Are whitetail deer really colorblind?

I have been hunting for years, as I child my dad made sure I was in the brightest hunter orange you have ever seen...I am sure I will be the same way with my sons. In my mid twenties I switched to Red/Black checkers, now in my late thrities I have switched to almost full camo...I still wear my lucky red hat, just curious if any of this makes any difference.Are whitetail deer really colorblind?
Whitetail are sensitive to the color blue, blue-purple, and purple can stand out a little too, but mostly blue. full forest camo you will always be in the best of camoflauge but as far as the blaze orange, never give it up, always wear atleast orange gloves or a hat, the lucky red had is cool, but i've seen an accedent where a man pulled out a red hankerchief and was shot and killed because the hunter that shot him mistook the hanky for a wood duck, and i heard another where the hunter mistook the other hunter for a turkey, but that was when the hunter was wearing flannel gloves.. so always where blaze orange, it the universal safty clothing, hunters see that a mile away and automatically no it is a person and that shooting can be dangerous. Even the camo blaze orange would work good. O.K. want to hear something really funny?


Talk about an oxymoron, i once saw a blaze orange ghilli suit for sale for $130, i didnt buy it because i thought it was the funniest piece of camo in the store but i have heard of people getting some pretty nice bucks while wearing one of these.


but seriously, if i'm in my full forest camo i always carry a blaze hat in my bag, i dont wear it in the stand but when i move i put it on.


Remember safty first, bucks later. nomatter how big it is.Are whitetail deer really colorblind?
Yes and No.





Deer like many other animals with great night vision have a limited amount of color vision.





Deer see in shades of grey. If a deer sees an orange vest, it can recognize it as being a color out of place.





I have been spotted in a tree by deer as far away as 50 meters, yet I shoot deer during bow season, while in camo, as close as 15 meters.





Some states allow an orange and black camo pattern that does help, but is not the same as camo.





The option is to break law, and wear camo. I suggest that your motivation to wear Orange be that getting shot sucks.





Good Luck.
deer kind of like cows in that they see with a muted number of colors. Basically everything looks like what it looks like on your tv when you turn the contrast way down. Deer camo is used to break up your image so you blend in to the background. therefore a lot of blaze will make you easier to see but will also help to keep from getting shot.
They can see blue, but really, don't care about it. Camo is useful, but for their bad vision, it is very optional to use camo. Deer aren't the ';Predator'; (the movie) of the forest, but some people may belive them to have thermal vision, ultra-sensitive hearing with the ghillie suit. and deer pee scent stuff they use. Camo is only really NECESSARY with bow-hunting.
They are not entirely color blind, but very somewhat. They are most sensitive to the color blue.





Deer can make out solid colors easier. For example, if your wearing a solid blue shirt and blue pants against a woody background, a deer can see your outline and will be spooked. But if you put some stripes in different directions, it breaks up that outline and the deer doesn't spot you.
no they are not color blind, but there color spectrum is different then ours. they see colors we do not see and we see colors they dont see. i seen a study once that blaze orange to them is a dull grey color for example and blue stands out to them.
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Yes their sight and what they see appears to them like a photographic negative, shades of black, gray, and white.*
They are color blind but they can make out different shades of black and white %26amp; gray. Read the link below... and keep your blaze orange!!