Why Won’t Men Wear Hot Pink While Hunting? - More states adopt the color alongside orange, but opinions aren’t all rosy

Homophobia is literally beaten into men. Not all men obviously, but we shouldn't be surprised when some men act irrationally around wearing pink.

I haven't read the article though because of the pay wall.

Eh... Hot pink was very popular among males and females alike in the 80's. I wasn't even aware that they make hunting gear with hot pink instead of orange, and a lot of other people probably aren't aware either. Besides that, they'd need to do a bunch of field testing to see how the deer react to it before any serious hunters would consider it. Even with field testing, there are a lot of hunters that don't want to wear orange.

This headline could be re-written as "Additional colors approved for visibility while hunting in select states", but that doesn't have conflict built into it, which generates clicks and engagement.
- As a former hunter, I was intrigued, so I did a bit of searching. Most of the articles suggested that the testing had been done and that hot pink might actually be superior to blaze orange. It's supposedly more visible to humans and less visible to the main big game animals.
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Serious question, why would I wear hot pink if I'm hunting?

I'm not a hunter but I do occasionally wear pink. I assumed hi-viz orange was the go-to color...unless camouflage I guess.

The goal of blaze orange or hot pink is to be visible, it's a safety feature to make it clear to anyone you are a human not a deer, also it makes you more visible from the air for Department of Natural Resource to identify you and track hunting activities.

I have no problem with wearing pink at any time. Even though I don’t hunt, I do hike and often share the trail with hunters. I’d still prefer orange simply because I’m mildly red-green colorblind, and I can see orange more easily than pink.

I'm also colorblind.

In university I used to wear what I thought was a dark blue oxford shirt until someone said "wow, it's really brave of you to wear that shirt", which is when I learned it was a strong purple.

I was mortified because growing up I got called gay (which was very much an insult at the time) and made fun of a lot.

I didn't wear it for a while after, but eventually I got over it and the girls seemed to like it, I got asked out by a number of them over the lifetime of that shirt. I put on weight and it got pit stains and I had to throw it away.

Nobody ever made fun of me forwearing that shirt, at least not to my face.
- Purple's a great color for nice clothes! My favorite polo is a nice, deep purple, and I have a few button downs that are lighter shades of purple too. But yeah, back in the 90s that was definitely a "gay" color, and that was 100% meant as an insult at the time.
- Sounds like we’re near the same age. :)
  
  I was hesitant to wear pink or purple in high school for the same reasons. In college, though, I stopped caring. And as you say, they were good colors for my social life. :)

I wouldn't know to look out for it. You might get shot.

Yeah, see I always shoot at the animals wearing pink vests.

In our part of the world orange is the only option. Written into law. We used to use red and pink when I was young but that was a while ago.

Isn't there a colorblindness that makes distinguishing green from pink difficult? 🤔

Pink is a girl color!

-- hunters, probably.

"I've been wearing the same blaze orange jacket for ten years, I'm not buying a new one just because it's pink."

-hunters, probably

People shouldn't be hunting in the first place. Toxic masculinity (toxic humanity really) thinks killing/exerting power over a weaker innocent is a good thing though

Unless you're vegan, I don't think you have a good argument against hunting from a moral perspective. Hunters also are some of the biggest donators to wildlife conservation.
- of course I'm vegan, at this point not being vegan is the b12 deficient thing to do. Compassion for all sentient beings is the next ethical step humanity needs to take.
  
  Also, conserving it so they can do what exactly?
People hunt because it is cheaper and more ethical than cow.
- In the west most people hunt for fun of it, let's be honest. Personally I don't think there is anything wrong with it as long as it's done in sustainable way.
- i don't have the stats, but if I had to bet, I'd bet that most people do not hunt for that reason, and they end up spending more than they would otherwise
  
  also, almost nobody in the US needs to eat cows or any other animals. Lentils are cheaper than all of the above, and that's without looking at externalities like climate impact