"Blackout" Camo

This was my first thought, have had everyday pants and shirts in it before.


https://www.military1st.co.uk/20-2501-42-surplus-m65-regiment-jacket-black-camo.html

"Blackout Camo" is an Oakley thing. https://www.oakleysi.com/en/men/app...&variant=190645334322&categoryCode=106100000m Might be what your cousin is talking about. I'm not sure I see the point unless he's hunting at night.

Camo's true purpose is to break up the outline. I am not sure that Oakley stuff really does that. All of the colors look to be about the same shade to me. To an animal that can't see color, I am not sure that it would appear to be anything but a flat pane.

Doesn't make any sense except as a fashion statement. Black doesn't really happen naturally. I pretty much stick with what Uncle Sam gave me, since it was free and it works. Also available cheap on the surplus market when what I have now wears out or I get too fat for it.

When hunting from inside a ground blind it makes lots of sense. Maybe for night hunting predators. Mossy Oak makes a version too.

https://www.walmart.com/ip/Men-s-Scent-Control-Pants-Mossy-Oak-Eclipse/303902670

I always understood that camo is better to be lighter than darker for a given environment as shadow and washout can occur.

But when I think of blackout camo, I think of the Kryptek Typhon camo as seen in Jurassic World.

badkarmamib said:

Camo's true purpose is to break up the outline. I am not sure that Oakley stuff really does that. All of the colors look to be about the same shade to me. To an animal that can't see color, I am not sure that it would appear to be anything but a flat pane.

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They can see color....just not like people, or dogs, or birds or mantis shrimp. Unlike us who have 3 photoreceptors (red, green and blue) or mantis shrimp who have 12 to 16 (yeah they see in colors we can't even imagine!) Deer use only 2 photo receptors. They see blue VERY well and can somewhat see yellows. Other colors like red, green, and orange are very muted for deer.
SO, with that being said, wearing all black is not necessarily a bad thing. They would see it as a void or a shadow. As long as you're still and don't make rapid movements you should still be relatively undetectable to a deer. They are able to focus on their entire range of vision all at once, instead of seeing a particular object in focus they see the entire 250+ degrees in focus. So theoretically, anything that is entering into their line of sight is in focus....at a certain range anyway. Move slowly and deliberately and you shouldn't have any issues.