Black - The New Camo

The goal for summer was simple - go old school. Shoot a deer on public land, in the bush, wearing a black singlet and stubbies. No need to cover up every bright white-boy pre-Christmas tee shirt tan limb. The black singlet selection was straight forward - back of the draw, 6 year old warehouse $9.95 special. The go to for crappy weekend jobs. The stubbies, as it turned out, were a technical fail. Turns out chaffing is a very real thing. So - Huntech shorts for the win. Well, close enough.

Grunting up the steep main ridge a few hours in, things weren’t going to plan. The wind had streamed down into the valley on the walk in, swirling 360 degrees and stuffing up stalking. A couple of heavy weeks at work and an early start - the slog was bearing down on me. Quietly, the urge to hurl was building. “Only twenty minutes to camp” I thought. I can make it. Off with the long sleeved fleece top, releasing trapped heat, and revealing the mighty black singlet. Kai, my faithful indicating dog, seemed suitably impressed and enthusiastically bounded up the steep track.

The crisp wind was heaving down the slope into our faces as we crested the ridge into the grass covered punga belt. We’d spooked deer here before, like the one feeding ten paces in front of us. A quick weave with the red dot around a sapling in front of us, shoulder locked, the Browning barked. Down she went. They are such graceful creatures.

And there it was. Goal achieved. And more importantly, the scientific fact proven. beyond all reasonable doubt.

Black is the new camo.

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Christmas bbq sorted.

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Hung for a day skin on in the cold wind, set beautifully.

Nice one, cool read.

How about trying long legged jocks....I have not worn standard jocks in my day to day life for near on 20 years and use a slightly longer pair for hunting....saves the chaffee mate

Hamish

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beautiful

Cool story

Good effort and goal achieved!

I wear CCC rugby shorts pretty much for everything except parties, chaffing has never been a problem.

Macpac Marino boxers. Bees knees. Back packed around Europe in them 2019 in record Temps. No chafe. Last 5 days before wash (with daily shower lol). Only jocks I wear now.

very excellent.

Nice man. Sounds like my normal entire.
Sweet BLR

I thought you meant a real black singlet, made of wool like the old days(and these days for some of us).

Running shorts with integral Lycra or spandex liner shorts/tights are the bees knees for walking in the hills. No chafing but still short, lightweight and quick to dry.

Eh it ain't old school until you load from the muzzle.

I haven't worn camo in I don't know how long, shot one deer with my flintlock from under 20 yards this year. I'll give the hunting industry one thing, they've done a great marketing job convincing people they need it!

Good work on the freezer filler.

Go the aimpoint,we should start a club,..good work,I found the flies an issue on Friday with the deer I shot so skinned out the quarters and hung them in a tree similar to the way you did it,once cooled enough to bag up I headed home.

Nice hunt, with a good load of meat to top it off.

@Snoppernator I concurr, exactly what I was wearing the other night when I banged my two over. Black singlet and stubbies. Not one of those old woollen bastards though.

Yeah @charliehorse the black singlet got the dog and I within 10 paces of a big red in the eastern ruahines yesterday. Close but no cigar. Think the contrasting white levers and black camo works