Yup, birds do see color.
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Yup, birds do see color.
mustanger98
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About the only place I've seen any of a variety of camo patterns blend in is at the Waffle House.
Seriously though, when I wear camo, the deer spook every time. So I just wear my everyday clothes, add the legally mandated hunter orange, and go on... as long as I'm not real animated, deer don't seem to care much.I got ahold of a Wrangler khaki shirt... I asked my sister had she seen my new West Texas camo...
Her: Well, you don't have it on, so...
Me: (held up my sleeve) See, it blends in so well you didn't notice.
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I have very little camo clothing. I have a camo Gore Tex jacket thats far to noisy to hunt in and a couple of fleece shirts that were cheap and always worn under a another layer. My favorite hunting clothing is made from cotton moleskin cloth. Moleskin is warm and silent and Green colored. I have several Scandi hunting suits that are quite expensive but are only worn if the weather is very wet.
Many years ago i bought a Swan dri bush shirt and stalker jacket that have seen a lot of service and still going strong. Swan dri is all wool
Scottish woolen tweed comes in great patterns a colors and is better camouflage than any of the modern camo gear
Many years ago i bought a Swan dri bush shirt and stalker jacket that have seen a lot of service and still going strong. Swan dri is all wool
Scottish woolen tweed comes in great patterns a colors and is better camouflage than any of the modern camo gear
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Warm and comfortable > camo pattern
Last hunt of the season this year I was sitting on the ground next to a wheat field. I had no camo on and had deer come within 25 yards of me.
I had one small buck right in front of me at the edge of the field (other side of that trail you see in the pic) that kept looking at me trying to figure out what I was. As long as I stayed still and, most important, he didn’t smell me (wind was blowing in the right direction) he didn’t run.
I sat in that spot for 3 hrs with deer all around me, completely ignored. It wasn’t until a small group got down wind that they finally got nervous and spooked
Last hunt of the season this year I was sitting on the ground next to a wheat field. I had no camo on and had deer come within 25 yards of me.
I had one small buck right in front of me at the edge of the field (other side of that trail you see in the pic) that kept looking at me trying to figure out what I was. As long as I stayed still and, most important, he didn’t smell me (wind was blowing in the right direction) he didn’t run.
I sat in that spot for 3 hrs with deer all around me, completely ignored. It wasn’t until a small group got down wind that they finally got nervous and spooked
MCgunner
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I wear my camo even in my tree stand in bow season just because I have it, so why not? I have the 3d suit for other than deer, though. Waterfowl, turkey, it works. There's more to life than deer hunting.
I have the 3d suit for other than deer, though. Waterfowl, turkey, it works. There's more to life than deer hunting.
Choctaw
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In the summer I hunt pigs in a tee-shirt, shorts and shoes. For cold weather I think I may have a camo Walls coat in the closet but I haven't seen it in years. I usually just wear jeans and a brown or tan Carharrt chore coat.
I wear camo. Think it can help.
Don't believe it to be magic.
Guys at work smoke on stand, don't wear camo............and shoot 100" deer all the time.
They don't see big deer.
My guess is the big ones see them.
IMHO you gotta be sneaky, in, about, and out of the hunting spot.
We have deer come from a far woods, and when the fields picked........they can see my white truck parked on the road (when field muddy).
I have to park all the way on the other side, by landowners barn.
Or we take my buds dark vehicle and park on the road. Deer will be halfway to our patch by the time they see it. If not muddy we can park low on field edge, and they be 90% of the way there (committed).
Took me a while to get him to turn his lights off and not blast the thicket when pulling in.
Or driving in w his %$#@ diesel and turning around to park.
Stealth.........it aint just about what clothes you wear.
Don't believe it to be magic.
Guys at work smoke on stand, don't wear camo............and shoot 100" deer all the time.
They don't see big deer.
My guess is the big ones see them.
IMHO you gotta be sneaky, in, about, and out of the hunting spot.
We have deer come from a far woods, and when the fields picked........they can see my white truck parked on the road (when field muddy).
I have to park all the way on the other side, by landowners barn.
Or we take my buds dark vehicle and park on the road. Deer will be halfway to our patch by the time they see it. If not muddy we can park low on field edge, and they be 90% of the way there (committed).
Took me a while to get him to turn his lights off and not blast the thicket when pulling in.
Or driving in w his %$#@ diesel and turning around to park.
Stealth.........it aint just about what clothes you wear.
2 yrs ago I was full camo, back aching.........could not sit in stand. So I laid down on side of hill.
Deer were oblivious to the new "log".
Might make for some issue getting into shooting position..........but I did roll up and piut my Leupold on a 100" 8 pt that had 3 does about 40 yards out.
Had let them pass at about 10 before moving.
Sitting on a stump/log they'd have busted me.
Laying down..........on side of hill, I was invisible.
Pretty cool.
Literally.
That's why I used a camo goose mat
Deer were oblivious to the new "log".
Might make for some issue getting into shooting position..........but I did roll up and piut my Leupold on a 100" 8 pt that had 3 does about 40 yards out.
Had let them pass at about 10 before moving.
Sitting on a stump/log they'd have busted me.
Laying down..........on side of hill, I was invisible.
Pretty cool.
Literally.
That's why I used a camo goose mat
BigSteve57
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Not trying to be snarky but what works is whatever is on sale, at least for the hunting I do which is mostly for deer & varmints
I've had the same luck in blue jeans & my M-65 olive drab parka as I have had in my blaze camo jacket & bibs.
Now if you're talking goose & duck hunting I actually think my mossy oak camo helps. But what helped more than what I was wearing is when I taped the barrel of my Browning Auto 5 with green camo tape. I swear those birds saw the glint off that long shiny black barrel.
I've had the same luck in blue jeans & my M-65 olive drab parka as I have had in my blaze camo jacket & bibs.
Now if you're talking goose & duck hunting I actually think my mossy oak camo helps. But what helped more than what I was wearing is when I taped the barrel of my Browning Auto 5 with green camo tape. I swear those birds saw the glint off that long shiny black barrel.
Bayourambler
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If we are talking about deer hunting , the wind matters about 1,000 times more than the clothes on your back!! Deer rely on their nose to keep them alive. Now movement will get you busted also, but if their nose says all is well you can get away with more than you think. In duck hunting, the hunters face will give him away more times than not. If he is in the shade being still with his face covered, he will get away with not being seen most of the time.
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