What is required for hunter orange visibility during the firearms deer season?

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The safety goal here is to make you clearly visible to other hunters during firearms deer season. The rule requires you to wear blaze orange on both your head and your upper body so you can be seen from multiple angles, even if part of you is hidden by brush. Specifically, you should have two separate blaze orange items: a hat and a torso-covering outer garment, and at least half of the exterior surface of those garments must be blaze orange. This combination provides reliable visibility without needing all your clothing to be orange, and it’s more practical than requiring a single orange item or all clothing to be orange.