Elk Vision

[406LIFE]

A good article on elk vision and some of the differences from ours. Link.

Takeaways: They have 20/40 vision; they see coarse better than fine; they are dichromatic vs humans being trichromatic.


Trichromatic:


DiChromatic:

 

[mtmuley]

I shoot a RUM. They NEVER see me. mtmuley

 

[elkduds]

However, ungulates can see the blue end of the spectrum 1,000x times brighter than a human can, which is why they pick up Ultraviolet light (UV) so easily and why some hunters take great care not to wash their camouflage apparel in detergents that contain UV brighteners.

...from the article. Thanks for posting, 406.

 

[Cerebral Stalker]

Already knew the 20/40 thing. Nice color representation in the pics though. Thanks for posting!

 

[Devil Diver Down]

I must be coarse AF.

 

[psycho]

Great article. Thanks for sharing. May help me sneak up on one.