Camouflage Based on How Deer See

[@Anderson40225]

By far the most impressive thing in this video to me is that someone trained a deer to take a vision test.

[@randypond7499]

I’ve never seen one wearing glasses.

[@adambuckwalter2816]

Hunting for 12+ years. Harvested many deer wearing all kinds of clothes. I have blown my cover 9/10 over scent and movement, which plays a much bigger role than camo pattern.

[@cobain2261]

Yes camo plaus a smaller role, but it is still a role. Don't be a fool and underestimate the importance of camo for serious hunters.

[@sirsir9665]

How to do deal with the scent problem?

[@JJ0DY]

If you actually hunt on the ground or not in a blind camo plays a major role.

[@NastyN8thegreat2]

Agreed been hunt for 20 years 21 this season and when I grew up hunting it was jeans an flannels 😂 jus play the wind I'm not saying camo an scent blockers don't help they do jus not needed

[@rackem6991]

Best Camo: Stay Still!!!!!!!! It’s all about limiting your movement

[@DaveWuzHere]

I love the idea of the dear doing an eye test lol

[@osamallama420avs5]

If I wear digital camouflage I can live my whole life in 144p

[@runawaygun762]

You are right to a point, but effective camouflage doesn't necessarily blend in with surroundings, it makes the wearer look like something other than a person wearing camouflage. As far as making something look like mother nature, it is difficult to make a two dimensional pattern look like a three dimensional forest, unless your deer are wearing 3-D glasses instead of NVGs. This is why Ghillie suits are so effective. They are 3D, not 2D

[@MrTrevers99]

How the fuck do you teach a bunch of deer how to do an eye test 😂😂

[@mineis3andhalfinches865]

Brazen Bull wigga we are the kings of the animal kingdom

[@adygombos4469]

Brazen Bull Most probably with shapes and food.

[@tomchch]

dont be a racist, animals are human to.

[@josephmarciano2584]

After watching dozens of similar videos, I've concluded that as long as you don't wear glowing high-UV colors that they can "see," any decent camo appropriate for the terrain that breaks up your profile will work, if you have the wind in your face, stand still, and don't stink from that chorizo sausage breakfast you just had you may get lucky. OK . . .I'm on a budget and can only afford generic off-the-rack hunt gear.

[@fonzaldo]

i just asked a 10 pointer how well he could see. he said his 'deerovision' gets sorta cloudy with his deer goggles on

[@murderinc.hunting7686]

My pap killed tons of deer wearing blue dickies and plaid shirts. Think about that next time youre swimming in scent blocker and wearing $800 camouflaging.

[@joe.7786]

i agree ive worn a brown coat and blue jeans and sat up aginst a tree and had deer at 20 yards

[@murderinc.hunting7686]

Joe. Yep. People always go on about deer seeing blue. Ive worn blue jeans deer hunting for years. Now I wouldn't wear the brown carhartt here in PA cuz the idiots here would shoot you under suspicion, even with a blaze orange vest

[@michaelenochs4033]

First deer I drilled was on a hot Michigan day in October. My clothes? Khaki shorts and a blue polo shirt with sneakers, in a tree stand 20 feet up.

[@mr.anderson929]

I've had deer come in look right at me and run off. Also had them not see me but smell me, get nervous and run off. I've also shot at deer and they stood there and looked at then kept eating. It depends on the deer really

[@TheGhostOperative]

blue dickies? well, just how many smurfs did he kill?

[@randybaumery5090]

I used to hunt in solid colors of green and brown work clothing. However, what I also used to do was slowly and quietly, use piles of the native pine straw as a type of improvised camouflage barrier to hide behind or under at the base of a tree.

[@nicolascageboii6127]

As someone who hunts, or used to quite a bit. I can tell you that deer don't care about camouflage. If anything it's movement, quick movement to be exact. I've sat with hunters decked out in the latest high tech camo and have gotten more deer than them with whatever was warm plus my orange. It's the movement deer freak out about

[@The_Gallowglass]

Might have been better able to spot the hunter in the last frame if the quality was higher than 360p lol.

[@chikenbone2]

I'm colorblind, and can pick out a camouflaged man from a couple hundred feet. Contrary to what is stated in this video, Camo is highlighted and stands out from the background, especially digital. Certain artificial colorings have a tendency to almost glow to me. This is not unheard of, colorblind lookouts have often been used by the military of various countrys to spot camouflaged bunkers.

[@Jolie19Official]

We Already Know That Colorblind Ppl Can See Camouflage Better. It's Highlighted & Stands Out to 'You' Because of That Reason

[@dillonh2118]

I'm in the army and this is partially why we switched back to a blotched style camo instead of digital.

[@josephgeorge9704]

C. Bone yeah that was dumb as shit

[@nadyerp6131]

Actually... we actually don't allow colour blind soldiers in our infantry... but nice attempt trying to be a super human though.

[@zrspangle]

nad yerp We used to though. Up until the late 80's

[@dukeman7595]

I believe the most important , is a good background that you can blend in with. If you have cedar trees or pine in your area I think they are a great background, especially sitting in a stand. Just my opinion.

[@TheYamahog12]

Being in a pine tree is great- but if you trim branches they bleed that gd sap all over everything.

[@jimf1964]

Deer see movement extremely well. If you don't move, you don't need super good camo. Look at what hunters used to use.

[@easymove1312]

Deer take a eye test ...slap me silly

[@Pennebaker1]

The hunting industry doesn’t want you to know you don’t have to wear camo to kill deer

[@ScooterLee-ei1ep]

But it does help. Natives used Camo and smoke as cover to hunt. I’ve killed deer in blue jeans and a tshirt. But Camo made them not even LOOK at me. Making them as relaxed as possible.

[@TheYamahog12]

So much depends on your stand set-up. If you are in the shadows and your form is broke up by tree limbs, etc., you can wear almost anything and not be seen.

[@parkert2710]

try it on mule deer or elk, you wont get within 1000 yards...

[@marcushennings9513]

Just save your time and money on all of that fancy pricey camo, weapons and just drive a big loud vehicle of any size or color at them for guaranteed results.

[@piningbuck]

​@@parkert2710im calling bs. Been hiking and basically ran into them sumbitchs.

[@cherrybomb3713]

Would the deer be able to spot our outline and what not better because it’s colorblind ?

[@MawoDuffer]

You should worry about smell and sound. I do like digital disruption patterns though.

[@tdmjason]

Based on the great Doctor Grant . Deer vision is like the t Rex. "Keep absolutely still. .. It's vision is based on movent."

[@blizte3]

been trying to test this idea myself

[@halfstep67]

ASAT works the best. After breaking both ankles and my back, I bow hunt from the ground now and have just as good if not better success as when I hunted in trees. The beauty of ASAT is that I don't have to hide behind trees and brush to conceal myself. I am hid in the open woods giving me better shot opportunities. Deer look right at me and never see me. ASAT truly works.

[@JoeZelensky]

Multicam

[@bandccoresohio]

halfstep67 if u fell from the tree and broke ur back i wouldnt define that as successful lol

[@Alan-in-Bama]

I've been using the Marines Digital pattern and the Army's Multicam pattern, swapping out shirts and pants to help break up my outline....and I'm experimenting with dye's on these patterns also. If I ever get it nailed down, I'll produce it! :)

[@1959jimbob]

The digital is good stuff for sure. I look forward to seeing what you come up with when you get the bugs worked out.

[@Alan-in-Bama]

Tom Bailey oh yeah... if I manage to come up with a pattern that works well (and has the correct color blend from a deer's perspective) I'll certainly post it. I've always been intrigued by camouflage, and the idea of a "Mostly" universal pattern, that would reflect it's surroundings. I would definitely buy this Opti-Fade camo...but I've never seen it in stores...?

[@DaddyLongLegs44]

twal1770 UCP with different dyes looks good for different environments.

[@Bricknose5.0]

Alright it’s been 9 years. Tell me what to do with my old cammies 😂

[@ethanlehman7110]

I don't know if all states require the bright orange vests but they are required where im from. Wouldn't the vest negate any camouflage texture anyway?

[@vladdy9739]

Ethan Lehman Deer if not most animals can't see blaze orange as well as we can, thus it doesn't change much.

[@volador2828]

We have 41 of them in our back yard ... Just point in the general direction! Well, make that 40, my garbage man hit one with his truck this week! Damn things must be deaf and color blind!

[@gpsgrader]

I identify as a deer. I was not surveyed in this production. DLM

[@zzz7zzz9]

Hunters did just fine wearing the good ol red and black plaid jacket. Today's "high-tech" camo is to catch the buyer and separate them from their $$$.

[@cobain2261]

You realize people hunt other animals than deer right? Coyotes for example have much better vision than deer. And camo does help for deer even if it isn't absolutely necessary. Especially for bow hunting where you have to be much closer to the animal

[@zzz7zzz9]

@@cobain2261 sure. But it doesn't change the fact that camo is overpriced and is for making the companies big money. Tons of hunters wear their camo for the fashion statement. They are proud to show off their $400 sitka shirt. Hunters have been killing animals, all animals for many decades, hell, centuries, without all the stuff available today. And stealth does not require camo.

[@Lonewolf-hu2vn]

I was wondering why the two did not seem very different, then you said deer colorvision is like someone who is red green colorblind and it all made sense.

[@stevemcc4447]

My great aunt once made me a jump suit w/ a greenish/tan, smaller lines camo pattern. it was so good, the first time I used it, a deer came up to me to sniff. I had to wait for him to walk away to have room to lift my bow. That suit was stolen but I use a brownish football pattern shirt that is invisible. I ground hunt and was 10 feet away the other day. breakup your pattern, keep to browns and greens mix (usually), use some skunk scent or doe urine an you're in business!

[@redtap5426]

Do you have any pictures

[@redtap5426]

What's a brown football pattern shirt mean

[@chrissachjen9641]

They can see ultra violet. So detergents or clothes with UV brighteners in them glow but we can't see it.

[@ddl9228]

They got Louis from Beastars to do the vision test... 😅 😂 🤣

[@joebolling]

Digital camo makes sense. But, doesn’t “going one step further by tuning the camo to the deer’s eye” (ie pre-converting the camo to Minecraft FOR the deer) suggest a deer’s eye otherwise converts actual visual surroundings into a Minecraft scene while, at the same time, pictures of a similar tree painted onto camo are magically immune to that? I’m probably missing something here.

[@cattycattington1264]

Deers already gotta deal with being shot, now they gotta deal with being shot by invisible people.

[@Dan-n-Butters]

Well, it really doesn't make sense if you think about it, deer are looking at an actual object, then it's brain deciphers what it sees, if you digitize the object, it will see the same object in an unnatural way therefore making it more suspicious,

[@jonathankells1740]

At first I was like.. but both pictures are equally as hard to see the hunter. Then they said 'much like a person with red green colour blindness' and it all made sense

[@fjwisock8]

2:33 they added in a outline

[@doitfortheride2364]

Ive killed several deer while wearing blue jeans and a tan carhart coat

[@areuswhite9670]

Where I'm from, if you're wearing more than one article of camo while hunting you're considered a homo. Dude's who deck themselves in camo are considered beginners or tryhards. It's like those middle aged men who have an entire skin tight suit and sunglasses for their evening bicycle ride. Geeks.

[@doitfortheride2364]

GJ Brown NC pines and a few hardwood thickets but yes I hike in and kill deer in blue jeans

[@murderinc.hunting7686]

Do It For The Ride yeah people are always going on about deer seeing blue. But I've been hunting them in blue jeans for years.

[@ThatBugBehindYou]

Do It For The Ride I've always worn normal drab colors, as far as I've experienced deer don't care about what you look like just what you smell and sound like.

[@allanj4576]

Apparently they can't smell, see, or hear my 56,000lb Peterbilt truck and trailer either.

[@--Paws--]

It's nice being colorblind; I wouldn't be able to see the difference if the narrator did not mention anything.

[@jefferyheimann737]

would you like to know what's really funny? I personally am an avid bow hunter. I am conscience always of being in camo and scent locked BUT, in Illinois, during specific gun hunt seasons, archery hunt must wear 400 sw inches of blaze orange plus a orange cap. I still take deer from the same stands, the same timber in high vis apparel

[@droptozro]

Being in a stand you're still less likely to be seen up high unless the deer catches you in peripheral vision or comes off a hill in line with you somehow. I've taken deer in blaze orange from less than 30 yards away, but I've also scared off deer in blaze orange at longer distances.

[@ckhcvd6211]

exactly true, countless thousands, tens of thousands of deer have been taken by hunters with blaze orange plastered all over them. scent and movement are the real giveaways!

[@rickybrown473]

Same as in Wisconsin. I'm true to anything Mossy Oak for bowhunting, when I hunt threw the gun, muzzleloader and t-zone ( if we have it ) I have to wear a blaze vest an hat, the rule here is we have to be minimum of 35% hi- vis from the waist up. An I still fill tags every year, from the base of a tree, or a stand it doesn't matter.... It's mostly about movement, or lack of rather.

[@justinwhetstone6669]

depends on your area

[@johnthomason2773]

How do you eye test a deer?

[@aclevername8399]

I don't get camo when hunting. Most types of hunting seem to have you wear a neon orange vest on, which kinda ruins the camouflage.

[@mer_meh]

Wait wait wait! They tested deers with colorblind tests?

[@The_Lone_Outlaw]

“...helps you blend in...” (Shows UCP) Why I outta...

[@TheArmskillerV2]

Best camo? Maybe the camo that blends with the background?

[@TheArmskillerV2]

It is like wearing camouflage in the dark. You can wear black or you can wear the camo that matches the background.

[@sarcasmo57]

What if I'm hunting wabbits? Asking for a fwend.

[@matthewswan9419]

the way this guy says pattern is terrifying

[@Jesse-zl8sf]

They are kinda like the T. rex in Jurassic park, hold still and they won’t notice you, they see you, but don’t really recognize you to be a human

[@tannertyler3896]

I have a Sitka vest and pants and wear a real tree under armor sweatshirt and I think the combination of the Sitka and the real tree works great for elk

[@mikeymikey4186]

0:31 That voice... Is that Cyanide from ZF clan?!

[@kehariracing9884]

Holy shit cyanide

[@TylerLL2112]

Bullshit! How do you train a deer to do a vision test? I had a deer come 10 yards from me while I was wearing multicam. I even moved to see if she would spook but it didn't notice me. It heard a noise but that was all. So once I realized it wasn't afraid by my movement I reached for my bow and a fawn came out from behind her so I didn't have the heart to shoot. I sat there and watched them until just before dark, they walked away. Now, I think mossy oak and real tree might have worked in the same situation but, I'm not positive. I agree with the people who say if your camo looks like nature, how can the deer see you.

[@johnzent2129]

my dad had a deer walk up behind him and sniff his shirt as he was standing still wearing nothing but a pair of blue jeans and a plaid flannel shirt

[@bignizzle6973]

John Zent Flannel is an excellent camouflage.

[@dwightlollar7661]

Tyler j

[@dwightlollar7661]

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[@ozziejim8472]

Multicam is hard to beat, if only they came in quality fabrics!

[@negorbat]

all life deer eat grass and not see grass color variations?

[@MichaelSHartman]

Negor bat Deers eat tree leaves not grass.

[@negorbat]

leaves green too. or i'm wrong?

[@Ryan-ml9zu]

As long as you blend in with the forest you won't be spotted because the forest and you look the same.

[@jacobbyrnes8256]

hay jim is that bow floating

[@coltonhartley1906]

If your hiding in brown wearing brown and you match then it doesn't matter cause if they see brown as grey than you are still matching cause they see you hiding in grey wearing grey

[@warlockengineer]

Deer see in 360p!? God have mercy

[@EL-ISS]

How tf did they train deer for vision tests? Lmao

[@dwaynephilpot6154]

How does this camo. Compare to predetor or asat camo.

[@julienrasset3570]

no the canadian military adapted Cadpat camo because it its more effective

[@goatrockhunters7866]

Doesn’t matter. When you enter the woods you are in the deer’s home. They know what’s supposed to be there and what doesn’t. I’ve had the best luck when it’s cold, wet and in the rut! Any other time is basically rolling the dice. Unless, of course, you bait em!😜

[@smellygoatacres]

Guess Fred Bear was just lucky? After all, he wore red flannel and buckskin pants.

[@gungasc]

I mean those aren't even Tier 3 deer, Those bucks have gen 4 PVS-15s.

[@TheGhostOperative]

what if some deers are color blind? what if they're just super critical of certain colors and just choose to ignore their existance like highschool mean girls?

[@MrAxisandallies]

how did you know if the deer could see it?

[@cbeaudry4646]

Mossy Oak Greenleaf & Realtree Original seem decent enough for me

[@desertratedc9596]

I think I will stay with my trusty m81 or ERDL surp camo

[@justdoinmything]

Wonder if anyone found out the color blind from that test it popped up?

[@echoauxgen]

I wish they would make a hunter orange digital, why you may ask! Well deer. elk, moose etc are not shooting but PEOPLE are. Camo is made so people do not see you, for the untrained and shooters at just movement you may be a victim. I use the very inexpensive blaze orange camo that has small tree limbs all over that is a sweat suit over warm clothing like my warm tan carhartt jacket and overalls, yes some laugh at me. Yes I still wear a vest except in a tree stand or in a blind. I hunt on private land and only I am there but every once in a while someone wanders in but they see me right away. Deer do not see me, at all, and I have had deer walk around me eating as they went. For me Safety is number one and I am not trying to hide from my wife or any one also I would be easy to find if I got hurt. In the old days Lumberjacks and hunters wore a red plaid shirt or jacket - Why - So other hunters would see them but wild life would not. But the in the late 70's and 80's Brighteners were added to clothes detergents which make you glow like a state troopers red and blue light on a cloudy day or dawn/last light. I also paint my blinds with black tree limbs and stand hunter orange. Remember it is not war but hide and seek!!!!

[@rogersmicharl]

MOSTLY THEY USED MILITARY CAMO , I DIDNT SEE ANT ASAT CAMO IN THER.

[@distortzz]

Is this STIVE from GMM? Love that woman!

[@HelplmAlive]

Haha it totally sounds like Stevie!

[@anaustralian268]

where is all the quality

[@spiritmoon5998]

This video is from 2008. This is some good quality for that year, gotta admit.

[@BC9696]

Been using this pattern for years-it works.

[@lowquality9232]

orange vests are fine, camoflauge isnt needed

[@rebeccawolfe590]

wait.. how exactly do you train a deer to take a vision test ???? lol

[@SmackedOffSlabs]

wait wait HE MADE DIGITAL CAMO holy shit i gotta tell my friends back at the tree club HOO HOO

[@outdoorexpert4038]

How the fuck do you make a deer sit still long enough to give them a vision test

[@x8541]

@rebelwolf72 ha ha i agree. only the deer with eyes that are sensitive to the sunlight are issued night vision.

[@crusader5336]

Staying still tricks any animal including homosapiens.

[@FishingWithBottles]

Well, turns out I'm colorblind... so I got that going for me.

[@danmorgan3685]

Digicam didn't work well at all. What the inventor is talking about is nothing new. German Flectarn has larger patterns that become prominent at range too. That pattern has been in use since shortly after WWII and was based on a WWII design. I found woodland camo works quit well against deer in the summer months. Hell, I've been able to watch deer just by standing motionless with my back to a tree. I wasn't wearing camo just khaki pants and a dark polo shirt. Will camo help? Yes, is it absolutely needed? Not with good fieldcraft.

[@joefernandez1759]

Can’t you just wear OD green

[@aholicrealm2850]

Oh deer.

[@jeffsnider7842]

Still kills. Blue jeans and an Army field jacket works peachy. I fill my freezer every year like that.

[@satanssonbob]

Why not make a camouflage based on what humans see?

[@Scarymovies911]

elusion camo has the most advanced pattern technology, and it defeats the visual acuity of all birds and animala !

[@JoeZelensky]

Almost as good as multicam or ATACS-FG

[@justyoureverydaypig3716]

How Tf you know what a deer sees? Do you have deer eyes

[@justyoureverydaypig3716]

Alright I watched a little further and they said the deer took a god damn eye test. How Tf is the deer gonna tell you what it sees

[@stvargas69]

Camo for hunting is a marketing gimmick You get a hunter with an itchy trigger finger and now your camo is red and the deer still can hear you & smell you

[@lilrailshortrail608]

Thought deer was blind 🦌👀 wow

[@naphtali1237]

I don't buy into all the camo hype anymore. If my wife can see me not doing housework because I am in my camo then deer can see me also

[@charlesthelesser3414]

How can both be more important

[@erikgaribaldi1227]

Why not just wear red it's easier and safer

[@davee.1660]

ASAT is the best hands down.

[@JoeZelensky]

Multicam

[@hailtothe_rooster1572]

Both of you are noobs

[@JoeZelensky]

Hail to The_Rooster says the person who knows nothing of camo.

[@JoeZelensky]

Tyler Cerrone they copied subalpine from Multicam

[@JoeZelensky]

Tyler Cerrone or you can get mil-spec multicam for less and it lasts just as long. Not to mention the accessories will match.

[@nephildevil]

seems i have the same crappy vision as deer then

[@kitkat4189]

How the fuck do you give a deer a vision test??

[@openmythirdeye]

I have had deer walk by me standing still wearing solid blaze orange within 10 yards. Sounds like a gimmick to me

[@gorkyd7912]

Don't really need to hide from most deer, turkey-proof camouflage would be impressive though.

[@dans4270]

Hasn't been tested yet 🤔 nuff said 🤦🏿‍♂️

[@treerat7631]

B.s. I ware a old Dpm feild jacket and a acts au unifrom pants and coat .

[@Rk363-22]

Lot of deer been killed by hunters in red or blue wool coats.....