MADISON, WI (WTAQ) – If two Wisconsin lawmakers have their way, deer hunters might be seeing pink in the woods.
State Assembly Democrat Nick Milroy of South Range plans to hold a news conference on Tuesday, to announce a bill that lets hunters wear pink in addition to the traditional blaze orange.
Senate Republican Terry Moulton of Chippewa Falls says it’s designed to encourage more women to try deer hunting.
In the Dunn County News this week, Moulton said a UW-Madison textile expert performed experiments, and found that “blaze pink” is just as visible in the woods as blaze orange.
Experts have credited blaze orange for making deer hunting a lot safer over the past 50 years.
No shooting deaths were reported in last year’s nine-day statewide gun season, and only 3 people were wounded by hunters’ bullets.
(Story courtesy of Wheeler News Service)