New deer hunter. (Please forgive totally newbie questions!) Really, honestly, how important is it to wear camo? I don't have a lot of extra money to blow on camo everything, but I don't want to reduce my chances of getting a deer, either.
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New deer hunter. (Please forgive totally newbie questions!) Really, honestly, how important is it to wear camo? I don't have a l
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You don't need camo if you can conceal yourself in a ground blind or tree stand. You do have to use blaze orange if the State requires it. If you wear it, be careful about your movements. A deer can't see a blaze orange watch cap rotate, but if you move it from side to side that stands out and the deer will alert to it.
Just don't use a lot of bright colors as they show up a 'light' spots against a low light background and are easy for the deer to see if they move.
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are you hunting out of a stand, out of a blind, or sitting on the ground or stalking? some on here will disagree with me, but its not a 100% must have some of the biggest deer shot around me is by an old guy who wears blue jeans and a brown carhartt coat if its really cold he has on brown bib overalls, a lot of my hunting camo is military surplus BDU pants you can pick them up at a gun show or ebay for less than $15 same goes for a coat you can get a heavy weight coat surplus for usually less than $30, if your really wanting a good set of camo gear try buying a piece or 2 a year and catch the end of season sales you can get some pretty good prices on stuff.
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I've heard "read" that deer can see red really well
maybe I read it wrong you can Google it. Any way if you stick to nature colors green, black, brown, and clothing with no shine or clothing that is kind of broken up in color you should be fine. I am the same way I wear black or blue jeans and my camo coat haven't seen or shot any deer yet bu then again I haven't got'n out allot so I don't think it's the clothing. I also think that weather you do or don't have the money scent blocking materials are a waste of money.
Seth
Check my other post I asked you a question on there the one that you posted on.
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