Red Lend Flashlights and Deer Hunting
#1
Thread Starter
Join Date: Oct 2007
Posts: 1
Red Lend Flashlights and Deer Hunting
Can anyone answer the question; can a deer see the light from a red lens flashlight? I have walked up on deer before using a red lens light, but can they see the light or was I simply lucky?
#5
Boone & Crockett
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Ponce de Leon Florida USA
Posts: 10,079
RE: Red Lend Flashlights and Deer Hunting
I tried using a red lensand a green lens cap on my Streamlight last year to check the field before I climbed down and if there was a deer in the patch they would haul butt when they saw the light.
#6
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Winnipeg Manitoba Canada
Posts: 315
RE: Red Lend Flashlights and Deer Hunting
Red/green lights are used primarily to preserve your night vision, since the eyes do not adjust as much as with white light.
They also "throw" less light on the ground, therefore are less noticable to any critter out there, even two legged ones. (Think military flashlights here)
If directed right at an animal, they will still see they bright bulb in whatever color they persieve it as.
They also "throw" less light on the ground, therefore are less noticable to any critter out there, even two legged ones. (Think military flashlights here)
If directed right at an animal, they will still see they bright bulb in whatever color they persieve it as.