Bucks 8th sense!

 

I think he heard your heart beating!!! ﮩ٨ـﮩﮩ٨ـ♡ﮩ٨ـﮩﮩ٨ـ

I think it was just him sensing ...something...

Love the eye-guard curls!

 

A mature buck is just a different creature …. They seem to literally have a 6th sense….

I don’t think that light is what he noticed…. Just my opinion and I maybe completely wrong

 

Oh and by the way CONGRATULATIONS on a hammer !!!!! Just wow

 

Congratulations on a monster...I think at the right angle yes they could see the lit reticle. Test for yourself and report back.....

 

Can they? Maybe. Will it spook them? Maybe but I doubt it. I live well out in the country, 5 miles from a town of <400, 15 miles to the next town of 1200 and there are still lights visible everywhere. If every light spooked deer they would die of fright at sunset. I also can't believe they are intelligent enough to know where every single permanent light is located and recognize a new one. Or perhaps, thankfully, I am surrounded by deer as dumb as me.

 

Spot on! ... Could have been scent left from when the wind had swirled shortly before he showed up, could have been anything for him to lock up. If you've ever blown leaves in the yard there's one thing you quickly realize is the wind rarely if ever is steady in one direction. There are always swirls and reverses. They maybe short, but they do happen. I've seen deer take 30 minutes to move 30 yards. Standing, staring, whiffing the air.

 

No idea 🤔. Just wanted to say congrats.

 

If humans can see the glow, so can the deer.
Congrats btw

 

Was it just my paranoia or coincidence. What say you?

In my humble opinion...
That's a mighty fine buck.

 

I know there was a thread on here a few years ago. I believe @rt2bowhunter did some testing and it could be seen, but only from a very exact angle.

 

Seems like I remember reading about it somewhere before and that may have been it. I know I've read on here before about some not wanting to use glow in the dark vanes in low light conditions.

I made a video years ago shooting a slower 290fps bow with luminoks. Imo a deer could probably see it coming. I'll see if I can find and post it.

The more I think about this it was probably just my paranoia. If he did see it It didn't spook him as he eventually turned his head back forward and took that final fatal step.

Here's that video

 

In order for them to see it they would need to be looking straight into the scope meaning you would need to be aiming at there head.

 

I think I have seen this with a lighted reticle or at least it sure seemed like she noticed it. A doe seem to notice something was off with the reticle when I had it on.

My Dad told me years ago he has a keller pendulum bow sight on his compnd bow and the deer looked up and saw the light on that he said. Not quite the same as the lighted scope reticle but just saying. Who knows, but they sure do seem to have the ability to sense something is off.

 

If he seen it his next move should have been RUN! Great Buck congratulations!

 

Just be glad he didn’t have one on his bow🤣. All kidding aside it’s definitely possible.

 

I don’t know either but I do know deer don’t miss much. I have seen them go on full alert over some deadfall I moved from in front of my ground blind. They knew something was up!!
Bill

 

I believe they can. Especially if you're ground level in a very dark blind. I've had it happen a few times where at last light, in a ground blind they were staring right at me. I would be covered in dark clothing/mask but somehow they were staring into the blind and being spooky about it. Oddly enough, I was also using a vortex crossfire II.

 

At the time I took the shot I didn't need the reticle lit. It was about 7 minutes after sunset and I wasn't in a covered dark blind. After he seemed to notice. I was thinking I should have left it off. Yet I didn't want to possibly get busted turning it on if it had got darker. If he did see it ,it didn't seem to spook him but maybe just made him curious. I'm just glad it all worked out. This was a couple of hours earlier.

 

Very nice buck, congrats.

 

Great Buck!!! Congrats!!!! I believe that some deer truly do have a "sixth sense " , but I know for a fact that they notice the smallest change in their core areas....a hunters outline 20' up in a tree...a shadow/blob that wasn't there the last time they walked through that spot....the slight odor change....we're talking the deers house/bedroom

Humans have the same ability....when you keep your house organized a certain way....you might notice a item out of place, item moved, or a subtle difference when you come back home...it would catch your eye just like that Buck noticed something was wrong IMO.

 

Yes, they do see it, same happened to me last year.

 

Onlyaspike said it best, you are in HIS bedroom, living room or whatever you want to call it. Deer notice things! It's how they survive in a world full of predators. I've seen deer walk by tree stands a hundred times and never look up, you put a hunter in that stand, and they'll stop and stare at it like a fat gal looking at a cake!
They are wired that way, it's something different in their home.

As for lights emitting from a lit reticle, if you can see it, so can they. However, they would have to be looking directly at you back up the scope tube to your face. So, it's not really a concern to me. I have never used a lit reticle to kill a deer. My scopes have that feature, I just don't use it.

What the deer notice most is the different "blob" on that stand, or even a darker spot in that bush that's always been there.
I remember going to a sniper school many years ago and the main thing they harped on the most in "field craft" was the ability to match your immediate surroundings. One little thing out of the ordinary would get you spotted and "killed".
The instructors would be up on towers looking for you with binos. You had a starting point, about 1/4 mile away and would have to "travel undetected" to within 100 yards of your target, all the time being looked for.
Sure makes you think twice about your 'camo".

Just think of that "target buck" as your instructor looking for you!

 

Onlyaspike said it best, you are in HIS bedroom, living room or whatever you want to call it. Deer notice things! It's how they survive in a world full of predators. I've seen deer walk by tree stands a hundred times and never look up, you put a hunter in that stand, and they'll stop and stare at it like a fat gal looking at a cake!
They are wired that way, it's something different in their home.

As for lights emitting from a lit reticle, if you can see it, so can they. However, they would have to be looking directly at you back up the scope tube to your face. So, it's not really a concern to me. I have never used a lit reticle to kill a deer. My scopes have that feature, I just don't use it.

What the deer notice most is the different "blob" on that stand, or even a darker spot in that bush that's always been there.
I remember going to a sniper school many years ago and the main thing they harped on the most in "field craft" was the ability to match your immediate surroundings. One little thing out of the ordinary would get you spotted and "killed".
The instructors would be up on towers looking for you with binos. You had a starting point, about 1/4 mile away and would have to "travel undetected" to within 100 yards of your target, all the time being looked for.
Sure makes you think twice about your 'camo".

Just think of that "target buck" as your instructor looking for you!

Im very camo conscious. Earlier on this hunt I had a Doe see me as I arrived and was settling in my spot. She wasn't sure what I was and came in for a closer look. After a few minutes of staring and uneasyness she wandered off. About an hour and half later she snuck in undetected and caught me moving my head. She did the whole stomp stare thing trying to get me to move again at 20 yards. She finally relaxed and meandered off again. This was my first hunt of the season. For some reason my little turkey seat seamed to be sitting higher than normal. Exposing my shoulders and head more than normal maybe 2 inches. Made me feel like I was sticking out like a sore thumb! I tried to dig out underneath the legs with my fingers and a stick but the ground was just too hard so I had to go with it. The buck wasn't alarmed like she was and I hadn't moved at all. I just thought it possibly may have been the scope. Then again like you and others have said. I was something new to his world.

Here's my camo setup.

About all they can see of me is the top of my head behind the limbs and scope. And maybe my beady little eyes

 

Even if they see it, does it necessarily alarm them. They may get curious and stand still long enough for a shot.

 

Deer don't see red spectrum light well, no? I don't see this as a big issue.

 

IMO your buck is a mature buck and my experience is if a mature buck sees something that puts it on alert in the least he will not take another step into the open but will back out and disappear fast. They don't get to 4 years or older by being stupid until the rut is in. I think his 6th sense made him stare in your direction and he decided there was nothing to worry about so he took that final step. Congrats on a very nice 8 point.

 

Not sure on whether or not he saw the lit crosshairs, I would think not unless the crosshairs were aiming on an exact plane with his eyes and any slightest deviation would’ve made the crosshair disappear, prob more of he just knew something was a little iffy and couldn’t figure it out…helluva 8-pointer!

 

I think your probably right like others have said too.

Mainly because he turned his head back and slowly took that last step.

It did scare the hell out of me though, Thinking he may bolt and be gone.

 

I think your probably right like others have said too.

Mainly because he turned his head back and slowly took that last step.

It did scare the hell out of me though, Thinking he may bolt and be gone.