re: Hunting Clothes Brands

I mean, movement is 95% of it but why be easier to see with the color blue? I like camo but why not at least go out in earth tones if going for solids?

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Even though deer have less than half the number of cones in the eye as humans, deer can still distinguish among different colors. During low-light conditions, deer are likely more sensitive to the blue to blue-green portion of the spectrum (due to the high rod density). Studies indicate that deer are less sensitive to light of long wavelengths (orange and red) and rely upon their perception of only 2 colors – yellow and blue.

Deer are essentially red-green color blind (like some people). Deer can distinguish blue from red, but not green from red. Red, orange, or green all look the same to a deer. Because deer lack a UV filter in their eye, their sensitivity to short wavelength colors is enhanced in the UV spectrum.

When are these colors of light most abundant? When the sun is below the horizon at dawn and dusk. What a coincidence! When are deer most active? Deer can see “more” in these low light situations because of the color spectrum visible to them and because the light is passed through the receptor twice.

So if you want to be “invisible” to deer don’t wear blue! Wearing blue makes you stick out like a sore thumb. And don’t wash your clothes in laundry detergent with UV brighteners.

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Not first light merino ... boughtba hoody in nov and wore it duck hunting under bibs and its all pilled and rubbed up. Contacted FL they said thats normal wear .... well maybe after 5 yrs but not after wearing it 6x. Bye first lite

I have stuff from Kuiu and First Lite. Very pleased with everything from both. I usually try to catch them when they have stuff on sale.

Wool is not very durable. It's going to pill. Can always go synthetic instead if worried about durability.

It's claim to fame is not getting smelly. Synthetics wick faster and are more durable but get smelly faster.

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Wool is not very durable. It's going to pill.

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That's why I said it can all pill, but a premium brand shouldn't look wore out after half a dozen uses. My stuff doesn't and it's a few years old.

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That's why I said it can all pill, but a premium brand shouldn't look wore out after half a dozen uses. My stuff doesn't and it's a few years old.

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My kuiu stuff doesn't either. We could also be talking to a person that leaves bad reviews because they couldn't read instructions correctly and thinks the brand is bad.

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Deers are colorblind, baw.


No they are not

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OK. Well, my deers are still color blind.

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OK. Well, my deers are still color blind.

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your deer might be genetically altered

How much are you planning to hunt? If only a few times a year like me then just go hit up academy or bass pro once the season ends and get something on sale. I recently got back into hunting and thought I needed fancy stuff but I just wear my dads old Remington jacket since he doesn’t hunt anymore. If you’re in a box stand you really won’t need anything besides something to keep you warm. I do have some non-typical by Drake pants that I throw on to keep my legs warm when it’s colder than normal. Wool is also clutch and a nice addition that I learned from this board

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camo decked head to toe, then climb up in a tree where deer can’t see them anyway.

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It's not really the camo, it's the clothing.