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Laws to permit the colour "blaze pink" for hunters have been proposed in five states in the US. How did this become a legislative trend?
As the legislative session drew to a close last week at the Minnesota state capitol, a curious piece of legislation became the focus of ire for lawmakers - a bill to make something called "blaze pink" legal for hunters to wear.
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Last spring, Wisconsin Representative Nick Milroy had the idea that "blaze pink" might also be an acceptable safety colour as well as a way to get some new blood into the sport.He even got a textile scientist at a local university to investigate whether there were any safety concerns.
"The fastest growing segment in new recruits into hunting are females, and that's one of the big reasons that companies have been marketing things like pink camouflage, pink guns, pink knives," he says.
Participation in hunting in the US has been on the decline for decades, and the sport is overwhelmingly dominated by men.
Safety Orange to become Safety Pink?
(Score: 2) by fliptop on Sunday May 29 2016, @06:52PM
Actually, the way I look at it, an arrow is just a little spear.
The only time you have to wear blaze orange/pink when hunting large game is during rifle season. Otherwise, you camouflage yourself the best you can so they're more likely to walk in close.
I'm not a bird hunter but I think you have to wear it while hunting waterfowl. Not sure about upland game birds like quail or pheasant.
To be oneself, and unafraid whether right or wrong, is more admirable than the easy cowardice of surrender to conformity
(Score: 2) by JNCF on Sunday May 29 2016, @07:17PM
Arrows are made differently, with flight in mind and fletching on shaft. I think OP was trying to restrict us to classic melee weapons - I doubt that even an atlatl would be allowed, much less a bow and arrow.
I have yet to hunt a large animal with a spear. I've only actually been deer hunting a couple of times, period (I used to have radically different views on death, and was a vegan for years). Most of my gun hunting experience has been with birds, but I've also gigged some frogs, fish, and a couple small mammals. I enjoy wading through a pond gigging frogs way more than lying in a blind waiting for ducks. I did shoot a frog with an arrow once, but that's my only bow kill. I haven't put in enough time with a bow yet, but a confused frog is an easy target.