What Can Deer See?

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Hi Grant,

I recently found your site and I’m really enjoying it.

Is there any way to know what a deer sees?  I hear a lot of opinions, but who’s right?  Is it true that they see the same thing a trail camera with an IR flash does?  I caught a shot of myself walking by one at night and my camo lights up like a big white snowman.  If that’s what they see, I wasted my money.

Thanks,

Mike

 

 

Mike,

Rather than risk losing something in translations, I’ll direct you to a post on the QDMA website “Can Deer See Blaze Orange?” which summarizes the most up to date research.

Deer do see differently than the lens of an infra-red camera.  A camera could be programmed to see the same color spectrum as my fellow researchers believe a deer sees, but that’s not the case with the normal trail camera.  I’ve noticed the same “big white snowman” images before.  They are caused by some of the new camouflage being printed on material that is very reflective under those light conditions.

Growing Deer together,

Grant