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Old 07-28-2008 | 07:07 PM
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Default RE: being a glow dope in a tree all camo'ed out

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I believe 100% in the UV theory. The first year I started back deer hunting (after a 20 year break) I got into the area I intended to hunt (pine thicket) an hour before daylight. A bright full moon was out. I was wearing a pair of camoflauge Lee jeans and a camo sweatshirt. My pants were glowing like a neon light in the light of the full moon whereas the sweatshirt appeared completely black. (Note that the light reflected from a full moon is UV-blue) Had a doe & yearling come in around 8 am and bust me (hunting on the ground back against tree) So I move into the bushes for better concealment. Around 4 pm another doe came in, looked in my direction and immediatly saw me. The weather had turned into a gray drizzly afternoon with low light conditions, exactly the conditions that UV reflection shows up best. And now you know the whole story.
I'll bet that if you were in your tree saddle you wouldn't have gotten picked off!
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