For years, I have heard that deer see orange as "gray." If so, what's the big deal?
Bright colored strings and cables
JMO, I wish they’d stop seeing how bright they can make hunting crossbow strings and cables, especially on the wide crossbows with the longer string’s and cables. Another example is Ravin putting all the orange colored stuff on the limbs and stocks of their crossbows. I don’t hunt in a box/blind. Never have and never will. I like the challenge of being out in the open with camo clothing, headsets for cover. Don’t need orange colored crap on my crossbows that any movement will be visible to a deer 100 yards away.
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It's aesthetics … which is pretty much personal preference. I like a little color as long as it's tastefully done. Scorpyd's red blended into grey camo limbs is tasteful and unobtrusive. Some guys like flat black hot-rods with black rims, windows and trim, and some guys like Ferrari' that shout look at me. Different strokes for different folks.
Frankly, I don't think any color you put on a bow makes a particle of difference in killing a deer. It's bright/shiny glass or chrome and or silhouette that's an issue on a weapon. I generally run sunshades to cut down on the angles that my scopes reflect light and I generally keep my crossbow pointed where I expect my shot to minimize the silhouette.
On the subject of getting busted: "movement and/or being scented is 98% of getting busted." It's the rare and well educated deer that walks through the woods and busts you looking up in the trees recognizing you as a threat. More often than not that type of animal behavior occurs around un-native food sources like when using bait leverage.
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Frankly, I don't think any color you put on a bow makes a particle of difference in killing a deer. It's bright/shiny glass or chrome and or silhouette that's an issue on a weapon. I generally run sunshades to cut down on the angles that my scopes reflect light and I generally keep my crossbow pointed where I expect my shot to minimize the silhouette.
On the subject of getting busted: "movement and/or being scented is 98% of getting busted." It's the rare and well educated deer that walks through the woods and busts you looking up in the trees recognizing you as a threat. More often than not that type of animal behavior occurs around un-native food sources like when using bait leverage.
Change your name to Huggy Bear (the pimp from Starskey and Hutch)So there is no need for camo when deer hunting?I’m going to get rid of my camo hunting equipment and clothing and go for an individual touch
Joking, of course.
This works for me:
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What’s so difficult when I’m hunting the edges of fields, with 4 or more does feeding out in front of me, there is always one with her radar turned on. I had one stare me down for what seemed like 5 minutes the other day while the others were feeding. She was 125 yards from me. I had a camo head net on with nothing but my head sticking up past the lap pile I was sitting in. The wind was in my favor but she knew something was not right. She eventually started back feeding again but if a shooter buck had walked out into shooting range, there was a very good chance she would have pegged me getting ready for the shot. I still prefer not to hunt in a box.
. I had one stare me down for what seemed like 5 minutes the other day while the others were feeding. She was 125 yards from me. I had a camo head net on with nothing but my head sticking up past the lap pile I was sitting in. The wind was in my favor but she knew something was not right. She eventually started back feeding again but if a shooter buck had walked out into shooting range, there was a very good chance she would have pegged me getting ready for the shot. I still prefer not to hunt in a box.1 - 20 of 43 Posts
