Deers Eyesight

[my7pointmonster]

So in the guys post about shooting his Coyote, Rob posted a black and white picture of him in blaze orange in a treestand, that got me thinking, what colors do deer see? What colors cant they see? How do you know if your doing a good job of disguising yourself from a deer in the woods with what your wearing? can anyone post a picture of what a deer sees vs. what we see? I know they can see some color i read it in a magazine once but it wasnt very informative.
Im really intrested to learn about this one.
Thanks

Ryan.

[Rob/PA Bowyer]

Deer, elk, moose and most other hoofed mammals (ungulates) see in shades of yellows and blues (dichromatic or two-color vision) during daylight hours. This is a computer simulation of what we believe to be what dichromacy would look like through the eyes of our prey. Actually this is close, but deer see in more of a yellow/blue spectrum similiar to the photo below my own.






In low light conditions, when these animals are typically most active, they see in one-color vision, or black & white (monochromatic vision) as in this photo.



And of course, as we humans and birds see in full color.



Here's more interesting reading if you will.

http://www.atsko.com/articles/hunting/how-game-animals-see-smell.html

[GregH]

Here is what the deer see when I hunt. You know....it's that good!

[GregH]

Here's how you know you're doing something right.

[loogout1]

I think Deer and Deer Huntings episode tonite on the outdoor channel talks about deer vision.

[Diesel77]

According to scientists deer see in sepia tones, like a yllowish or blueish tone. Deer have dichromatic vision and only have 2 cones, humans have 3 cones. Not sure how to tell if your disguising yourself other than try and match your background.

[Diesel77]

ORIGINAL: GregH

Here is what the deer see when I hunt. You know....it's that good!

lol that Trebark is some magical stuff there bud

[Sliverflicker]

Im not going to get into dichromatic or monochromatic vision Rob and Diesel coverd it pretty good, I just want to point out that thay see a hell of alot better by the end of rifle season than they did earlier in the season!!

[Rob/PA Bowyer]

ORIGINAL: Sliverflicker

Im not going to get into dichromatic or monochromatic vision Rob and Diesel coverd it pretty good, I just want to point out that thay see a hell of alot better by the end of rifle season than they did earlier in the season!!

Amen Sliver, amen..lol

[my7pointmonster]

ORIGINAL: Sliverflicker

Im not going to get into dichromatic or monochromatic vision Rob and Diesel coverd it pretty good, I just want to point out that thay see a hell of alot better by the end of rifle season than they did earlier in the season!!

I cant figure out why they get scared of hot lead flying at them... Sissys.

Ryan.