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Can Going Pink Draw More Female Hunters?

posted by cmn32480 on Sunday May 29 2016, @10:47AM   
from the as-long-as-it-looks-fabulous dept.

Phoenix666 writes:

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?

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Original Submission

• Red was the original "safety" color Red was the original "safety" color (Score: 3, Interesting) by Joe Desertrat on Monday May 30 2016, @02:11AM

  by Joe Desertrat (2454) on Monday May 30 2016, @02:11AM (#352454)

  It was replaced by blaze orange when it was determined that a) the visibility of red tends to fade into the background in a lot of hunting situations (particularly in situations with poor light) and b) most if not all game mammals are color blind and the highly visible to humans blaze orange was just another shade of grey to them. I have no idea where pink fits on the scale, but any objections to it should be based solely on safety and visibility concerns and not just more anti-SJW ranting.

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• To quote from Dominic Deegan: (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday May 30 2016, @06:34AM

  by Anonymous Coward on Monday May 30 2016, @06:34AM (#352521)

  As stated by his father: 'Real men wear pink!'

  Seriously though, I'd wear bright pink if I was out hunting for the simple reason that it would be unusual enough to catch even a complacent hunter's attention as something unusual and perhaps take a pause before shooting. Blaze Orange maybe not so much anymore.

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