Recently a new state law is issued and it will allow younger hunters to choose between wearing the traditional blaze orange and a bright pink alternative.

According to the previous state law it is said 14 and 15 year-old hunters and the adults with them had to wear 250 square inches of blaze orange gear. That’s roughly like wearing a hat and small vest. They still have to wear that much florescent gear, but now they can pick blaze pink.

Jody Garrett, vice president, Jefferson-Lewis chapter of Quality Deer Management Association said, “I think anything that’s got a high visibility that’s different than camouflage and stuff like that is going to be fine. I think our hunters are more educated than they ever have been.”

Wisconsin and Colorado have passed similar laws letting young hunters wear pink. A Wisconsin women’s sporting group opposed that state’s law, saying the idea behind it was sexist.

However, Majid Sarmadi, a textile science professor at University of Wisconsin-Madison said blaze pink could stand out more in the fall.

“The pink is more visible when everything is turning yellow and orange,” Sarmadi said. “The (blaze) orange will get lost within those oranges that there are in nature.”

The Jefferson-Lewis chapter of the Quality Deer Management Association said it hopes the law will bring more young hunters into the sport.”

“I think it will encourage more of the young women to get out there and do some hunting, kind of show that there’s girl power,” Garrett said. “So they can get out there and participate and be identified as a girl.”

More options for potentially more young hunters next season.