I'm trying to see if being color blind gives an advantage or disadvantage when deer hunting. The theory is that color blindness has stuck around and not disappeared in humans because it can give advantages when doing some tasks. In monkeys, ones who have color blindness are able to find more fruits and camouflaged insects than monkeys with normal color vision. I'm trying to see if this applies to humans, except with deer since we don't exactly try to find fruits and insects in the jungle.

1. Have you ever hunted deer? No (skip to question 8) /Yes (please continue to question 2-7) Yes

2. If yes, overall, how experienced are you as a hunter? (pick one) very experienced, somewhat experienced, not very experienced, not at all experienced Very experienced, but not an expert.

3. Have you ever gone deer hunting? Yes/No Yes

4. How many times did you go deer hunting in the past year?_100 + or - days______

5. If any, in the past year, how many deer have you seen while hunting?_125 +__The last day of permit shotgun I had 21 does in 10 minutes.

6. If any, in the past year, how many deer have you taken a shot at, but missed? ___1___

7. If any, in the past year, how many deer have you actually killed? __7___

8. What is your age? ___39___

9. Do you wear glasses or contacts? No (skip to question 11) /Yes (please continue to question 10). Yes

10. If so, are you: Near sighted? Far sighted? Other, please specify __Near sighted__________________

11. Are you color blind? Yes / No No

1. Have you ever hunted deer? Yes

2. If yes, overall, how experienced are you as a hunter? (pick one) very experienced, somewhat experienced, not very experienced, not at all experienced very experienced

3. Have you ever gone deer hunting? Yes

4. How many times did you go deer hunting in the past year?_______My observation log book is at camp, so I can't accurately answer this question.

5. If any, in the past year, how many deer have you seen while hunting?___My observation log book is at camp, so I can't accurately answer this question.

6. If any, in the past year, how many deer have you taken a shot at, but missed? ______None

7. If any, in the past year, how many deer have you actually killed? _____4

8. What is your age? ______50

9. Do you wear glasses or contacts? No

10. If so, are you: Near sighted? Far sighted? Other, please specify ____________________

11. Are you color blind? No

I think that is the exact opposite. Having color vision would give a selective advantage in that it would enable arboreal primates the ability to readily recognize ripe fruits.

Generally, predators (and their prey) have visual systems attuned to recognize movement rather than color. If a mouse sits still, a cat cannot "see" it. But when the mouse moves, the cat's visual system "sees" it immediately.

If a hunter wears como, he/she is not readily visible to a deer until he/she moves. Blue is detectable by deer. (Don't wear blue jeans while hunting.) they also see hunter orange as a bright shade of gray, whereas pink does not show up very well for a deer. It has been suggested, because of this, that hunters wear pink instead of hunter orange. This idea has not received a lot of supprt.

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1. Have you ever hunted deer? Yes

2. If yes, overall, how experienced are you as a hunter? very experienced,

3. Have you ever gone deer hunting? Yes

4. How many times did you go deer hunting in the past year? I never kept a record but I'm gonna say at least 30 times.

5. If any, in the past year, how many deer have you seen while hunting? Guessing more than 50

6. If any, in the past year, how many deer have you taken a shot at, but missed? None, 3 shots, 3 kills. 2 with my bow and 1 with a muzzleloader.

7. If any, in the past year, how many deer have you actually killed? 3

8. What is your age? 56

9. Do you wear glasses or contacts? Yes

10. If so, are you: Near sighted? Far sighted? Other, I wear bifocals but seldom wear my glasses while hunting.

11. Are you color blind? No

1. Have you ever hunted deer? Yes

2. If yes, overall, how experienced are you as a hunter? Somewhat Experienced

3. Have you ever gone deer hunting? Um, see question 1. :s5:

4. How many times did you go deer hunting in the past year? Three days last year. I hunt until I fill my tag(s).

5. If any, in the past year, how many deer have you seen while hunting? Just one last year, and I shot her at 5pm on the last day of the trip.

6. If any, in the past year, how many deer have you taken a shot at, but missed? I've missed twice in my life, but not last year.

7. If any, in the past year, how many deer have you actually killed? One

8. What is your age? 34

9. Do you wear glasses or contacts? Nope. 20/10 vision.

10. If so, are you: Near sighted? Far sighted? Other, please specify N/A

11. Are you color blind? Nope

Mike

1. yes

2. very experienced

3. yes

4. approximately 25-30 days

5. 50+

6. none

7. 3

8. 31

9. no

10. n/a

11. partial

Pink does not show up as bright as orange to some of us color-blind hunters. If you want the other guy with a rifle to see you, wear orange.

1. Have you ever hunted deer? No (skip to question 8) /Yes (please continue to question 2-7)

2. If yes, overall, how experienced are you as a hunter? (pick one) very experienced, somewhat experienced, not very experienced, not at all experienced

3. Have you ever gone deer hunting? Yes/No

4. How many times did you go deer hunting in the past year?25_______

5. If any, in the past year, how many deer have you seen while hunting?12___

6. If any, in the past year, how many deer have you taken a shot at, but missed? _0_____

7. If any, in the past year, how many deer have you actually killed? ___1__

8. What is your age? __22____

9. Do you wear glasses or contacts? No (skip to question 11) /Yes (please continue to question 10).

10. If so, are you: Near sighted? Far sighted? Other, please specify ____Near sighted
11. Are you color blind? Yes / No

Interesting, I didnt know that