Thread: What Deer See

I should think blue would be brighter to deer because it stands out from the surroundings while green would pretty much blend in. Blue could also have a UV component to make it seem brighter to us so that would really stand out to a deer. From what I can gather, being able to see us is not such a big deal, it's whether or not they can identify what they are seeing and more importantly whether they can see our movement.

Here's a test to try understand what deer see; Face yourself in a mirror and look to one side by about five degrees and just stare blankly. It's pretty hard to make out our facial features but then move a muscle in your face, fron or something and suddenly it becomes quite clear what we are seeing. I'd imagine deer see something like that and that small movement of frowning really stands out.

Our turkey are indeed pretty dumb but try eradicating them and see how smart the survivors are the following year! An interesting thing about turkey vision is the cannot move their eyes (being flat shaped) so their binocular vision is not good. To compensate they move their heads to gain visual depth. That's why they bob their heads when they are looking intently at something.