has anyone else seen whitetail bucks eyes reflect red at night? i noticed this on a recent drive home from hunting. never seen this before and it has me baffled.

he must have been pissed!

if a deer's eyes reflected red, i'm thinking it would be because it had pink or red eye's like an albino. most animals eye's that reflect red are predators not herbivores.

I was hiking out with my red led light, saw deer looking at me, reflected the red light. I thought it was a couple of reflective tacks until it turned and went crashing through the woods.

It is normal for the eyes to reflect red (not only in deer); it is known as the red reflex. The back, inside surface of the eye is the retina, which is filled with tiny blood vessels. When light hits those blood vessels, it is reflected back as red, which is what you were seeing.

Ed

Never seen it ,
Ive only seen green eyes when driving at night unless its a fox or racoon .

I've spotlighted a lot of deer and have seen both the red and green eyes in a field. I don't think it has anything to do with the deer's sex.

ive never seen it

Only seen green from a deer...

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