The one think I like about this site is eveyone will give their opinion, regardless. I have a question about the new law that requires you to have orange on all four sides of your ground blind for hunting whitetail. What is a ground blind? I hunt with this farmer that took an old grain wagon and converted it into a blind. Roof, sliding shooting windows, heat the whole nine yards. He pulls it out into the field and hunts deer out of it. It's actually works pretty well for him, it's a wagon he pulls into the field. He also has a shooting house on 4x4 posts, 14 feet up with steps going up. My question is, does he need orange on either one of these?
Kansasdeerslayer
PMA Member
I have no clue what the law would say, but my guess is no, he doesn't need orange. I think the pop-ups that are camo and blend into the surroundings are what the law was intended for. That's my guess.
nannyslayer
New Member
Those blinds do sound comfy and warm.
I talked the game warden in our area and she said nope...we didnt need the orange as the intent for the law was to cover pop up blinds...We had almost the exact circumstances you are describing..A shooting house 14 feet up and a old horse trailer converted into a mobile ground blind. Always good to ask ahead of time though
Liv4Rut
Active Member
I had a question about that as well. According to the way I understood the regulations is you only need to have blaze orange on your pop up blind during the shotgun seasons. I could find nothing during the Early muzzle or Late muzzle seasons, so I would assume you don't need blaze orange on your groundblinds during this time. Can anyone verify this?
sofakingfast_1
Active Member
im not sure about iowa but in illinois its muzzleloader season and i had to wear blaze orange this morning when i went bowhunting. i have a climber and got up about 30 feet so they wouldnt see my bright orange. passed a little 9. didnt see much other than that. If you have any honeysuckle around you hunt it! deer are chowing it down right now.
Handcannon
Well-Known Member
I asked my C.O. & she said during a firearm season while you are in the blind then you have to have orange on it, even if you have a bow in your hands. The law is so you don't get shot accidently.
THA4
A Few Steps Ahead Of You
the state did not define what actually is a ground blind, therefore the decision is up to the CO,
i was told by a CO, that if you choose to put a DB on a wooden pallet it no longer is on the "Ground" and doesnt need Blaze. the law states "Ground Blind" not elevated blind.
i heard from a particular indivdual who is an "inside" source that this rule will prlly be thrown out next year as there has never been a related accident or death from this type of thing, and because there are so many different definitions of a "ground Blind" the state decided regulating/defining this is almost impossible.
id venture to say this rule will be gone, but for now if you are in a blind on the ground (any type of elevated blind does not apply), use a piece of blaze on each side....
good luck!!
i was told by a CO, that if you choose to put a DB on a wooden pallet it no longer is on the "Ground" and doesnt need Blaze. the law states "Ground Blind" not elevated blind.
i heard from a particular indivdual who is an "inside" source that this rule will prlly be thrown out next year as there has never been a related accident or death from this type of thing, and because there are so many different definitions of a "ground Blind" the state decided regulating/defining this is almost impossible.
id venture to say this rule will be gone, but for now if you are in a blind on the ground (any type of elevated blind does not apply), use a piece of blaze on each side....
good luck!!