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?
That’s the dream. Non-hunters (and some hunters) have this idea that hunting should be difficult. I think it just needs to be humane and sustainable. When you try to add difficulty, you often make it less humane and/or sustainable.
Don’t get me wrong, a tricky bow hunt in a far flung wilderness sounds fun, but if I had to chose between that and reliably filling my freezer from my back porch, I would pick that.
The lengths some folks go to hunt, just nah, but not everyone lives in the woods like I do. I don’t claim to be a hunter of any sort. I just occasionally harvest supper from the forest, just like the chanterelles that grow in the leaf litter, they show themselves to me when I can use them. I get a small break on my property taxes for keeping the majority of it a natural habitat and the woods bless me from time to time.