color of "eyes"

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hunter2960

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New to the hole night hunting thing and was wondering if a yotes eyes always glow red, or with different type lights will their eyes have a different tint? Is the red filter what makes their eyes red? Any info would be great.
 
Well I understand that, but is that not a place to start. After all that is the first thing that you see right. I haven't shot nor my partners without first knowing what is the target. Just looking for somethig else we may be missing.
 
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Trying to identify animals by color of eyes is just asking for trouble.



I fully agree. But.......I used to have a portable light that had a nitrogen bulb that threw perfectly white light. Whenever we lighted a critter on his way in you could pretty much tell what you were looking at by the color of the eyes.

Now, with that having been said, anyone who only looks at the color of the eyes without making a positive identification before shooting shouldn't own a gun.

I have been unable to locate replacement bulbs for that light or any other nitrogen bulbs in a long, long time.
 
The way they behave and respond/react to the call and sometimes location as well as height from the ground as well as distance apart are all good places to start but none take the place of visual identification.
 
Hunter 2960...........I'm sure you are a safe hunter and are aware & practice, possitive ID on what your shooting. My experiance with the coyotes here in Virginia is that they hang up 100yrds or further out and when hit with the light a coupe of times they turn and run. With this said you have to be quick on your shot placement. If I'm not comfortable with getting a good/solid kill shot lined up. I DON'T SHOOT. I guess what I'm saying is I won't rush a shot even when I have an ID on my animal. It is frustrating at times but the more you hunt at night the better/quicker you will get. Just my 2 cents worth. Good luck to you!
 
Color of their eyes? I'll tell ya, they be yeller, yeller I say. Sometimes they shine a glaring red, or they be white and bright, like demons, demons of the night, squinting them eyes of thirs until close, as your light searches, than the glow. Sometimes up to a foot apart and non-blinking. Some will blink as you try to stand motionless in thick brush. Boy, do I hate walking up on thumbtack trail markers.
 
Not sure if this is true but seems I remember that with a white light, yellow eyes=color blind, red eyes=color vision. Seems like I learned that way back in school, as a general rule. Anyway it's filed away with lots of other useless trivia.

peace.
unloaded
 
unload -- you are correct, when I saw the coyotes' eyes with a white light, they were yellow. The red lens also made the eyes yellow. The couple foxes I spotted with red lens caused the eyes to shine red.
 


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