Ontario fall bear hunt - hunter orange requirements

[wadegarrett]

In Ontario, hunter orange must be worn during an active gun season for deer, elk or moose. It must also be worn during an open bear hunt until you're in a stand.

Here's where things get a little weird: some units have an open bear hunt concurrent with an archery moose/deer hunt. I asked the C/Os what happens if someone hunts moose during the archery season and has a bear tag in their pocket. Apparently the line is drawn when you start to actively "hunt" a bear. This means spot, track, or otherwise actively try to harvest the animal. Once that line is crossed, you have to be wearing orange.

This seems like a very grey area to me, but I guess I'll just pack a vest and hat in case I spot a bear. Any other provinces/states have something like this?

 

[Kootenay Hunter]

Nothing like that in BC.

If you're hunting moose, no reason to not wear orange as ungulates don't see it as orange, but bears can see red spectrum colours better than ungulates.