Why do hunters get so worked up about complicated camo outfits when....?

Question

The majority of species they hunt are coolorblind?

Answer 1

Color has little to do with it. Camo has to do with breaking up the outline of the body so as to blend in with the background. Picture a wall with nothing but grays, blacks, and whites splattered in a random pattern. Take the outline of a man in all gray and place it on the wall. Does it not stand out to you? Of course it does. Now do the same but add blacks and whites. You still see it but not as much.

The latest studies show some species (deer) do see some colors like blue.

Answer 2

I wear camo because that's what my kids give me when they cant think of another birthday or Xmas gift, I've got about 4 or 5 different patterns over the last 20 years & since I only wear it a few weeks a year its all still like new.
I would wear camo as work clothes but someone would probably report me as a terrorist.
your probably right about the colors. a black,white &grey pattern would be just as effective,especially when you put blaze orange over it.

Answer 3

Actually, I've killed plenty of deer sitting in a tree stand wearing blue jeans and a muted color t-shirt, but that being said, cammo helps you blend in with the conditions around you and it breaks up your outline. I'm not always up in a stand and I'm not always hunting deer. Thats is also why different shades/styles of cammo are made. "Shadow grass" was very popular for waterfowl a few years ago and blends in wonderfully when up against reeds and or marsh grasses. The Advatage "timber" pattern is great when you are in hardwoods. But the "shadow grass" doesn't necessarily blend in so great when calling up turkeys in the woods. Most patterns have different applications.

I think military cammo is meant to break up your body outline more so that hide, but I could be mistaken.

Its all about getting and advantage over the game you are pursuing. Face it, most everything you hunt out in the wild has better reflexes, instinct, and senses (eyesight, hearing, and smell) than you do, good cammo just helps to level the playing field.

And maybe its just the girly side of me, but dang it, its my one chance to get out and accessorize , so I like to have matching cammo suits.

Answer 4

maybe some do - but i don't. even though most species are colorblind, they do reconize shades of black,white,and grey. and if your camo doesn't match the area your hunting in they can tell something isn't right. of course this doesn't always happen - but it does sometimes. there are also other factors such as being scent free as much as possible and sitting still. it depends on what you are hunting for.

Answer 5

Color blind or not camo serves to break up the image. My brother is color blind, but the camo still works.

If all animals were color blind and disguise was not a issue, then why do wild animals have natural camo patterns? If the color blind issue meant that camo was not needed then we would have purple and pink deer running around.

Answer 6

Yes to color blind, but very keen sighted just the same, the idea being to make your self NOT look like a human or a predator. A duck can see ANY movement from a great distance, as can antelope, deer and elk. So, any advantage we can gain by "blending in" to the background helps offset the advantage the animals sight gives them.

Answer 7

they may be color blind but they are not blind!

they could tell the difference between a man with a suit and a tree....

camo has patterns similar to a tree/brush/leaves......so why not camo that simulates that....

I've had plenty of times that I am standing next to a tree and the deer is 15 yards away and the tree-bark camo has worked fine....so long as you don't move it works......

Answer 8

The animals may be colorblind, but they can still see shades & the camo colors/shades closely resemble a wooded setting. The blaze orange is for other hunters to see you.

Answer 9

We use complicated patterns because we fell that it raises our chance of success. And even though they are color blind, they can still see different shades (I belive blue is the most noticeable to them). Even though I prefer to wear camo, I've killed many deer in blue jeans, a Carhartt jacket, and a blaze orange hat.

Answer 10

"Obviously though, it's irrelevant to a deer what color a hunter wears"

false, deer in fact can see certain colors. It was on Deer and Deer Hunting TV the other day but I forgot the exact colors, so I posted a link below that I searched.