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| Deer Hunting Gear | Deer hunting, as deer are indigenous to all of the
continents besides Antarctica and Australia, is a
widespread sport. It is believed that deer hunting
dates as far back as 7000 B.C. While early hunters may
have had a limited number of tricks and tools at their
disposal, deer hunters today employ a variety of tools
in their efforts to stalk and kill deer.
Probably the most important tool for for the deer
hunter, both prehistoric and today, would be whatever
weapon they choose to kill the animal with. This
weapon, more often than not, will be a bow and arrows,
or a gun of some sort. There is, in most places, a
separate season to hunt with each weapon. Use of more
primitive weapons than a bow are uncommon in most
civilized places, Alabama however, allows the use of
thrown spears during bow season.
Due to the acute senses of their quarry, hunters
sometimes equip themselves with an array of devices
used to trick the deer. For instance, a deer's
eyesight is very good, so a hunter would be wise to
employ at the least a rudimentary level of camouflage.
Some hunters choose to go so far as to employ ghillie
suits, much like the ones used by snipers, in order to
perfect their camouflage. It is also advised for the
hunter to wear a piece of bright orange clothing, a
color deemed "hunter orange", in order to identify
himself to other hunters, who may shoot him mistaking
him for a deer. Since deer are colorblind, the orange
safety clothes do not reduce a hunter's chances of
killing a deer. The sense of smell of a deer is also
said to be very strong, and has foiled many a hunter.
In order to mask their scent, hunters often turn to
store bought scent masking agents in order to hide
their scent.
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