Disguising my eyes from deer while on the ground?

[njloco]

I don't remember where I got this information and this might sound strange, I sometimes color my eye lids. Think about it, when your eyes are open they are somewhat como'ed out, but if your caucasian when you blink your eye lids are much lighter in color than your eyes, especially if you have dark eyes like I do ( brown ). It's like turning a flash light on and off. Might be a bunch of bull, but that is what I do about it.

[BMOELLER]

Originally posted by Terry Green:
Chris.....folks like to make fun of my hat....but it sure works for me.

I just lower my chin and look through the 'leaves' as game approaches.

When you get big game close enough to see their eye lashes.....your doing something right.

     

This is what you need to do Chris.

[OkKeith]

Terry's suggestion is a good one. I do the same thing with the dangelies on my ghillie hat.

OkKeith

[Gatekeeper]

Originally posted by OutbackMan:
This may sound odd, but usually when a deer is that close I close one eye and only look at it thru one eye...My theory is that there are not any one eyed predators out there...

I have a one eye predator.  

[Koko Bow]

I had a spike come up 15' behind me the other night.  His footsteps caused me to slowly turn 90 degrees.  Thought it was another coon.  I saw him first.  I had a spandex head net and could only see him out of my right eye.  He paused for a moment and then went about his business. Although I think my "b;pb" shape made him cautious.

[trubltrubl]

I like to cover my face for sure..If I am wearing a hat with a brim...I just tuck in my chin and look up at the top of the brim and your eyes are hidden...hats like a fedora work great..Alot of my trad friends just use their trad hat brim to cover their faces by tucking the chin.....if you have facial hair that helps  too. I can see how terry green's idea would work great too.

[huey]

I grow a beard for the winter months,cover the bridge of my nose and cheeks with some kind of material that stops on my nose. I don't cover my mouth so as to not change the feel of my anchor, or be in my spitting path. As the others have posted I tuck my chin and use my hat brim to hide my eyes. When the animal is close I use the hat to bolck my site of thier eyes. If I can't see their eyes they can't see mine.

[Doc Nock]

My "leafy suit made into ghillie" has a great head cover, but the eye area is open. I agree w/ the poster it's the eyes. I even went to a contrasting half mask over top.

A fox came in, looked me over, but when his eyes met mine...he got bug eyed quickly!..then bugged.

At the major Harrisburg, PA Sport & Outdoor show, there "USED" to be a guy with camo glasses and clip ons. I've not seen him or them in years, but they made sense! I wish I'd sprung for them myself.

[John146]

Squint the eyes for sure. I had 7 deer walk up to me while I was in the open in the center of a small creek with only a sandy bank behind me. The first 2 deer were big old does and I sure thought this was not going to work out. I had a face mask on (with the entire eye hole cut out) and my cap down and just squinted my eyes so that I could barely see them. The first doe came to 3 yards before freezing up and then she bolted back to 25 yards and stopped to take a second look. Arrow was on its way and had my first bow kill of the year!

[BowMIke]

I like a boony hat and spandaflage head cover.Try not to look them in the eye. I concentrate on my target spot.

[canoeman]

Lot's of good suggestions.  Could it also be that your camo is reflecting U.V. light and that's what they first pick up on?

[lpcjon2]

Another good camo thought is that some of the lighter grass/brush patterns are light in color and when in low light conditions they get almost a white in color and you stand out like a ghost.Faded camo is the same.If I am hunting morning or night hunts I wear dark camo or dark clothing.

[Zog]

I just googled "camoflauge glasses" and found these in Cabela's.  

It sure seems like if you could cover your eyes it would make a big difference.

Anybody tried these?  How about any of you deer - think these would hide us from you?