Deer Anatomy question....

[Buck Owens]

I had someone tell me that when you shine a light in a deer's eye you will see a color of either red or green, and that you can tell the sex of the deer by which color they are. I'm not buying it, has anyone else heard this?

 

[deernstuff]

tapetum. Reflective film on the back of the eyeball that allows night vision. You can't tell sex, but you can often differentiate species of animals with it.

 

[REM]

I use the same tactic when out women hunting the bar late at nite, red eyes are better

 

[Scott]

I think thats a little bit of a exageration. Every set of deer eyes i have ever seen are green. Most racoons and possums are a orangish red. You can tell the sex pretty easy by looking at the spacing of the eyes, older bucks are usually a couple of inches wider.