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What is "Seeing a lot of deer?"
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<blockquote data-quote="TheLBLman" data-source="post: 5266345" data-attributes="member: 1409"><p>I use a low intensity red or green headlamp.</p><p>When getting close to stand site, I switch to the red, and keep in on red while messing around at the base of a tree, then climbing.</p><p></p><p>It may be counter-intuitive, but these lights do not spook deer.</p><p>I frequently walk within 35 yds (sometimes closer) to bedded deer without their leaving!</p><p>The secret is do not change your gait, avoid shining the light directly into their eyes. Once you pick up deer eyes, direct the light beam "by" them rather than at them.</p><p></p><p>If you stop walking, <u>then</u> shine your light directly at them, yes, they may take off.</p><p>But if they think you're just another critter walking by in the woods, they usually are not very alarmed, and do not leave. They do usually stand up, but they don't "spook".</p><p></p><p>Also, for whatever reasons, deer are just not as "spooky" an hour before light as they become during daylight, or when it's "graying" right before legal shooting time. I really believe the deer may typically be no more concerned about my walking by than they are about a raccoon.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TheLBLman, post: 5266345, member: 1409"] I use a low intensity red or green headlamp. When getting close to stand site, I switch to the red, and keep in on red while messing around at the base of a tree, then climbing. It may be counter-intuitive, but these lights do not spook deer. I frequently walk within 35 yds (sometimes closer) to bedded deer without their leaving! The secret is do not change your gait, avoid shining the light directly into their eyes. Once you pick up deer eyes, direct the light beam "by" them rather than at them. If you stop walking, [U]then[/U] shine your light directly at them, yes, they may take off. But if they think you're just another critter walking by in the woods, they usually are not very alarmed, and do not leave. They do usually stand up, but they don't "spook". Also, for whatever reasons, deer are just not as "spooky" an hour before light as they become during daylight, or when it's "graying" right before legal shooting time. I really believe the deer may typically be no more concerned about my walking by than they are about a raccoon. [/QUOTE]
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