Does Camo Work?
Reprinted from my May 2008 Know Whitetails column in Whitetail Journal Does Camouflage Keep You Hidden? Years ago when state agencies began to make fluorescent orange clothing mandatory during gun seasons, hunters became alarmed. They worried that the bright orange color would make them more visible to deer, but subsequent research showed that deer did not see orange as we do. Around that same time a young bowhunter from Virginia named Jim Crumley came out with Trebark camo. No more solid brown hunting coats. Trebark opened a flood gate that made our old hunting clothing obsolete. In a few short years we had Realtree and Mossy Oak, and the camo crunch was on. Today we find camo for all habitats, from hardwoods to wetlands, from snow to the desert. And we find camo everywhere, from flashlights to fanny packs, arrows to ATV’s, boots to bows. You name it, and we camo it. The hype sounds great, but the real question is, does camouflage keep you hidden? There is some new research on how dee
