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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.
https://i.ibb.co/pL7WbMn/IMG-4321.jpg
And under UV light...
https://i.ibb.co/y8DC5Wc/IMG-4322.jpg
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.Quote:
Originally Posted by JessicaChen
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 ?
Won't need his mask either.Quote:
Originally Posted by Moa Hunter
I ran some uv light over my gear. Check out my stoney creek blaze vestAttachment 194995
And yet I've shot plenty of deer wearing it.
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Next to a SC midlayer of fleece in tuatara
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?Quote:
Originally Posted by Cowboy
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.Quote:
Originally Posted by MB
Do you keep your mouth closed and breathe through you nose, or take your dentures out? If you’ve got your own teeth, your screwed
Yep i am slowly learning that it is more about movement (and the wind) than what colors I am wearing. However it is still nice to minimize the ability for the deer to spot me.Quote:
Originally Posted by Cowboy
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.Quote:
Originally Posted by MB
Why the fuck would deer wear pants?Quote:
Originally Posted by MB
That only applies if the hillbilly catches you.Quote:
Originally Posted by Maca49
Don't let the hillbilly catch you.
Camo's to avoid people....wind, movement, sound is for deer :P
Yes also heard that, but been wondering why there are so many predators hunting deer with camo patterns in nature like leopards etc?
the pouches are different..even the non uv photo shows different colour on the seams..... so one could well be treated /washed differently at some point in manufacturing process.
many years ago when video cameras still had black n white viewing screen,my rifle sling stood out like doggies danglies so got all roughed up.
one of the most striking photos black n white Vs full colour was a falla in red hawaiin style shirt up a tree...without colour he vanished
if deer dont see red/orange range of spectrum...that vest would be fine....personally dont like blaze orange after seeing summer coat red deer in patch of sunlight in dark bush.....it too looked bright orange.....
Had to do a double take to spot an old boy on a zebra crossing this lunchtime. Braked on time. He was moving real slow so didn't stand out. Clothes neutral, neither dark or light relative to his background.Quote:
Originally Posted by JessicaChen
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.
Whew, lucky you spotted him. Last night I almost ran into a couple of people biking in the dead of night across an intersection with NO LIGHTS and NO REFLECTIVE ANYTHING. Really dangerous.Quote:
Originally Posted by Cordite
But yeah contrast and movement are big, even for us humans with really good eyes (well except me, im blind and need new glasses). Camo patterns can help break up outlines of contrasting colors too.
I recall one rainy night, hardly any street lights on the A11 out of Norwich, UK. Tall beech or whatever trees on the four lane road. I turn right and nearly collide with a jogger out to stake his rights to the road, dressed in black which includes his beanie and beard.
I was stunned that the idiot shouted abuse at me, but I didn't reply with any of the comments my sharp witty and retrospective mind has come up with since.
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Originally Posted by Cowboy
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.
https://i.ibb.co/9hJFCYx/6-2.jpg
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.
