I had an old timer tell me something yesterday that really makes a lot of thoughts go in my head. Here is what was said and let me know what you all think. I say that is an awesome idea. The Old Man: "You are a hunter so do you have a squirrels tail on the bottom of your bow?" Me: "No why would I have that on my bow?" The Old Man: "When you have deer notice you in the tree they will see the squirrel tail move and think it is a squirrel instead of you." Me: "I guess they see it all the time so does it work?" The Old Man: "Yes it does I have one on my bow and it has been there for a very long time! Every time I have had a deer look at me they settle right down after seeing the squirrel tail move in the wind." So what do you all think of that?
my thoughts on this is that if deer see in black and white wouldn't the squirrel tail just blend into your camo and the surroundings as another blob? If not it makes perfect sense to use something a deer is used to seeing move to mask your movement as you pull up and draw. Old timers you guys have any input?
Okay, now I have to let the cat out of the bag ~ This is the reason I have been dying my hair a reddish color for many years ~ I figured that if the deer look at me they will see the long red hair and just assume its a squirrels tail. So once my hair started to go gray I figured they would just think I was now a Possum So the next gimmick hunting product on the market will be artificial critter tails you attach to your bow or those hats with fake hair attached... HAAAAAAAAAAAA
don't take old timer as an insult. i mean the utmost respect as you have probably forgotten 2x more hunting knowledge than i have.
If less is more then ~ Im gonna go for the Shaggy Squirrel Coat What Can I Say Joe Dirt makes it look GOOOD
dont listen to some of these guys give you any b.s. it all makes perfect sense? as soon as i read this i asked myself why i never thought of this. deer look up, see the tail quickly and look back down to keep milling around.
Then Im gonna go with a Giant Acorn Costume Deer looks up and says " Thats The Biggest Damn Acorn I Ever Seen", and then sticks around waiting for the big acorn to drop.
Too funny. Yes, old timers CAN pass along some invaluable lesson from their hard-earned knowledge bank... BUT... they can also be the purveyor of more crap than anyone else. The key is to keep listening to them and not throw out the baby with the bathwater. Same applies to all of us in here, too.
Part of the fun of getting older is letting the younger guys figure out when you're being serious and when you're pulling their leg. Gotta find ways to entertain yourself sometimes
So you're planning to climb a tree dressed as a nut? There's gotta be a good joke in there somewhere....:D
