You are correct. I originally went in for flight school. Red/Green deficiency kept me out, Guess what they had me do instead, Yup! Put you in one of those small single engine Piper types that they could knock down with a rock, and fly about the jungle confirming reconnaissance photos etc!!! What fun! Not!!
I suppose many of us making a shift from color blindness to tracking may seem like a thread hijacking. But not really. After hearing the difficulties faced by the color blind, it is obvious that tracking methods and other observations are essential to those so disabled. At the same time, these are helpful to all of us. It is a big picture method we all need. Sometimes there just isn't any blood and tracks are confused in a jumble of other animal tracks of the same species. Nuthatch mentioned bears, as did I, in an earlier post. Coupled w them rarely leaving a blood trail, even w massive wound channels, there is often no snow to help out. [Spring and fall hunts] Where we hunt black bears on slides in the Rockies, a well hit bear will almost always head downhill in a hurry. A miss will send them scrambling straight sideways, or even uphill, to the trees, which is their natural refuge when they feel up to it. We watch for this. Our black bears are more concerned w grizzlies than humans and anything that startles them sends them packing into the trees. When mortally wounded, angling to the trees downhill works better for them. While probably not as consistent, my general experience w deer is quite similar in mountainous country. Fortunately, our deer don't climb trees. As a fixed rule, deer or bear, we visually mark the location of the hit and always go there first-no matter what. It is our starting point that we can return to when we can't sort things out. Only then do we track in the direction we think the animal headed. Too many times the shooter will be sure his animal exited w several others while, in reality it was already down in the vicinity of where it was shot. After making this mistake, it is very difficult to find the original strike zone. Seen it happen. By going there first, even if no blood can be found, you may find a tuft of hair from an exit wound laying on the ground. Even that can be bloodless. Don't ignore it on that account. Most likely a hit. Sorry about your turkey but the neighbor thought he was quite good. SW
God has a way of giving us "gifts" to compensate for things we do not have. --- People with color-vision problems can usually see camouflage when normal color vision people cannot see it. When I see other hunters in the field, I can always see them even with their camouflaged outfits. At first, I wondered why everyone thought camouflage was so great. I had no trouble seeing it. Then, I learned the truth. --- My father had the same condition. He served in the U. S. Army in the Korean War. His ability to see camo helped him survive the war. He was a point scout for 12 weeks. He told me the average life expectancy for a point scout back then was 6 weeks. After having done that job for twice the expected survival rate his C. O. took my dad off that duty.
I remember that duty / job in the head / latrine. Builds character
Father bought one and I laughed at him which was a poor thing to do.
I remember as a kid (before I drove), for the longest time, the yellow and green lights were opposite to me. I had to train myself to see what the correct color was.
They are supposed to always be hung in the same color orientation so that color blind folks only need to be able to tell which one is lit up.
Dose that mean you have better black and white night vision like the big cats with more black and white receptors instead of colour ones
No. We don't have more of anything to replace some cones that don't have normal amounts. Plus, it's rods, not cones, that provide night vision. See the attached article.
Awe, heck. That's okay. Us color blind folks are used to be confused anyhow.
I'm used to this happening to me also. There seems to be a slight hick up between my brain housing group
