Yep,I'm right in the middle of griz country! The thing is,all the animals are so bold and cocky and unafraid of people...bears,cougars,and for sure deer love to come into the middle of town!! so I'm not really all to sure camo would really help! But it does seem like having more neutral colors is the way to go instead of bright,obnoxious colors ruining the whole aesthetic of nature
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+2!!! With the exception of the purple one I now own!!!
Olive green, coyote brown and black are my three hammock colors. IMO, those bright colors only belong on college campuses where they're stacking hammocks for silly "outdoor" advertisements.
I don't know how good a bears eyesight is, but I'd be more worried about what they can smell versus what they can see.
I think the answer is yes. Bright colors are more likely to attract a bear's attention.
There is anecdotal evidence, Backpacker began reporting this in 2000 and again in 2010: https://www.backpacker.com/news-and-...-bright-colors
Backcountry.com also mentioned this in a 2014 article: https://www.backcountry.com/explore/...-color-matters
Others have reported on the same research such as this blogger: https://wherethebearwalks.blogspot.c...-research.html
We do know for certain that bears can see colors. We know they are curious animals. And we know they exhibit some intelligence when confronted with new things evidenced by their ability to continually defeat new bear canisters and other devices designed to prevent them fron getting food.
While others are probably right that the scent of food is the more critical factor, if a bright color seen at a distance entices a bear to get close enough to smell food it otherwise wouldn't have, perhaps that's the problem. If you really worry about bears, then subdued might be the way to go.
I like bright colors for hammock interiors (makes it easier to find dropped stuff and dirt when light is dim) and my quilts are color-coded by temperature (red for warm-weather, orange for mid-range (20°), and blue for cold-weather) but I usually pitch under a dark brown tarp with doors so the colors are only visible if I want them to be. That's my compromise.
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Recent thread similar topic:
https://www.hammockforums.net/forum/...-hammock-color
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