2015 regs are out

[6haase6]

Not 100% sure about it but I don't think you have to wear orange for special permits unless it says you have to or it runs with a modern season. Even for modern permits.

[Bob33]

Not 100% sure about it but I don't think you have to wear orange for special permits unless it says you have to or it runs with a modern season. Even for modern permits.

Modern permit hunters must wear orange.

[rtspring]

Muzzy permit holders dont have to wear orange even if a rifle permit is open in the same unit..  We beat this up two years ago. Only modern tag holders have to wear orange..

[6haase6]

Thabks Bob. Haven't ever looked into it. Just heard it somewhere.

[lamrith]

Muzzy permit holders dont have to wear orange even if a rifle permit is open in the same unit..  We beat this up two years ago. Only modern tag holders have to wear orange..

Maybe something changed in the regs then?  Because now they are pretty clear that Hunter orange is required during Modern season.
PER PAGE5 of the 2015 regs:

Under the following conditions a minimum of 400 square inches of
fluorescent hunter orange exterior clothing is required. It must be worn
above the waist and be visible from all sides. A hat, by itself, does not meet
this requirement.

• Anyone hunting deer or elk during any modern firearm deer or elk
  general season is required to wear fluorescent hunter orange clothing.
  All modern firearm permit holders must wear fluorescent hunter
  orange clothing. This includes archers and muzzleloaders while
  hunting in units (e.g., GMUs, Deer Areas, Elk Areas, Wilderness
  Areas, etc.) that overlap modern firearm general seasons.
• Anyone hunting in an area that is open for modern firearm deer or elk
  hunting must meet hunter orange requirements if they are hunting
  any of the following species: Bear, Bobcat, Cougar, Coyote, Deer, Elk,
  Fox, Grouse, Hare, Rabbit, or Raccoon.
• During any upland game bird season, anyone hunting upland game
  birds or rabbits with a modern firearm is required to wear fluorescent
  hunter orange clothing. (Grouse are not upland game birds.)
• All master hunters must wear fluorescent hunter orange during all deer
  and elk seasons that allow the use of modern firearms.

Hunter Orange Clothing is NOT Required:

• During an upland game bird season for anyone hunting upland game
  birds with a muzzleloading firearm, bow and arrow, or for falconry.
• While hunting in a muzzleloading or archery only season and
  possessing a valid muzzleloading or archery deer or elk tag.
  

Not sure why the weapon in your hand should dictate if you have to wear hunter orange, you are not a risk to yourself (one would hope) it is the other hunters around you that need to see you.  The real question is, why would you NOT want to wear hunter orange if you are in the field/woods during modern firearm season, with all the incidents we hear of people glassing others with their scopes and shooting at things that are not 100% Identified?

[Bob33]

"Modern Seasons" are interpreted as general seasons. Permit hunts are not general seasons.

[bigfoot13]

Sweet, my unit now has a late archery season too. In my unit early archery season is September 1-30, and late season is November 25-December 15. If I get a deer license and an archery tag, can I hunt both seasons?

Cool.  Your archery tag is valid for both the early and late archery seasons.

Great! Thank you.

[Wea300mag]

With all the changes to special permits, I'm expecting a re-draw this year. The most complicated permit system keeps getting more complicated.

[longwalker]

With all the changes to special permits, I'm expecting a re-draw this year. The most complicated permit system keeps getting more complicated.

Nothing got more complicated. The only new category is the conflict goat tag and that's a great new option. If anything odds should be better across the board with more options to spread the applicants out. Now if only they would make you choose between deer and elk or oil and require fronting the money for tags we could have a pretty damn good draw system in this state. I can only hope