Color Blind: Glassing For deer/elk

[Brianb3]

Hey so I’m color blind red/green. I always thought in my head I was at a disadvantage, until I was told “The Legend” might also be color blind and I may actually have an advantage!

I can’t say I’ve ever had a problem glassing up bucks n bulls but of the 8% of CB people on RS I’d like to know your glassing techniques given our shared super power or handicap? How do you compensate when your looking for brown on green when those colors tend to meld

For me I rely heavily on white butts and going slow and looking for horns. I also spend more time w my spotter then my binos.


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[LongWayAround]

I'm not totally red-green colorblind but definitely deficient in that spectrum. It doesn't seem to have any negative effect on my ability to spot animals. If anything, the different contrast could be an advantage?

 

[EchoLimaKilo]

I’m slightly red green deficient and it’s not so much a problem when glassing. It IS a good excuse to spend a little more on glass though, the wife can’t hold your disability against you! Haha

I will say that blood trailing is a whole other problem though...

 

[LongWayAround]

I will say that blood trailing is a whole other problem though...

Agreed. I need snow or the animal to be dead in sight. When I find specks of blood, I have to rub them between my fingers to know whether it's blood or mud.

 

[CREillY]

I'm red/green deficient as well. I've never had a problem spotting game. I've been able to see in lower light conditions better than others. Has anyone else experienced this?

It's a good excuse for when the wife asks "Does this look good on me?" or "Do you like this color?"

 

[blackdog]

Another red/green deficiency here. Never knew about it until about 10 years ago when I was around 35 and the doc asked me flip through one of those dot books during a routine exam. WTF? 27? 22? 77? Heck, I couldn't tell.
But I don't think it's ever held me back spotting game either. As mentioned, I do seem slower than my buddies though when it comes to picking up blood trails.

 

[IdahoHntr]

My grandpa is red-green color blind and he is convinced it has helped him spot game throughout his life. Animals really seem to stand out to him, and I can attest that he has a great game eye even as his eyes are getting worse with age. Don't know if there is any science behind it, but that is his experience.

He has never spent very much on optics either. I suppose when you're from a generation that didn't use binoculars at all, its hard to fork over the money for the top binos on the market.

 

[Born2bhunting]

I'm not color blind what so ever but I would think it would help in the aspect that you must slow down and actually concentrate on what's in you spotting scope binoculars etc... be interesting to see what the landscape looks like from a red green blind perspective

 

[cornfedkiller]

Another colorblind person here, and I'll echo a lot of what has already been said. I decided several years ago that my colorblindness was an advantage for spotting game. Never had given much thought to it before that, but I've noticed since I was young that I spit game first 99% of the time, whether it's driving down a road, glassing, or sitting in a treestand. I think because of my lack of relying on color, I am better at picking out shapes and/or movement.

Now when it comes to blood trailing, I've decided that I'm really good at helping a buddy by marking the last blood and that's about it! And just like LongWayAround, if I'm checking if something is blood or not, I typically rub it between my fingers.

 

[Blacktail_Packer]

The military used to seek out red/green color blindness for spotters. I read an article about it and they cane to the same conclusion stated above rather than looking at camo in a natural environment they saw larger shapes amongst the natural environment

 

[hobbes]

I've got a buddy that's color blind. I'm not sure of the red/green thing, but I know that he can't see blaze orange or blood. He's as good at finding mule deer from behind a pair of binos in the badlands of Eastern MT as anyone.

 

[WeiserBucks]

I'm red/green colorblind in a big way . It has been an advantage spotting game my whole life. Following a blood trail is difficult for me, unless it's a ton of blood that's brutally obvious.

 

[Twisted300WinMAG]

With all of the color blind people speaking up, I don’t feel so alone. My question is what are you guys that cannot see red doing for quality range finder? I want a higher end RF but all of the nice ones have red or green reticles. The red and green ones wash out in brighter light situations for me.
Thanks
Donald

 

[cornfedkiller]

With all of the color blind people speaking up, I don’t feel so alone. My question is what are you guys that cannot see red doing for quality range finder? I want a higher end RF but all of the nice ones have red or green reticles. The red and green ones wash out in brighter light situations for me.
Thanks
Donald

My Leupold Rx-1200i washes out pretty bad for me in real light situations, but after it ranges, I point it at the ground or throw my hand up into the view and can easily see the range on the dark background. For some reason, I don't have much issue with the reticle, just the numbers.

 

[Brianb3]

With all of the color blind people speaking up, I don’t feel so alone. My question is what are you guys that cannot see red doing for quality range finder? I want a higher end RF but all of the nice ones have red or green reticles. The red and green ones wash out in brighter light situations for me.
Thanks
Donald

Been using the EL Range for a while now. Love the range finder on it


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[CarWrestler]

I'm curious to know what the red/green color blind hunters think of the different hunting companies take on camo patterns/color schemes. Do you notice any clear winners/differences?

 

[ceng]

I think I read at one point that color blind people can differentiate more shades of beige than other people. It's interesting, I think my color blindness is slightly different one eye to the other. But I don't think it's too big a deal, not sure if it's an advantage.

 

[Charon]

My two cents worth. Keep the binos and buy a compact spotting scope. I have been down that road. Had the 10-42/15/56/and spotting scope. Have an 8-42 and the spotting scope now. In the woods the 8-42 if great, in the open the 10s and 15s are great as is the spotting scope. I spend most of my elk hunting time in the woods or juniper. If I am long range glassing I can see the elk or deer with the 8s then pull out the spotting scope. I have a pretty big Swaro scope. If I did it again I would go with a more compact scope.

 

[100percent]

Good to hear all these color blind eccentricities! I am red/green deficient! One that I will add is deer in summer coats(red). All my buddies say look at those deer from a mile away and I'm like what deer? I can't differentiate the red from green. I'm looking for "deer" not color. In the fall, after the leaves are off and the deer have winter coats the tables turn dramatically!!! They are counting on me to spot!
Blood trail... pfffftttt... better get a dog if I'm going to find it!!!!

 

[nphunter]

The only time it ever been an issue for me is tracking. I am switching to trypans for elk this year for that reason, I have been fortunate to have some short track jobs lately but have been on some nasty ones. I think for glassing colorblindness is positive, there is less contrast to get in the way so your brain can focus on shapes and movement more than all the colors. I have a son that is color blind as well and one that is not, my son who is colorblind is a shed finding machine. My son who isn't color blind has to trip over one to find it and even then it's tough for him.