn't want it any other way.

[TruthWalleyes]

I though wearing orange was just a suggestion

[Jameson]

I though wearing orange was just a suggestion

During small game season I guess so. During Deer season, not so much.

[DTro]

I think they should allow construction neon too .

[harvey lee]

May be even safer. No issue here.