Deer sight and smelling capablilities?

[basspro05]

Does anyone know how deer eyesight compares to human eyesight? I am curious because I find a bed and I sit in it and look around, do they see the same or better than me? Or worse? I just want to know for picking trees and stand entrances to hunt these beds.

Same goes for smell, if I am upwind of a deer, how far away do I need to be to not be smelled? Is it 100 yards, 200 yards, or is there not a distance.

I know lots of variables come into play, but I want some expert perspective on this.

Thanks!

[Dewey]

Here is some interesting info on eyesight.

http://www.outdoorhub.com/stories/white ... -eyesight/

If you approach and stay downwind of a deer he cannot smell you. Not sure if I understand the other question.

[basspro05]

Here is some interesting info on eyesight.

http://www.outdoorhub.com/stories/white ... -eyesight/

If you approach and stay downwind of a deer he cannot smell you. Not sure if I understand the other question.

Sorry I used the wrong word, upwind, i edited it.

[JoeRE]

Here is some interesting info on eyesight.

http://www.outdoorhub.com/stories/white ... -eyesight/

That's a great article, I learned some stuff! Particularly interesting was that a deer's focus is very wide but not very tall, i.e. it gives someone in a tree stand an added advantage...at least until the deer looks up!

I have noticed deer can pick off me wearing blaze orange better than me not wearing blaze orange, all else being equal, but I suspect it is because much blaze orange is treated with detergents with UV brighteners before being sold...and my other hunting clothes I wore were not, they are old and washed a thousand times w/o UV brighteners. It is interesting that deer can see blues much better than oranges.

[basspro05]

Great article on the eye sight, that is above and beyond the answer I was looking for, thank you!