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Loading ...Published by Lester Charlton on 09 Oct 2008 at 03:18 pm
The debate goes on…
The debate goes on. After 30 years of deer hunting the question is still what do deer see? I don’t just jump on any expert’s bandwagon nor do I believe everything the biologist say, but I do compare what they say to my own experiences and I try to stay open minded and to glean valuable info from any hunter I can.
I still find some things are still inconclusive, like a deer’s eye site. We know for a fact that deer see different than we do and that’s all we really need to know. I firmly believe it doesn’t matter what colors they see or shades of colors, but the question should have always been can I create a camo pattern that mimics a deer’s surroundings? If you do that, it doesn’t matter what they see. The camo made today is not designed to create an illusion but to break up your outline, so if a deer does see you it won’t know what you are. It works, but here’s the rub, they see a blob of something that doesn’t belong there, you block what they should see or you look nothing like your surroundings and bam your busted, the deer goes into alarm mode, stomps blows then they’re gone. That’s where skymo is different, when used properly it will absolutely give you the edge and reduce the odds of detection. What do I mean by properly used? If the foliage is heavy I just wear the jacket, as the leaves fall and more sky is visible I will wear the whole outfit. Skymouflage is not a magic bullet nor does it make other camo obsolete, but what it offers no other camo can, a new strategy, a new concept, and a different way to look at camo designed (not deer eye site). An optical illusion, that is my goal and no other camouflage can offer that nor can any cover all the bases or do it all, there will always be the fail factor. After 30 years just last year in my yard I looked up in one of my trees and it dawned on me, the perfect camo. The closer the pattern looks like where you hunt the closer you get to an illusion. When a magician makes an elephant disappear you can’t see it but it’s still there, that’s my goal. The camo we buy today is a bunch of every thing crammed on a light or dark background. Skymo is a simple, nothing fancy old school style print that may need some tweaking, but I really believe in it, and it’s here to stay. This is something totally new and it will take some getting used to looking at, but it works. I think this way of looking at deer hunting is something to really take a hard look at.
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spinner7456 on 18 Oct 2008 at 12:28 pm #
Will you stick out in darker light conditions, or if there really isn’t a nice clear blue sky?
davisch5 on 11 Feb 2009 at 5:16 pm #
I have to agree with one thing for sure, wearing a dense camo pattern is not the best way to go if you are hunting from a treestand. Typically, if the deer is going to see you it is going to look up to do so. When the deer looks up, it is going to likely bust you as your outline is exemplified by the sky behind you. The dense camo pattern will only really work for you if you have really good cover between you and the deer. Problem here is that thick cover in front of you will likely limit your shot. I am onboard with the open sky type patterns and while I have never seen the patterns that he is talking about, I started using predator camo this past season and it worked very well for me. The camo is a bit pricey, but nothing about archery hunting is cheap! I don’t think the lighter or darker conditions really matter that much since the break-out of the pattern gives the illusion of branches backfilled with open sky colors. I won’t lie, the patterns look a bit funny and may draw a few comments from your buddies, but it does seem to work.