Eye contact with deer

[cajuntec]

I thought about this last year, and I saw reference to it this morning, and it got me thinking about it again.

I've had deer look right at me. I froze. Didn't move at all, but I was staring right back at them. They spooked and took off.

That got me thinking - Do our eyes give us away?

So last year, every time a deer would stop and look my way, I'd close my eyes quickly, and then just barely open slowly to a squint to see what they were doing. I wouldn't open my eyes fully until they turned away or stopped looking in my direction. I didn't have a single deer spook and take off when I did that.

So do our eyes give us away?

"Don't spook until you see the whites of their eyes!"

All the best,
Glenn

[rjtkdplus]

I believe they do.

[flashof1979]

I thought about this last year, and I saw reference to it this morning, and it got me thinking about it again.

I've had deer look right at me. I froze. Didn't move at all, but I was staring right back at them. They spooked and took off.

That got me thinking - Do our eyes give us away?

So last year, every time a deer would stop and look my way, I'd close my eyes quickly, and then just barely open slowly to a squint to see what they were doing. I wouldn't open my eyes fully until they turned away or stopped looking in my direction. I didn't have a single deer spook and take off when I did that.

So do our eyes give us away?

"Don't spook until you see the whites of their eyes!"

All the best,
Glenn

I do the same thing

[gekko man]

I always slowly close my eyes to break the eye contact. Seems to work!

[dbpredator]

I think eye contact does spook them

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[hully1029]

i 100% believe it spooks them

[Bruiser]

never make eye contact

[mkk]

Never look a deer in the eye, predators eyes face forward and they can pick up the pattern even on well camouflaged hunters

[Bayouboy]

Same here.

[duckheadchili]

I agree and do the same thing

[Mudslinger]

They can sense you! HECS! Only way around it! Mucho LOL!!!!!!!!

[Texantax]

I do this

[cbd10pt]

Definitely scares them

[MadHatter]

They know it's eyes. Try staring at your dog, cat, horse, etc...Look straight in their eyes. They can't handle it very long.

[CJ776]

Always squirt in bow blind until full draw. Eyes dead give away.


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