Color blindness of predators and red light.

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titanium

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Hello all predator hunters and game savers,
I have heard that the eye color of different predators is different for each animal. Red fox have red eyes, coyotes have white, grey fox and raccoon also have their own eye color when a red night hunting light is being used to hunt them. I have also heard that red fox and grey fox can not see red light and coyotes can see red light. My questions are:

Is a red light visible to all predators or do certain ones have the ability to see red light? Which ones can see red light. Coyotes?

Is there a certain special technique for hunting coyotes at night with a red light or is it the same as hunting red fox.
 
My experience has been that you can't count on the eye color to determine what kind of critter is heading your way. Heck, I've got a kennel full of labs and they all have different eye color.

My understanding of colorblindness in canines is that they are all in the same boat. They don't see the color red as red. I guess it's more of a bright grey.

Of course, I've never asked a critter what he could see either.

Randy
 
Here's a little piece that may be of interest.

http://www.predatormastersforums.com/k9colorvision.html

If there are variations in the color vision of various canine species, I would think that they would be fairly minor. The bottom line being that canines are missing one of the three color receptive cone types.

It's not that coyotes and fox can't see red, it's just that they can't differentiate it from similar colors. It's the equivalent of a colorblind person trying to tell blue and black apart. If you put the blue sock on a yellow background, it doesn't matter that he can't tell blue and black apart, the contrast will make the difference. Put that blue sock in a tree amongst shadows and patches of gray and black, and you've got a different story.
 
Thank you WolverineAtWork and R Buker,
Both of you also pointed me to some great sources
of information about this topic and some great fox
hunting tips.

Are coyotes hunted at night with a red light or will they see it and check out fast? Is there a good technique to hunt them at night?

Before I step out and go night hunting in areas that I know contain coyotes, I would like to know how they react to red light night fox hunting. If they are only going to be educated by the sound and red light, I will try for them in the evening or some other time when I have a better chance of getting them. My focus on hunting them is to save our deer heard from coyote predation.

Thanks!
 
titanium,
You should really check out the night hunting forum. You will find a ton of info on use of lights over there. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif
 


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