Again:https://www.reuters.com/article/us-hungary-science-dogs/dogs-can-detect-heat-with-infrared-sensor-in-their-nose-research-finds-idUSKBN20Q1QOIt has been verified and brain scans show the associated activity. Canids have some sort of rudimentary infrared receptors in the end of their noses not unlike bats and pit vipers that allow them to directly sense, smell, since it is associated with their nose, heat signatures directly.I think camouflage is mostly a placebo affect. You think it works so it does. And for some quarry it probably does. But animals depend so much upon their other senses rather than vision, infrared aside, that camo clothing is at best marginally effective.
I don’t know if camo works or not. I do know that not being seen, heard, or smelled works.I hunt from down wind to up wind. I don’t move a lot when the angle of the sun is low and oblique. I wear soft soled walking shoes with gaiters (not heavy boots!) to minimize the sound I make when walking. I utilize covered blinds.I have several tree stands and ground blinds set up around my permissions. I tend to hunt from whichever one is most favorably sited for the prevailing wind and light.I don’t believe in soaps and scent blockers. Dope the wind and hunt accordingly. Get up at least fifteen feet in a tree stand and nothing on the ground is going to smell you.Except for my permissions I hunt mainly public land where I believe that you can’t wear too much orange. I generally wear an orange hat and vest and I have an orange XXL down jacket for cold weather.Another good safety item is a red head lamp. If you see a moving red light in the woods at dusk, chances are it’s not a buck deer.
Now if my scope had been on 6X rather than 22X.... This squirrel was moving so I still may not have gotten a shot but I know to turn that scope down, I just forgot to do it.