VT_Hunter1980

This is kind of a dumb question, but I'll ask anyway. If the wind is in your favor and you're quiet, is it coloration that can give you away, or is it the human silouhette? If it's simply a matter of shape, would a blaze orange ghillie suit give you an advantage in areas where orange is required by law?

MDManiac

If im not mistaken deer are red-green color blind and generally distinguish hunters by our outline and the contrast of us to our surroundings...again just my thought on it.

kevin1

Everything I've read and heard leads me to believe that they can see blue , yellow , and green well . Because their eyes are set up more toward nighttime vision than day they can't percieve red very well , brown and orange only slightly better . I had a buck look right at my blaze covered head last year without so much as a blink , so i shot him . I think they see red , orange , and brown as shades of grey , which would make them blend into the background somewhat . The position of their eyes on their skull gives them a very wide field of vision , but the trade off is lousy depth perception . Movement will get you busted faster than anything , if you stay still and you've reasonably broken up your outline they generally won't see you .

hardcorehunter

Never had one tell me; only man has his opinions. Can they hear deer whistles? They never told me that they can but man seems to think so. Only God knows.
HCH[/align]

Jimmy S

kevin is absolutely right about movement!..."You move..you lose"...

My feeling is I could care less if deer can see color. Blending in and remaining motionless is the key. A few years back I saw a show about camo and how to blend into the surroundings. This was part of a show on nature photography. They had two guys, one in a sold color shirt, the other who's shirt was acombination of patterns that appeared to make him blend in perfectly. The photos were in black and white....

When they changed from b/w to a color, the solid color was a forest green wool shirt and the multi-color shirt that seemed to work so well was a blue andyellow Hawaiian shirt.......

cardeer

I see said the blind man

takedownfreak123

I shot a deer with a black and red fox racing hoodie and blue jeans on with a bow. Deer look for movement and rely on there smell.

Arrowmaster

hahahahaha funny cardeer lol

BIG TUNA

I'VE LOOKED INTO THIS A LONG TIME AGO. THE STUDIES I GATHERED, SEAMS THEY CAN SEE BLUE AND YELLOW.

Rebel Hog

I see said the blind carpenter, picked up his hammer and saw!