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.

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

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

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

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

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.

lol that Trebark is some magical stuff there bud

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

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

Ryan.