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Pumpkinslinger Super Member
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Posted: Fri Oct 17, 2014 9:07 am Post subject: Deer vision? |
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Interesting study on what and how deer see.
www.petersenshunting.c...hitetails/
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Suzanne Super Member
Joined: Jun 27, 2009 Posts: 3323 Location: Eugene, Oregon
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Posted: Fri Oct 17, 2014 9:21 pm Post subject: Re: Deer vision? |
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Good ole buckskins work just fine I guess....where'd I put those things? Camo is an interesting subject. Military heavy equipment and ships at sea with giant blocky patterns. Break up the silhouette and that's the game. Our hunting camo with it's intricate patterns of leaves and branches just look like a dark color from a distance. If you painted on a giant white X it would break up your silhouette better. Wouldn't go over well in the supermarket on a beer run but how many deer are shot in supermarkets? I always think it's best to hide behind something at least partially, then the small movements you make aren't so obvious and just sitting on a fallen tree can hide you pretty well too.
Better not wear blue jeans tho
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Bushmaster Super Member
Joined: Jun 12, 2005 Posts: 11390 Location: Ava, Missouri
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Posted: Sat Oct 18, 2014 7:57 am Post subject: Re: Deer vision? |
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I guess the old guy that taught me how to track and still hunt was right all along. I own no camo. My main hunting coat is an old wool red and black plaid. The whole idea is to break up the human silhouette. The only time I wear red/orange is so other hunters will know that I am human. And then it is not solid red/orange, but camo looking. Some states require a certain amount of red/orange be worn. Nothing funnier then to see Bubba in full camo wearing a red/orange vest.
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PaulS Super Member
Joined: Feb 18, 2006 Posts: 4330 Location: South-Eastern Washington - the State
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Posted: Sat Oct 18, 2014 5:34 pm Post subject: Re: Deer vision? |
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I try not to wear anything that the other hunters can see - it's bad enough that they shoot at sounds. Just east of seattle there was two incidents where a cow with a blaze orange blanket was shot by a deer hunter and another where the horse was shot out from under a ranger by an elk hunter. I have never seen an elk in red and orange...
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Elvis Super Member
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MacD Super Member
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Posted: Sun Oct 19, 2014 1:36 pm Post subject: Re: Deer vision? |
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Look at natures top predators. Besides being usually drab coloured they move slowly. The exceptions are those who are striped or spotted to blend in with dappled lighting of high grass and in the canopy. I am convinced that smell, noise and movement are our biggest problems. I once shot a moose that could see me out in the open from several hundred yards but walked toward me for almost 30 minutes. I just hunkered down and made like a rock. As soon as I raised my shotgun he stopped and turned. Like many of his kind he then glanced sideways at me. He looked liked a range target. A 12 guage slug made him freezer cargo.
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chambered221 Super Member
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Vince Site Admin
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gelandangan Super Member
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Posted: Tue Oct 21, 2014 8:52 pm Post subject: Re: Deer vision? |
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Behind the wool camo no doubt.
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SingleShotLover Super Member
Joined: Dec 26, 2007 Posts: 1005 Location: Illinois
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Posted: Wed Oct 22, 2014 4:47 am Post subject: Re: Deer vision? |
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I have to come down on the side of movement being of far more importance than coloration or camo. In our state we have to wear at least 400 square inches of "safety orange" on the torso and an orange hat. In spite of this glowing image, I have shot two deer over the years while standing in full view without even a twig to break up the outline. I was standing perfectly still both times and waited until the deer looked the other way before I moved. One had been staring at me from inside of 15 feet before he finally looked away and since our state required shotgun slugs only at the time I actually pulled the wad from his hide while dressing him out.
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chambered221 Super Member
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Posted: Wed Oct 22, 2014 5:30 am Post subject: Re: Deer vision? |
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Vince wrote: |
Chambered...ya found yer way back to Nut HQ mate. Where ya bin hidin'. |
I got lost again !!!
I've been lurking in the shadows, just haven't been doing any shooting for a while.
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chambered221 Super Member
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Posted: Wed Oct 22, 2014 5:35 am Post subject: Re: Deer vision? |
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In spite of this glowing image |
The second time I had a deer walk up to me while wearing orange is when I started to rethink things......that was years ago !!!
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inthedark Super Member
Joined: Jan 31, 2011 Posts: 913 Location: Ontario
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Posted: Thu Oct 23, 2014 9:47 am Post subject: Re: Deer vision? |
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I was taught in the military of the 5 S's
Size Shape Shadow Silhuoette Shine and for hunters Smell
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Bushmaster Super Member
Joined: Jun 12, 2005 Posts: 11390 Location: Ava, Missouri
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Posted: Thu Oct 23, 2014 11:19 am Post subject: Re: Deer vision? |
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Yup...Smell...
I cooked up some bacon and eggs for breakfast and washed it all down with strong black coffee in camp and went out 200 yard [down wind] and shot a 3 point.
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