Thread: Camouflage?

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I don't where camo cloths as such but the one thing i find is covering up bare skin. A face mask is a must and even a old pair of crap thermals just to cover the bare legs.
Even hunting on the farm a face covering makes a difference

I have actually come full circle on this myself. I used to detest the stuff, thinking that one looked too much like a 'tool' dressed on it.

I now have no doubt it can help, especially when trying to hide in plain sight !!

As has been said bare skin will stand out a mile off, just ask any duck shooter



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THINK it was Fred Bear...American bowhunting legend said"the best camoflage is..sit still and shut up"

Last summer i was quietly walking along a small hill top above a matagari covered hill side.Looking for a couple of big red spikers i seen earlyier.Just to my left 2 pairs of antler rose over the tussocks brour.I froze,2 big spikers were walking across in front of me about 40 yds away,they carried on feeding abit,looked at me now n then walking slowly.It was a warm morning in my shorts and short sleeve shirt.It was a great to be so close to them till i lifted my left arm abit,they stopped in their tracks,staired a bit then gone.I couldnv shot them both but i enjoyed the moment just watching them.I couldv worn any colour and it wouldnt have bothered them till i slightly lifted my arm.

I'm surprised no-one has mentioned UV yet. Most game animals are very sensitive to colour in the UV spectrum past blue. Problem is most mainstream clothes washing powder/liquids have UV brighteners in them, and emit this "colour" once washed in the product.

The fix is to change to a washing product that doesn't have these brighteners, eg Ecostore laundry liquid. My mate who's a viticulturist did just that and found that pest starlings in the vineyard no longer flared away from his hide in the hedge. He's utterly convinced it made a big difference. Previously they'd flare off before coming into range even though he thought he was pretty well hidden in the hedge.

I insist my wife uses the non-brightener stuff on my hunting clothes. Costs nothing, in fact much of this stuff is cheaper than std products and washes just as well.

Agree with the guys on movement being key... I've never been into any camo, something about it just doesn't do it for me, but each to their own. 95% of my hunting is done in a pair of Swazi stubbies and a $10 short sleeve blaze orange t-shirt and have had many close encounters up close in the bush with animals staring at me for long periods. Would be interesting to try some camo for comparison but I don't feel like I'm missing out on anything!

Been hunting for over 40 years. Only time I've really worn camo gear is while game bird shooting and even then only occasionaly. When hunting animals it's mostly bush shooting with some river-flats and open area work. Have worn jeans and shirt/swannie to shorts and tee-shirt and had reasonable success over the years, eg. approx. 4000 goats over last seven years plus numerous deer and pigs. After plenty of up close and personal encounters, within touching distance, with animals I believe movement and scent are what give you away. Camo gear is for catching hunters and their wallets in hunting stores. Previous to about the mid-eighties we, as hunters, didn't really have to worry about the fact that gamebirds and animals, especially deer, could see in the ultra-violet spectrum. Laundry detergent didn't tend to have brighteners in them like today to make our clothes look like new. Just my 2 cents worth, wear whatever does it for you.

Originally Posted by woods223

Been hunting for over 40 years. Only time I've really worn camo gear is while game bird shooting and even then only occasionaly. When hunting animals it's mostly bush shooting with some river-flats and open area work. Have worn jeans and shirt/swannie to shorts and tee-shirt and had reasonable success over the years, eg. approx. 4000 goats over last seven years plus numerous deer and pigs. After plenty of up close and personal encounters, within touching distance, with animals I believe movement and scent are what give you away. Camo gear is for catching hunters and their wallets in hunting stores. Previous to about the mid-eighties we, as hunters, didn't really have to worry about the fact that gamebirds and animals, especially deer, could see in the ultra-violet spectrum. Laundry detergent didn't tend to have brighteners in them like today to make our clothes look like new. Just my 2 cents worth, wear whatever does it for you.

Catching yr wallets is right,$400 to $500 for a camo jacket f/o,my old black rugby shorts,faded grey green swanny and benny the go.Gota have good foot wear tho.

How important is camo clothing? Hahaha, well its not the clothing that makes a hunter.
I don't have a sence of fashion either, nor do I dress to fit someone's concepts of what looks good. I've mostly worn green in some from and would say the last twenty old years the army has dressed me cheaply and it happens to be camo! but I mix up the top end abit.
It turns out pretty good for me, being involved in pest control and being up close and personal! in a day it could be rabbits or geese and now duck season, it's all been said! hands, face, movement the biggest and the Ultraviolet spectrum and there is plenty of information on that. I think the bow hunters are more aware of breaking up outline.
There was a time when it was red and blue Swanndri and that gear is still around with us today,
Gear has got lighter with the ability to take sweet away, there's all sorts of kit you can be hyped into. But what's your need for some of it? the hills are to high for me now. So I don't need a great pack, but I do need a good sleep if out hunting over night, even that's rear. 4x4 and slippers now, well almost.
What you hunt, where you hunt, may dictate what you wear. I've ran down hills to get back to camp before dark and ran smack into deer, I've crept along deer trails looking like a leaf and came on deer! Do I wear camo for deer? not really, but it does help in hunting, is my personal thought! As it covers all sort of situation you can find yourself in. That's why duck shooter's try and conceal themselves and some know nothing about ultraviolet and wonder why ducks flare up.
Did alot of goat culling they are silly, but keen eyed.
So I guess if you ask yourself the questions, which you have, but now you want some sort of sence of opinion on it.
So here it is! What was camo made for? And if you come up with disguising personnel or something, you would be right. Then the next question is disguising something, going to help you? Hope to process helps.
KH

Many times out hunting or duck shooting I have wished I had brown skin

So what are people using for face coverings please? Providing a link to your preferred product/s would be good.

Originally Posted by Puffin

So what are people using for face coverings please? Providing a link to your preferred product/s would be good.

When sitting overlooking a likely area I wear one of those ‘turkey shooter’ cammo veil deals.
Keeps the sandflies at bay too!

When I'm hunting on public land I want to be visible to any nearby trigger happy hunters..so I wear bright (not faded) blaze orange. From a SAR perspective, it's easy to miss an unconscious/asleep/dead body in gloomy bush, or at night, if they're dressed in green/camo/dark clothing.