Wisconsin Legislators: "HUNT PINK"

[lutefisk]

I don't know about this. Suggestive, sexist, ill-advised, or just another example of the Wisconsin legislature in action? "HUNT PINK". Really? And I don't see any women up there sponsoring this bill.

A bill being proposed by Reps. Nick Milroy, D-South Range, and Joel Kleefisch, R-Oconomowoc, would allow deer hunters to wear blaze pink for safety, in addition to the traditional blaze orange. While Milroy said it's an effort to recognize and encourage the growing number of women who hunt in Wisconsin, Kleefisch added that he thinks the addition of pink could appeal to men and women alike...

Milroy said the largest increase in new hunters has been among women. In 2014, women deer hunters accounted for 35 percent of resident first-time gun deer licenses and 36 percent of resident first-time junior gun deer licenses, according to the Department of Natural Resources.

"We want to try to capitalize on this," he said. "What I noticed over the last several years was a trend amongst outdoor apparel manufacturers that have really been marketing to women with blaze camo. Now you can purchase pink hunting rifles, shotguns and pistols, hunting knives made in this pink camo."

LINK to Cap Times

Link to Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

[Warpy]

1. Seems like it would be more visible during hunting season

and cut down on accidents.