 TradWoodsman
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Posted: 6/13/2012 10:17:49 AM
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I rarely wear commercial camo.....how about you guys? |
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Posted: 6/14/2012 4:37:06 PM
I have mixed opinions on camo. I think primarily, it should break up your outline and the overall "shade" should blend in well with your background. I use darker camo in the early season when I'm in thick, dark foliage, and lighter shades of camo when the leaves turn and the surroundings I'm trying to blend into become generally lighter.
Some of the popular commercially made camo patterns appear to be one big dark blob at a distance. They're very detailed up close, as in a couple feet away, but once you're out 20 or 30 yards, they're horrible. Camo is very subjective and everyone loves to argue about it, but in the end, you just need to blend in as best as possible. If that means wearing a clown suit, then that's what it takes. Scent control, movement, and many other factors play a huge role in success. I've never used plaid, and honestly I probably never will since I primarily bow hunt. Not saying it can't or shouldn't be done just that I don't prefer it. I feel I have found the best patterns for when and where I hunt. 
I'd have no problem wearing it for shotgun or muzzleloader season, though. Of course with all the required hunter orange. |
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dbd870
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Posted: 6/15/2012 7:59:21 AM
I agree with IIRC. I'm far more concerned with movement and wind direction etc. than camo. Just find one that breaks up your pattern and press on (I also agree that many "blob out" at distance)
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KeepShooting
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Posted: 6/15/2012 8:09:15 AM
Smaller checkers in shades of brown tan and green and you disappear. Lifelong hunter, trust me on that.
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loonybin
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Posted: 6/23/2012 9:34:21 PM
[Last Edit: 6/23/2012 9:34:53 PM by loonybin]
Here is what a deer will see (not exactly, but they don't see in color like we do –– closer to the blue end of the spectrum, so greens appear as greys):
Is that going to break up your human outline well? Look at it at the distance that you'll be shooting. Put it out at 20yds instead of a few feet and see if it starts to turn into a blob.
As IIRC said, most modern camo is designed for humans, not for deer. The photorealistic patterns look great on the rack, and they look great as you're wearing them around town (to other hunter/outdoor-type people), but as you get farther away, they turn into a dark blob that just emphasizes that there's a human there. Believe it or not, a Hawaiian shirt will break up your outline at farther distances than a lot of the modern patterns will (take a pic of one in b/w at 20yds and you'll see what I mean).
Get a pattern that will really break up your outline. Personally, I love ASAT camo. The original Predator Fall Grey and Fall Brown are also awesome patterns. They don't look all that appealing to the human eye, but they aren't designed to look cool. They're designed to [i[work[/i].
An example: this past season I had to hunt from the ground with no ground blind. At the start of the season I had Multicam pants and a Cabela's Seclusion 3D shirt on. On more than one occasion I had a deer spot me and check me out. As long as I remained still they didn't spook, but they also kept their eyes on me. I couldn't draw because they wouldn't look away. They knew there was something there that wasn't right. Later in the season I got some ASAT. I rattled in a 6pt that I had encountered earlier in my previous camo, and it gave me about a 2 second look and then ignored me, and walked right past me at about 7yds. I was waiting for the monster that I had seen earlier in the week, so I didn't take a shot, but could have as it didn't even look my direction again. The monster I was waiting for showed up about an hour later and he gave me about a 2 second glance as well and then ignored me. Naturally, I took the shot... and glanced my arrow off a twig. BUT, the deer never gave me a second thought when I was wearing my ASAT.
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Posted: 6/23/2012 9:43:00 PM
Here in Wisconsin I'm a huge fan of the old woodland camo.
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