Pennsylvania Game Commision Rule on Flourescent Orange
During the regular and special deer seasons, and any extensions of these seasons, all hunters must wear at least 250 square inches of flourescent orange on the head, chest and back combined (example: orange cap and coat/vest visible 360 degress). Camouflage orange may satisfy this regulation if the total orange content is at least 250 square inches.
What kind of clothing do you need?
In addtition to having the correct amount of orange, you need to decide what types of clothing you will need for the area you are hunting. Our whitetail hunting clothing needs to be warm, dry, quiet, light, and available in color patterns to match our deer hunting area.In the case of blaze orange (a somewhat colorblind deer sees this as a light grey color that matches much of a deer’s natural surroundings), as long as it doesn’t move, a deer isn’t bothered by the color we, as humans, see. There are always new types of clothing for hunters, there is surely one that will match your environment and climate needs.
Hunting Clothing Care
We need to take care of our hunting clothes. Whitetail’s have keen senses; keep them clean and scent free, use only sent free laundry detergents. Do not use laundry detergents that have fabric brighteners in them. Read detergent labels to see if ingredients have been added that brighten clothes. You may want to use products that absorb ultra-violet light, rather then reflect it; that’s what fabric brighteners do. Fallow manufacturers labels for care, and use them only for hunting.
After washing your deer hunting clothes using one of the many scent free detergents, you should ideally dry them outside unless they are carbon lined in which heat reactivates the carbon fibers that absorb odor. Once clean and dry, place your hunting clothes in a sent free plastic garbage bag for short term storage. This will help keep your hunting clothes order free from household odors. There are also many scent eliminating sprays and wipes that can help control some of the odor in hunting clothes.