bucks eyes reflect red?
10-26-2008, 03:50 PM
#3
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Oct 2003
Location: Lake County, Florida
Posts: 3,313
RE: bucks eyes reflect red?
if a deer's eyes reflected red, i'm thinking it would be because it had pink or red eye's like an albino. most animals eye's that reflect red are predators not herbivores.
10-26-2008, 04:24 PM
#4
Fork Horn
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Frederick MD USA
Posts: 300
RE: bucks eyes reflect red?
I was hiking out with my red led light, saw deer looking at me, reflected the red light. I thought it was a couple of reflective tacks until it turned and went crashing through the woods.
10-26-2008, 07:54 PM
#5
Spike
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Simsbury CT USA
Posts: 72
RE: bucks eyes reflect red?
It is normal for the eyes to reflect red (not only in deer); it is known as the red reflex. The back, inside surface of the eye is the retina, which is filled with tiny blood vessels. When light hits those blood vessels, it is reflected back as red, which is what you were seeing.
Ed
Ed
10-27-2008, 07:22 AM
#10
Fork Horn
Join Date: Sep 2008
Location: Sweet Owen County, IN
Posts: 102
RE: bucks eyes reflect red?
ORIGINAL: timbercruiser
I've spotlighted a lot of deer and have seen both the red and green eyes in a field. I don't think it has anything to do with the deer's sex.
I've spotlighted a lot of deer and have seen both the red and green eyes in a field. I don't think it has anything to do with the deer's sex.