Deer colorblind?

[kennym]

I really don't think color matters too much. Last week I went into the field to do some scouting, I noticed a deer way off in the distance. I watched and watched as he came closer. I was sitting in the field in the open watching him with the binoculars. All I was wearing was carhart pants, black sweat shirt, and a tan hat. He came up 50 yards from me and I watched him for 20 minutes. I wear orange because I know the type of people we get around here will shoot at brush if they hear something in there. Not knowing what it is, I just want to be safe so I have the chance to go hunting in the future and not let some idiot mistake me for a deer. For me it's all about safety, my safety and the safety of others.

[JeanAdam]

Originally Posted by buddy

I have never head of someone getting shot and the excuse was "I thought is was a deer"

Thats not to say it has NEVER happened but it seems VERY VERY unlikely. You have a greater chance of dying on the way to work in your car.

My wife used to be an insurance adjuster, and she had to go to court to testify about a fellow who shot another guy because he thought it was a deer, all he saw was something move!!!
So because of that instance I always wear blaze orange! It's also the law, you have to have a specified amount of orange on your body and wear a cap or head piece of some sort that is blaze orange!!!

[KATMAN]

I wish they would make a orange vest made with kevular,something bullet proof. That would be a worthwhile investment!

[Oklahomahunter]

Originally Posted by KATMAN

I wish they would make a orange vest made with kevular,something bullet proof. That would be a worthwhile investment!

Minus the weight, and the fact some people use large rifles that will shred that kevlar. Or at least from what I heard. I saw a 300 win. Mag cartridge yesterday and I could not believe how big it was, also sporting a balistic tip.

[oneshot 1]

I was hunting one time had a Coyote run by me I pulled up to shoot,seen Hunters Orange in line with my Sights,if I hadn't seen it I would have pulled the Trigger.

Another time I was by my House.Seen Brown and White coming through the brush,it had my attention.It was our neighbors Kid with White Milk Jug going to get water at the spring.I told him to have his Dad get him some Hunters Orange,his Dad got mad at me told me he thought they should outlaw Deer Hunting.

I had Hunters Orange on one time,had a Guy walk by me I( made a little movement he swung around to shoot.

Here its the Law to wear it while huntring.

oneshot

[dubyam]

I can speak a little bit to whether or not deer see orange. I've personally experienced this, as has my brother, and my dad also before he passed. My story (much like theirs), goes like this. I was sitting at the base of a tree up on the lip of where three ravines came together, wearing an orange vest and hat, required by law. I was concerned about the whole orange thing (being only about 15yrs old), and sat there with my Win 94 30-30 across my lap, ready to pull up. Well, I hear some small noise, and think it's a squirrel. Well, turns out it's three does, who come walking along on my left side, in the floor of the ravine, about 25-30yds from me. I had no doe tags, of course. But they mill along, and I watch them, chceking each one carefully in the scope. They never react to me, until one of them catches me moving. She stops, stares, and does the whole head-bob/stamping thing for a minute. She then milled around, with two other sets of eyes watching to see what she was stamping and bobbing at, and in total I watched them for at least twenty minutes as they milled through this ravine and meandered along eventually past my position.

My dad's experience was during a deer drive, standing on a swamp edge. A spike buck slipped along within about fifteen yards of my dad, standing there wearing his orange vest and hat. Dad stood still, and the deer never altered his path, despite being within easy bow or shotgun range. If the orange had been something the deer saw, he'd surely have made a change in his path, as he was walking along warily, highly alert ot the drivers coming behind him, but not spooked to the point of running.

I don't think deer see orange very much different than they do anything else. I'm a firm believer in being still, as orange, red, green, etc. all appear naturally in the regular environment of deer, but movement is what draws their attention.