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Walker signs blaze pink hunting bill, 20 others
FOX 11 News ^
| February 4th 2016
| Andrew LaCombe
Posted on 02/04/2016 6:21:30 PM PST by SJackson
Edited on 02/04/2016 7:03:05 PM PST by Admin Moderator.
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MADISON -- Wisconsin deer hunters will now be able to wear blaze pink instead of blaze orange after Gov. Scott Walker signed a bill into law Thursday morning.
Walker's office says the governor signed 21 bills. Most of the legislation was passed by the Assembly and Senate with bipartisan support.
TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: banglist; deer; hunters; hunting; pink; wisconsin
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posted on
02/04/2016 6:21:30 PM PST
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SJackson
To: SJackson
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posted on
02/04/2016 6:24:02 PM PST
by
BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
To: Iowa Granny; Ladysmith; Diana in Wisconsin; JLO; sergeantdave; damncat; phantomworker; joesnuffy; ..
Outdoors/Rural/wildlife/hunting/hiking/backpacking/National Parks/animals list please FR mail me to be on or off . And ping me is you see articles of interest.
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posted on
02/04/2016 6:24:10 PM PST
by
SJackson
(What I’m watching in him (O), is uncertainty...a leader doesn’t give sh*t...he gets it don)
To: SJackson
Might draw the homosexual deer.
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posted on
02/04/2016 6:24:24 PM PST
by
Robert A Cook PE
(I can only donate monthly, but socialists' ABBCNNBCBS continue to lie every day!)
To: SJackson
Some female hunters have decried the bill as sexist. Of all the "-ists" in the world, I have to say that one's my fave.
To: SJackson
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posted on
02/04/2016 6:26:34 PM PST
by
Read Write Repeat
(Not one convinced me they want the job yet)
To: SJackson
This seems like a dumb idea and counter to promoting safety. With blaze orange, you have one color that says look out don’t fire. By introducing multiple colors, you dilute the effectiveness of a uniform warming color. It would be like having stop signs in red, blue, green, and rose.
This is not a fashion runway, it’s protective safety gear.
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posted on
02/04/2016 6:27:54 PM PST
by
Flick Lives
(One should not attend even the end of the world without a good breakfast. -- Heinlein)
To: SJackson
Watch out for colorblind hunters.
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posted on
02/04/2016 6:30:58 PM PST
by
P-Marlowe
(Tagline pending.)
To: SJackson
Tennesseans are outraged.
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posted on
02/04/2016 6:32:45 PM PST
by
DoughtyOne
(the Free Republic Caucus: what FReepers are thinking, 100s or 1000s of them. It's up to you.)
To: BenLurkin
I need to make one of those with the bulls-eye on the neck.
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posted on
02/04/2016 6:33:38 PM PST
by
txnativegop
(Tired of liberals, even a few in my own family.)
To: Flick Lives
Exactly. I wear orange when I walk the dogs during hunting season, and they wear orange coats, because any hunter instantly recognizes the color.
Pink? That’s crazy.
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posted on
02/04/2016 6:34:40 PM PST
by
Cicero
(Marcus Tullius)
Comment #13 Removed by Moderator
To: SJackson
Scott Walker helping Komen raise more money for the abortionists?
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posted on
02/04/2016 6:36:02 PM PST
by
PAR35
To: SJackson
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posted on
02/04/2016 6:39:46 PM PST
by
PghBaldy
(12/14 - 930am -rampage begins... 12/15 - 1030am - Obama's advance team scouts photo-op locations.)
To: Flick Lives
Someone told me deer cannot see pink and there had been efforts in othet states to change hunting color to blaze pink.
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posted on
02/04/2016 7:21:08 PM PST
by
Williams
(Dear God, please save us from the Democrats. And the Republicans.)
To: SamuraiScot
Pretty sure it doesn’t say women have to wear pink...and there has got to be a homotypesexual man that would look fabulous in pink.
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posted on
02/04/2016 7:45:43 PM PST
by
Domandred
(Tea Party or Third Party. Done with the capitulating eGOP.)
To: SJackson
Is this an attempt to get gay hunters killed? /sarc
To: SJackson
I wonder what it looks like in low light.
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posted on
02/04/2016 8:45:13 PM PST
by
pa_dweller
(Go ahead Libs, drink the kool-aid. It's got electrolytes!)
To: SJackson; All
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One of the biggest concerns brought up has been safety, but University of Wisconsin-Madison's School of Human Ecology. Dr. Majid Sarmadi, one of the nation's leading color experts, has been able to put that to rest.
State Sen. Terry Moulton, R-Chippewa Falls, a blaze pink proponent, explained that before formally proposing the bill, the Legislature's Sportsmen's Caucus decided to study the effect of blaze pink.
In a commentary, Moulton explained that Sarmadi found that blaze pink is equally or more visible than blaze orange products. At the same time, it could also help better hide hunters from deer because of the way they see.
According to the research explained in the column, "humans have three color cones in their eyes - red, green, and blue - that allow us to see the seven colors of the rainbow. While deer have excellent vision that is substantially better than human vision, deer have just two cones = green and blue - that make it difficult for them to see the 'red colors' - orange, red, and pink. Each of these red colors appear to be different shades of gray to deer.
"Deer can see blue, green, yellow and UV colors. Orange, being a 'red color,' is difficult for deer to see. However, pink is even more difficult for deer to see because it is further from yellow, a color that deer can see, on the color spectrum than orange. Because of this, Dr. Sarmadi's research shows that blaze pink is actually more difficult for deer to see than blaze orange, making hunters more camouflaged in blaze pink."
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From:
Journal Times editorial -- Blaze pink: More than a hunting fashion statement
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posted on
02/05/2016 1:08:51 AM PST
by
BraveMan
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