§ 10-418. Clothing worn by hunters or assistants

   (a) Applicability. -- This section does not apply to any person who:

   (1) Hunts any wildlife on the person's property with or without a hunter's license;

   (2) Hunts deer with a bow and arrow during the season restricted to hunting with a bow and arrow;

   (3) Hunts game birds or mammals during the open season using falcons, hawks, or owls; or

   (4) Hunts or accompanies, aids, or assists another person hunting the following species:

      (i) Wetland game birds;

      (ii) Fur-bearing mammals;

      (iii) Crows;

      (iv) Doves; or

      (v) Wild turkeys.

(b) In general. -- Except as provided in subsection (a) of this section, a person who hunts any wildlife and a person who accompanies, aids, or assists another person in a field, wooded area, marsh, or on the water to hunt any wildlife shall wear:

   (1) A cap of a solid daylight fluorescent orange color;

   (2) A vest, jacket, or jacket containing back and front panels of at least 250 square inches of a solid daylight fluorescent orange color; or

   (3) An outer garment of camouflage fluorescent orange worn above the waist which contains at least 50 percent daylight fluorescent orange color.

(c) "Daylight fluorescent orange." -- By regulation, the Department may define the term "daylight fluorescent orange" consistent with the recommendations of the North American Association of Hunter Safety Coordinators.

HISTORY: 1989, ch. 512; 1990, chs. 161, 432; 1991, ch. 55, § 1.