I’m not trying to troll, I’m genuinely curious. Thinking about deer specifically, it doesn’t seem like visual camouflage would really help much when hunting them. Deer sense predators by sensitive hearing (big ears) and smell (long snout). Their eyes are on the sides of their head, so they detect motion rather than high-resolution.

So trying to blend in with the surroundings doesn’t seem to be an advantage in this case. Assuming all this, what’s the point of clothing with camo print on it?

  • blargh513@sh.itjust.works
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    One thing I’ve never understood is after you shoot a bird with a spray of fine pellets, what the hell is left?

    Seems like you’d just have a wet pile of meat that is torn the fuck up. I’m guessing you can’t eat it because it’s full of those little lead shot; not that you coudll’t pick 'em all out, but what a pain in the ass. You can’t mount it because it’s now just a shredded mess, you may as well just buy a picture of whatever you shot and hang that up.

    So what’s the point? Just to delete birds?

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      Only if you hit it from 3 feet away. The point is that the pellets spread out and a couple hit the bird. Hopefully you hit something vital enough to kill it or you injure it enough that it can’t fly and the dog retrieves it.