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TECHNICAL INFO ANIMAL VISION AND SMELL U-V-KILLER

How to Check Your Hunting Gear for UV Brighteners (and Fix It)

If deer are more sensitive to UV light than humans, and UV brighteners in fabric and detergent make camo and blaze orange reflect that light, the practical question is simple: how do you know if your own gear is a problem, and what do you actually do about it? This page walks through both — […]

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ANIMAL VISION AND SMELL TECHNICAL INFO N-O-DOR SPORT-WASH® U-V-KILLER

How Game Animals See and Smell

Picture courtesy of Jay Neitz, Ph.D. – Vision Scientist Medical College of Wisconsin These graphs illustrate the difference between the Daylight (color) vision of the Human and the Whitetail deer. Each trace reveals the profile of sensitivity of a single class of receptor. Notice that the deer has only blue peaking and green peaking receptors […]

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ANIMAL VISION AND SMELL TECHNICAL INFO U-V-KILLER

UV Color and Vision References

Popular Publications Books Juried Scientific Publications Updated 03/28/2014

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ANIMAL VISION AND SMELL TECHNICAL INFO U-V-KILLER

U-V-Killer Application Tips and FAQ

Important: First wash garment in Sport-Wash. Scent-Free Sport-Wash rinses 100% removing all traces of old soap residue, grease, oil, dirt, and sizing that would prevent U-V-Killer from forming a bond with the fabric. Other soaps do not rinse out and they leave behind residue. Sport-Wash is safe for all fabrics and dyes. Spray Dry Garments. […]

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ANIMAL VISION AND SMELL TECHNICAL INFO U-V-KILLER

Behavioral Study Confirms That Deer See UV Brighteners

Bradley S. Cohen, David A. Osborn, George R. Gallagher, Robert J. Warren and Karl V. Miller Although many aspects of white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) biology and physiology have been studied thoroughly, few studies have examined deer perception. We obtained a behavioral measure of light-adapted visual sensitivity based on performance of 7 deer in forced-choice discrimination […]

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ANIMAL VISION AND SMELL TECHNICAL INFO U-V-KILLER

Review of Color Vision in White-Tailed Deer (VerCauteren)

This is a comprehensive overview of the published studies of color vision in white-tailed deer. Published in December of 2003 it includes the owwos of those who preceeded Bradley Cohen’s team. This review by Kurt C. VerCauteren and Michael J. Pipas, both with the USDA in Fort Collins, CO enables you to trace the progress […]

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