Car camping I use the car. Backcountry camping I conserve battery on my phone, lights, GPS as much as possible and top them off at night with one of these battery banks:
I use a red light for going in/out at dark so as to not spook deer like my white light would. My understanding is that Whitetail deer are red-green colorblind, so these colors appear gray to them.
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I use a red light for going in/out at dark so as to not spook deer like my white light would. My understanding is that Whitetail deer are red-green colorblind, so these colors appear gray to them.
"Although deer have more rods and can see much better at night, research indicates that deer do see some colors pretty well and mostly sense the colors towards the violet end of the color spectrum. This means that deer have the ability to see blues and even ultraviolet (UV) light, but are also sensitive to white and yellow light as well. So, the most ideal light colors for deer hunting include red, green and orange as deer see these colors as grey and are less startled by them."
Understanding the Effects of Colored Lights on Game Animals - Larson Electronics
Nighttime hunting requires specific lighting in order for the hunter to see where they are and to spot the game they are hunting. Although white light is
"The study confirmed that deer possess two (rather than three as in humans) types of cone photopigments allowing limited color vision. The cone photopigment deer lack is the “red” cone, or the one sensitive to long wavelength colors such as red and orange. These colors aren’t invisible to deer, but rather are perceived differently. Deer are essentially red-green colorblind like some humans. Their color vision is limited to the short (blue) and middle (green) wavelength colors. As a result, deer likely can distinguish blue from red, but not green from red, or orange from red. Therefore, it appears that hunters would be equally suited wearing green, red, or orange clothing but disadvantaged wearing blue."
The Hunter’s Guide to Deer Vision | National Deer Association
Certainly to each their own. Never noticed an iota of difference. I believe with all my soul sound does more hunters in than everything else combinedI use a red light for going in/out at dark so as to not spook deer like my white light would. My understanding is that Whitetail deer are red-green colorblind, so these colors appear gray to them.
"Although deer have more rods and can see much better at night, research indicates that deer do see some colors pretty well and mostly sense the colors towards the violet end of the color spectrum. This means that deer have the ability to see blues and even ultraviolet (UV) light, but are also sensitive to white and yellow light as well. So, the most ideal light colors for deer hunting include red, green and orange as deer see these colors as grey and are less startled by them."
Understanding the Effects of Colored Lights on Game Animals - Larson Electronics
Nighttime hunting requires specific lighting in order for the hunter to see where they are and to spot the game they are hunting. Although white light is
"The study confirmed that deer possess two (rather than three as in humans) types of cone photopigments allowing limited color vision. The cone photopigment deer lack is the “red” cone, or the one sensitive to long wavelength colors such as red and orange. These colors aren’t invisible to deer, but rather are perceived differently. Deer are essentially red-green colorblind like some humans. Their color vision is limited to the short (blue) and middle (green) wavelength colors. As a result, deer likely can distinguish blue from red, but not green from red, or orange from red. Therefore, it appears that hunters would be equally suited wearing green, red, or orange clothing but disadvantaged wearing blue."
The Hunter’s Guide to Deer Vision | National Deer Association
Agreed that sounds and scent are 1000x more important than light.
I wouldn't put scent even close. I normally find Sturgis intolerable, but he's dead on here. My success skyrocketed when I focused more on sound
I agree if you have a treacherous walk you should utilize whatever illumination you need to stay safe. I like to use reflective thumbtacks (that are green or brown) so my red light illuminates them just enough to see a path. To each his own.
To completely get sidetracked on the "smells" tangent. For 30 years in the woods I've been afraid to urinate anywhere near my stand. Recently, I've read some research stating that unless a deer has a way to associate the smell of human urine with humans, it doesn't matter. You could pee off your stand and theoretically it not spook deer! This is hard for my old brain to reprogram!
I used to think the same. When youre busted by sound, you don't know you just spooked him. Mature bucks way way more often then not give no warning they've been spooked in my experience. No snorts or sounds. They quietly slip away gone forever.
Drink all those together and you won't need a flashlight...just urinate on the ground and you'll light the entire area up!!!
Drink all those together and you won't need a flashlight...just urinate on the ground and you'll light the entire area up!!!
Red doesnt blind you when you turn it off. Your eyes don't take forever to adjust to night vision like a bright white light does. Good for finding something quick and going back to zero lights. We use them for night fishing on jetties a lot because the white lights blind you and everyone else fishing as soon as they turn off. Even if it's only 30-60 seconds it's still annoying.
Light shots from testing this headlamp last year
