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Old 01-07-2005 | 07:51 PM
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If I dip my arrows completely white will I have a lot of trouble about deer seeing it?
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Old 01-07-2005 | 08:03 PM
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I wouldn't bring anything white into the woods.I don't even eat white bread out there.
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Old 01-07-2005 | 08:04 PM
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White=Danger.
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Old 01-07-2005 | 09:25 PM
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the Nuge doesn't seem to have a problem with white arrows spooking game.
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Old 01-07-2005 | 09:36 PM
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the Nuge doesn't seem to have a problem with white arrows spooking game.
Thats what I was thinkin.
Ive had deer look right at me, and my arrows hang right above me, and they didnt seem to care my wraps are white, they looked at me, then went back to eating.

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Old 01-07-2005 | 09:57 PM
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A deer would pick you out up in a tree faster than it can pick out some white arrows. As davidmil once said, "The deer won't see you unless you wave it around like a white flag."
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Old 01-08-2005 | 07:49 AM
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I heard that deer are color blind and the only see the difference in contrast and movement. Their main defense is their sense of smell which is only second to that of a dog. Like I said, this is what I have heard and I do not know this is fact. However, their a many hunters who use white fletchings.
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Old 01-08-2005 | 10:34 AM
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deer won't see you any more with white arrows than with camo arrows. when I bow hunt in rifle season I have to wear white or orange(I wear white) and I hunt from the ground and have had deer within ten yards of me and didn't know I was there. unless you move or don't have any cover behind/front of you to help break you up they won't see you or your white arrows.
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Old 01-08-2005 | 01:27 PM
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I do a lot of stalking. Is this going to make a difference?
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Old 01-09-2005 | 06:22 PM
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A deer would pick you out up in a tree faster than it can pick out some white arrows. As davidmil once said, "The deer won't see you unless you wave it around like a white flag."
I agree. If they see you while your stalking, it's not because of the color of your arrows, it's because you're moving. Period. The same way they bust you up in the tree in your full camo and you move. They just see movement extremely well.
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