So I was reading the last transaction last night and felt it was going somewhere that was not gonna be positive but since then it’s resolved.
@Boudreaux presents alot of scientific facts about deer vision and contrary to that @DaveT1963, @g2outdoors, along with others present some real time field experience through observations. I actually find this interesting because all involved are right. Deer while being basically blind do everything @Boudreaux stated in his original post and they do pick up movement extremely well. This is the way they are engineered or evolved too. They live in a different world where if they don’t adapt in this way they die. We try so hard to blend in that we choose camo and everything based on what we think is going to hide us but it is all determined through our vision.
Im not promoting any brand but the sitka and other high end technical camo companies all stem from one company that develops camo and other technical eye/light bending things. These are just half the battle in the hunting game as they help to break up the image and movement of humans. However a deer who lives its entire life watching knows what is normal and what is not as far as movement goes. If you had a property where you left everything like aiders and sticks out year round eventually with enough instances it would be accepted by deer.
This also goes without saying is one of the reasons why you should be encouraged to do season prep as early as possible as trimming lanes and all that other stuff allows deer to adjust to the change. They know when stuff is out of place and when something stands out especially with the movement.
Think of this why is it best to hunt fields for turkeys on windy days vs calm? Well sensory overload is the answer they can’t deal with all the movement and they know that so an open field is much more ideal of a setting for them to feed, etc. This is not always the rule but is the acceptable standard through research and my own field observations.
All in all everyone was right but just missing in my honest opinion something from each other. Everyone I mentioned above has my respect and I truly respect their viewpoints and what they have contributed to the community. Me personally ill continue to spend more money on better camo to break up my outline and movement, along with painting my sticks removing my aiders as to not alert deer to my prescence.
@Boudreaux presents alot of scientific facts about deer vision and contrary to that @DaveT1963, @g2outdoors, along with others present some real time field experience through observations. I actually find this interesting because all involved are right. Deer while being basically blind do everything @Boudreaux stated in his original post and they do pick up movement extremely well. This is the way they are engineered or evolved too. They live in a different world where if they don’t adapt in this way they die. We try so hard to blend in that we choose camo and everything based on what we think is going to hide us but it is all determined through our vision.
Im not promoting any brand but the sitka and other high end technical camo companies all stem from one company that develops camo and other technical eye/light bending things. These are just half the battle in the hunting game as they help to break up the image and movement of humans. However a deer who lives its entire life watching knows what is normal and what is not as far as movement goes. If you had a property where you left everything like aiders and sticks out year round eventually with enough instances it would be accepted by deer.
This also goes without saying is one of the reasons why you should be encouraged to do season prep as early as possible as trimming lanes and all that other stuff allows deer to adjust to the change. They know when stuff is out of place and when something stands out especially with the movement.
Think of this why is it best to hunt fields for turkeys on windy days vs calm? Well sensory overload is the answer they can’t deal with all the movement and they know that so an open field is much more ideal of a setting for them to feed, etc. This is not always the rule but is the acceptable standard through research and my own field observations.
All in all everyone was right but just missing in my honest opinion something from each other. Everyone I mentioned above has my respect and I truly respect their viewpoints and what they have contributed to the community. Me personally ill continue to spend more money on better camo to break up my outline and movement, along with painting my sticks removing my aiders as to not alert deer to my prescence.
