Thread: UV rabbit hole

Two identical pouches from the same retailer and manufacturer purchased a month or two apart. Stored in the same place. Neither treated with any product.



And under UV light...

Odd how only the bottom half of the buckle on the right bag is glowing blue.

Originally Posted by JessicaChen

Odd how only the bottom half of the buckle on the right bag is glowing blue.

This will be due to the color masterbatch and/or uv stabilizer used in the material formulation when moulding the part. Each part will likely be moulded in different moulds at different times and there material mix is not consistent or correct between each moulding.

When I lived in Malaysia I had a pet scorpion that glowed bright green under uv light. Pretty cool.

So which one will you wear night clubbing ?

Originally Posted by Moa Hunter

So which one will you wear night clubbing ?

Won't need his mask either.

Next to a SC midlayer of fleece in tuatara

I ran some uv light over my gear. Check out my stoney creek blaze vest

And yet I've shot plenty of deer wearing it.

Originally Posted by Cowboy

And yet I've shot plenty of deer wearing it.

My branded Buff in blaze orange looks like it's on fire under UV! It would be interesting to take a UV torch in to the bush in the day and at night to see how much of it lights up. Who knows what this means in real hunting situations, probably nothing most of the time. However, for close up bush hunting, my feeling is that camo does make a difference. I was bush hunting with two buddies, one in normal camo, one in blue camo. Guess which one stuck out like a sore thumb?

At risk of this thread deteriorating in to "I've shot plenty of deer wearing stubbies and a plaid shirt", staying still and quiet are the most important factors.

Originally Posted by MB

My branded Buff in blaze orange looks like it's on fire under UV! It would be interesting to take a UV torch in to the bush in the day and at night to see how much of it lights up. Who knows what this means in real hunting situations, probably nothing most of the time. However, for close up bush hunting, my feeling is that camo does make a difference. I was bush hunting with two buddies, one in normal camo, one in blue camo. Guess which one stuck out like a sore thumb?

At risk of this thread deteriorating in to "I've shot plenty of deer wearing stubbies and a plaid shirt", staying still and quiet are the most important factors.

....wind will mess things up before anything else.

Originally Posted by MB

My branded Buff in blaze orange looks like it's on fire under UV! It would be interesting to take a UV torch in to the bush in the day and at night to see how much of it lights up. Who knows what this means in real hunting situations, probably nothing most of the time. However, for close up bush hunting, my feeling is that camo does make a difference. I was bush hunting with two buddies, one in normal camo, one in blue camo. Guess which one stuck out like a sore thumb?

At risk of this thread deteriorating in to "I've shot plenty of deer wearing stubbies and a plaid shirt", staying still and quiet are the most important factors.

I know a lot of insects, flowers, and birds utilize the UV color spectrum though im not sure how many in New Zealand do. A big block of UV from a hunting vest would stick out a lot more than some dots of UV from flowers and bugs. But yeah it would probably look really cool if the NZ bush had some UV dotted about, would look pretty at night under those blue lights.

Originally Posted by MB

My branded Buff in blaze orange looks like it's on fire under UV! It would be interesting to take a UV torch in to the bush in the day and at night to see how much of it lights up. Who knows what this means in real hunting situations, probably nothing most of the time. However, for close up bush hunting, my feeling is that camo does make a difference. I was bush hunting with two buddies, one in normal camo, one in blue camo. Guess which one stuck out like a sore thumb?

At risk of this thread deteriorating in to "I've shot plenty of deer wearing stubbies and a plaid shirt", staying still and quiet are the most important factors.

Why the fuck would deer wear pants?

I'm a big fan of camo. I ve sat 10 ft or so from roaring stags. The face and hands are number one for me. A face veil(I can't stand buffs as they get wet form breathing and over a trip my lips will chap).
When I was culling I used to wait until I had the gist of which goats were to die first to ensure the whole mob. Sometimes I'd sit there with them. Meandering around me, stopping and looking and sort of looking through me. If my face was uncovered they'd look straight at it from a distance and I'd be screwed pretty quick.

Ive tried low sheen sunscreen on the face. Can't say if it did or didn't work. It drop uv reflection tho.

Originally Posted by Cowboy

I'm a big fan of camo. I ve sat 10 ft or so from roaring stags. The face and hands are number one for me. A face veil(I can't stand buffs as they get wet form breathing and over a trip my lips will chap).
When I was culling I used to wait until I had the gist of which goats were to die first to ensure the whole mob. Sometimes I'd sit there with them. Meandering around me, stopping and looking and sort of looking through me. If my face was uncovered they'd look straight at it from a distance and I'd be screwed pretty quick.

Ive tried low sheen sunscreen on the face. Can't say if it did or didn't work. It drop uv reflection tho.

100%. Last goat hut after I'd shot two from the mob in the head with subsonic rounds. I wear a buff for this kind of hunting, even goats spook from an uncovered human face.

Here's something that might be interesting. I had a theory about suncream. Especially the ones that absorb uv.
I was just packing gear and thought, I wonder what happens when you out suncream on blaze then swing the uv over it. Well turns out it reflects a more purply colour but equally bright. This gets me thinking that the orange reflection under uv that comes from blaze is still in a spectrum that deer can't see(being orangey). I'm no expert and can only go from what I can learn from the net.