12-24-2022, 02:48 AM
Thank you DNS, very educational. ok, blue jean or blue anything is out.
I didn't read anything definitive, though, on blaze orange. It appears that it is indistinguishable from red or green, but the text seemed to me to imply that it is still visible. Perhaps next deer hunt I should do without the blaze orange and see what happens.
Looks like camo patterns to break up outlines are still critical.
So I was misinformed. Deer, coyotes, and pigs do have cones in their retinas. just not the biochemistry in them to identify the reds/oranges wavelengths. interesting.
So, a deer may not see my red head light as red, but likely sees some kind of light nonetheless. hmmm.... Getting to a hunting spot before dawn and not being detected while on the way just got a lot tougher it seems........
thanks again DNS.
-tdbru
I didn't read anything definitive, though, on blaze orange. It appears that it is indistinguishable from red or green, but the text seemed to me to imply that it is still visible. Perhaps next deer hunt I should do without the blaze orange and see what happens.
Looks like camo patterns to break up outlines are still critical.
So I was misinformed. Deer, coyotes, and pigs do have cones in their retinas. just not the biochemistry in them to identify the reds/oranges wavelengths. interesting.
So, a deer may not see my red head light as red, but likely sees some kind of light nonetheless. hmmm.... Getting to a hunting spot before dawn and not being detected while on the way just got a lot tougher it seems........
thanks again DNS.
-tdbru

